Cameron Silver At Mount Vernon College From: The Washington Post | Date: September 15, 1997| Author: Joseph McLellan | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

"My friends think I'm strange, to concentrate on German cabaret -- and they're right," Cameron Silver, a 27-year-old singer from California, told his audience Friday night in the chapel of Mount Vernon College. In an hour-long program devoted to the music of Kurt Weill and his Berlin contemporary Friedrich Hollaender, Silver displayed a good voice, an appealing stage presence and a polished performing style.

He sang some seldom-heard music that is worth knowing -- for example, W...

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