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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY ARNOLD AND KREIMAN
1 3 A House Resolution honoring bass-baritone singer
1 4 Simon Estes.
1 5 WHEREAS, Simon Estes was born in Centerville, Iowa,
1 6 attended the University of Iowa and was granted an
1 7 honorary degree from Iowa State University; and
1 8 WHEREAS, Simon Estes was admitted to the Julliard
1 9 School of Music in New York City in 1964 and has been
1 10 a professor at that esteemed institution since 1985;
1 11 and
1 12 WHEREAS, Simon Estes made his professional debut as
1 13 Ramfis in Aida at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin in
1 14 1965, his Bayreuth debut in 1978, and his Metropolitan
1 15 Opera debut in 1982, and received the bronze medal at
1 16 the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1966; and
1 17 WHEREAS, Simon Estes has gone on to perform
1 18 internationally on the operatic and concert stages in
1 19 over 100 roles, and has performed opera, show tunes,
1 20 spirituals, and contemporary music; and
1 21 WHEREAS, Simon Estes has not forgotten his Iowa
1 22 roots, and has conducted master classes; visited,
1 23 lectured, and performed with students and community
1 24 choruses and bands; and displayed his talent in
1 25 numerous concert performances in his home state of
1 26 Iowa, and received, in 1996, the Iowa Award from Iowa
1 27 Governor Terry Branstad; and
1 28 WHEREAS, Simon Estes has been recognized as having
1 29 a great talent and an extraordinary, imposing,
1 30 voluminous, and elegant voice, and is considered one
2 1 of the leading bass-baritones in the world; and
2 2 WHEREAS, Simon Estes has demonstrated his
2 3 compassion and humanity by establishing the Simon
2 4 Estes Educational Foundation in Oklahoma, which has
2 5 awarded over $1 million in merit-based scholarships;
2 6 by establishing Children in Switzerland in 1993 to
2 7 provide support for child health needs in Switzerland
2 8 and Bulgaria; by establishing the Simon Estes School
2 9 in South Africa; and by sponsoring, with Rotary
2 10 District 6000, the attendance in Des Moines area high
2 11 schools and performances by 40 musically gifted
2 12 students from South Africa; NOW THEREFORE,
2 13 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 14 That the House of Representatives honors Iowan Simon
2 15 Estes for his achievements as a vocal artist,
2 16 recognizing not only his amazing talent and career
2 17 accomplishments but his compassionate humanitarian
2 18 efforts as well.
2 19 LSB 7198HH 78
2 20 vl/gg/8
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