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PePPerdine UniversitY Presents rosemarY HYler ritter Director melanie emelio Director, Apprentice Program in Malibu California “Bright is the ring of words when the right man rings them.” – Robert Lewis Stevenson THE COMPLETE RECITALIST JUNE – 5-27, 2010 The Stern Program for Singers and Pianists has generously been funded by The Marc and Eva Stern Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge and thank the Stern family! Welcome to SongFest 2010 “Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, you can. Boldness has a genius, magic and power to it. ” – Goethe SongFest 2010 is supported by grants from The Marc and Eva Stern Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Louise K. Smith Family Foundation and the generousity of many individuals. Photos by Ron Hall Photography ©2009 SongFest is a 501(c)3 non profit corporation. All donations are 100% tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law. GRAHAM JOHNSON – SONGFEST 2010 DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SongFest 2010 • Pepperdine University • Biography Graham Johnson Piano GRAHAM JOHNSON is opening series in 1992, and in its centenary celebrations recognised as one of the in 2001. He has been Chairman of the jury for the world’s leading vocal Wigmore Hall Song Competition since its inception. He is accompanists. Born in Senior Professor of Accompaniment at the Guildhall Rhodesia, he came to School of Music and has led a biennial scheme for Young London to study in 1967. Songmakers since 1985. He has had a long and fruitful After leaving the Royal link with Ted Perry and Hyperion Records for whom he Academy of Music his has devised and accompanied a set of complete Schubert teachers included Gerald Lieder on 37 discs, a milestone in the history of Moore and Geoffrey recording. A complete Schumann series is halfway Parsons. In 1972 he was the completed, and there is an ongoing French Song series official pianist at Peter Pears’ where the complete songs of such composers as first masterclasses at The Chausson, Chabrier and Fauré are either already available, Maltings, Snape which brought him into contact with or in preparation. All these discs are issued with Graham Benjamin Britten – a link which strengthened his Johnson’s own programme notes which set new standards determination to accompany. In 1976 he formed the for CD annotations. He has also recorded for Sony, BMG, Songmakers’ Almanac to explore neglected areas of piano- Harmonia Mundi, Forlane, EMI and DGG. Awards include accompanied vocal music; the founder singers were Dame the Gramophone solo vocal award in 1989 (with Dame Felicity Lott, Ann Murray DBE, Anthony Rolfe Johnson Janet Baker), 1996 (Die schone Müllerinwith Ian Bostridge), and Richard Jackson – artists with whom he has 1997 (for the inauguration of the Schumann series with established long and fruitful collaborations both on the Christine Schäfer) and 2001 (with Magdalena Kozena). concert platform and the recording studio. Some two He was The Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist hundred and fifty Songmakers’ programmes were presented of the Year in 1998; in June 2000 he was elected a over the years. Graham Johnson has accompanied such member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. He is distinguished singers as Sir Thomas Allen, Victoria de los author of The Songmakers’ Almanac; Twenty years of Angeles, Elly Ameling, Arleen Auger, Ian Bostridge, Brigitte recitals in London, The French Song Companion for OUP Fassbaender, Matthias Goerne, Thomas Hampson, Simon (2000) and The Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten (Guildhall Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Philip Langridge, Serge 2003). Leiferkus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christopher Maltman, He was made an OBE in the 1994 Queen’s Birthday Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Christoph Prégardien, Dame Honours list and in 2002 he was created Chevalier in the Margaret Price, Thomas Quastoff, Dorothea Röschmann, Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French Government. Kate Royal, Peter Schreier, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf SongFest is very honored to have Graham Johnson teach and Sarah Walker. at SongFest each summer. He has been on the SongFest His relationship with the Wigmore Hall is a special one. faculty since 1999. He devised and accompanied concerts in the hall’s re- 2 We welcome the faculty, singers and pianists to 2010 at PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY Janet Loranger and Marcia Brown have been the true angels behind the scenes in so many musician’s lives, but have devoted themselves and their creative energies especially to SongFest, for it is the development of classical singing talent that has been their passion for many years. This is a true wedding of spirits in a joyful endeavor, and we are so grateful for their support and care which has touched