(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – May 21, 2010) Former Miss California Jacquelynne Fontaine will sing at a cello concert in Overton Hall at California Lutheran University at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 5.

The “Syncopation” concert will feature mostly “south of the border” music. Fontaine, a CLU alumna who is earning a doctorate in voice performance at University of Southern California, will perform “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos in two movements. The first is an aria and the second is a dance.

This will be followed by French composer Cesar Franck’s “Panis Angelicus.” The premiere cellist, Joyce Geeting, and pianist Christine DeKlotz will perform “The Grand Tango” by Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla. Geeting and her student cellists will perform Argentinean tangos “Mellow Cellos Tango, La Cinquantaine” by Gabriel Marie and “Siciliennes” by Gabriel Faure and Maria Teresia von Paradis as well as “Seven Duets” by Chicago composer Lee Burswold. The concert will also feature ragtime music including “The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin.

Fontaine is a soprano who has performed with orchestras ranging from the Orchestra di Roma del Lazio to the Glendale Symphony to the Conejo Pops. Her operatic lead roles include Pamina in “The Magic Flute” and Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in “Don Giovanni” with the Tuscia Operafestival in Viterbo, Italy, and Ilia in “Idomeneo” with USC Opera at the Thornton School of Music.

Geeting, who has a doctor of music arts in performance and pedagogy, recently performed concerts in Chicago and Mexico City featuring “Body Notes” by Chicago physiologist and composer Hector Rasgado-Flores.

A $10 donation is requested. For more information, call (818) 712-0587.