SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University announces the Senior Voice Recital on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in Meis Recital Hall on campus. Singing in this year’s recital is senior William (Junior) Darwin, who will perform songs by Robert Schumann, Aaron Copland, George Frideric Handel and Giacomo Puccini. A senior music major, Darwin will graduate from BCU in May and plans to attend graduate school at the University of South Dakota in the fall. For the past three years, Darwin was a finalist in the Lewis and Clark National Association of Teachers of Singing Student Auditions. He is a 2004 graduate of Bishop Heelan High School. The event is free and open to the public.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.