so many lives! JANET A. LORANGER & MARCIA J. BROWN 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SongFest 2010 Distinguished Faculty – Graham Johnson . .2 Marcia Brown & Janet Loranger . .3 The Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship Program . .6 The SongFest Stern Fellows - Biographies . .7 The Complete Recitalist Daily Class Schedule . .10 SongFest 2010 Concerts . .21 SongFest 2010 Performance Forum . .22 Concert – French Mélodie and Opera/French Operetta . .23 Concert – New Voices in American Song . .25 Composer-in-Residence – Lori Laitman . .28 Concert – Poets’ Round Table: Dorothy, Edna, Langston and Walt . .32 Concert – The American Songbook . .34 Concert – American Song is Alive and Well . .35 Concert – Italienisches Liederbuch . .37 Concert – Bach Cantata Programl . .40 Performance Forum – New Voices in American Song . .42 Performance Forum – March and Eva Stern Fellow with Graham Johnson . .43 Performance Forum – March and Eva Stern Fellow with Martin Katz . .44 Composer-in-Residence – Tom Cipullo . .45 Composer-in-Residence – Jake Heggie . .46 Composer-in-Residence – Ben Moore . .47 Composer-in-Residence – John Musto . .48 Master Classes . .49 SongFest 2010 Faculty . .100 SongFest Board and Donors . .101 Acknowledgements . .102 SongFest 2010 Participants . .103 “Vocalism, my only setting of Walt Whitman, pays homage to SongFest, the conclave of singers and pianists that gathers each summer under the direction of Rosemary Hyler Ritter at Pepperdine University in California. It is dedicated to Marc Stern, Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Opera, and his music-loving family, supporters of SongFest and of good singing. This “grand aria” (so says the title page) celebrates singing. It is about the power of the voice, as pure sound, to move and change hearers.” —John Harbison 5 The Stern Fellowship Program The Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship Program n The Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship Program: SongFest at Pepperdine. SongFest will award a selected number of outstanding singers and pianists merit-based fellowships each summer. This new program has been generously underwritten by The Marc and Eva Stern Foundation. The recipients of this award will be chosen from live auditions held nationwide. Singers demonstrating a commitment for communication of the text, a strong radiant presence and a unique sound will be qualities the panel will look for. The Pepperdine Stotsensberg Recital Series SongFest singer will be chosen from the Stern Fellow Program and presented in recital. STOTSENBERG RECITAL SERIES SongFest , January 9, 2011 David Krohn and Jennifer Beattie with John Musto, piano n The SongFest 2010 Stern Fellows Kristina Bachrach, soprano Meredith Lustig, soprano Leann Scheuring, soprano Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone Clarissa Lyons, soprano Kaley Soderquist, soprano Faylotte Crayton, soprano Mary Mackenzie, soprano Liza Stepanova, piano Keith Colclough, baritone Tory McKenna, soprano Kate Stubbs, piano Marcio De Oliveira, tenor Matthew Morris, baritone Kathleen Tagg, piano Angela Dinkelman, soprano Heather Reithmeier, soprano Sophie Wingland, soprano Christin-Marie Hill, mezzo-soprano Ricardo Rivera, baritone Brian Witkowski, baritone Sungha Lee, piano "Katarzyna Sadej, mezzo-soprano Han-Wen Yu, piano n The Craig Smith Fellowship Cincinnati Overture Award Awarded to a singer showing a strong commitment to Awarded to a semi-finalist in the Overture competition the performance and study of Bach cantatas. 2010: Kori Hoge 2010: Marcio De Oliveira Classical Singer Competition Award The Martin Katz Fellowship Awarded to a finalist in the high school division Awarded to a pianist chosen by Martin Katz 2010: Cara Gabrielson 2010: Matthew Brower National Assocaition of Teachers of Singing – The Margo Garrett Fellowship Los Angeles Awarded to a pianist chosen by Margo Garrett Awarded to the winner and finalist in the Young Artist 2010: Jessica Rucinski competition 2010: Heather Reithmeier and Shannon Kauble TICKETS: (310) 506-4522 6 The SongFest Stern Fellows - Biographies KRISTINA MARGARET BACHRACH , soprano ANGELA DINKELMAN , soprano Hometown: Holliston, MA Hometown: Nashville, IL Education: Mannes New School for Music, B.M. Education: Webster University, BM (2008); Mannes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BM College, MM (2010) summa cum laude Awards/Competitions/Festivals: SongFest at Awards/Competitions/Festivals: University of Pepperdine, Marc & Eva Stern Fellowship Illinois Voice Department Award (2006) (2009/2010); Bay View Music Festival (2007) Webster University, James Moroney Nigh Opera Scholarship (2006 & MATTHEW BROWER , piano 2007); Webster University, Buder Scholarship (2005, 2006 & 2007) Hometown: Toms River, NJ Education: University of Michigan, DMA CHRISTIN-MARIE HILL , mezzo-soprano Hometown: Evanston, IL Education: University of Illinois, BA (French Literature & Sociology) MM (Voice) Herbert Management