The Colorado College Music Department presents The Lanner Faculty Artist Concert Tuesday, November 13, 2012 7:30 PM, Packard Hall Steve Barta, jazz piano Joyce Polifka, piano Judeth Shay Burns, soprano Keith Reed, banjo Daniel Fosha, tenor Daryll Stevens, clarinet Susan Grace, piano Jeremy Van Hoy, trombone Rex Matzke, alto saxophone Carol Wilson, piano Margaret Miller, viola Thomas Wilson, trumpet Paul Nagem, flute with Guest Artists Deborah Blake, flute Nancy Brown, oboe Ian Buckspan, clarinet Dennis Bueno, drums John Flores, bass Tyler Grant, guitar, vocals Genice Matzke, bassoon Deke Polifka, piano Christina Schwartz-Soper, french horn Eric Thorin, bass Your courtesy in turning off all electronic devices is appreciated. THE LANNER FACULTY ARTIST CONCERT This concert is made possible through the Max Lanner Endowed Fund for Music, established in fond memory of Professor Emeritus and Chair of the Music Department, Max Lanner. PROGRAM Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben Johann Sebastian Bach from the St. Matthew Passion (1685-1750) Judeth Shay Burns, soprano Paul Nagem, flute Susan Grace, piano Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben For love, For love my Savior is now dying, Of sin and guilt He knows not. So eternal desolation And the sinner's righteous doom Shall not rest upon my spirit. Combat del Somni Federico Mompou I. Damunt de tu només les flors (1893-1987) II. Aquesta nit un mateix vent Lyrics by Josep Janés III. Jo et pressentia com la mar (1913-1959) Daniel Fosha, tenor Susan Grace, piano Damunt de tu només les flors A dream of kisses, never-ending, Lying upon you, like a white Turned into song; of eyes on fire Offering, there were flowers only. With white flames, and of bodies blending; From them your body drew the light, A sigh, from disembodied breast, Without them now the branch was lonely. Of lily’s silk as it’s caressed. And as they gave their kiss to you, Their life of fragrance was sent flowing. Jo et pressentia com la mar From your closed eyes the light shone through: I had foreseen you like the sea You were resplendent, you were glowing. And like the wind, immense and giving, Could I but be a flower’s sigh High above chance and ever free And, like a lily, give you my Of common fate. Own self, so that my very being And like a living Would fade away upon your breast Breath in my life. And never need again the rest Now that you’re mine Of night, that from your side is fleeing. I see my dream had set you limits. You are no name, no sign. Aquesta nit un mateix vent I come Last night, the same wind of the day, To you not as to the blue image And the same sail, alive and burning, Of human dreams. Were there to take our thoughts away You aren’t the sea, On seas where tenderness and yearning which is imprisoned among beaches, Turn into music, into glass. You aren’t the wind, confined by air. Our kiss became transparency, You have no bounds. No words are there And our embrace an emptiness. To tell of you, no land that reaches I was the mirror, you the sea. Your world, nor will there ever be. Our private heaven might inspire from Six Morceaux, Op. 11 Sergei Rachmaninoff Scherzo (1873-1943) Russian theme Waltz Deke Polifka and Joyce Polifka, piano, 4 hands from Trio for clarinet, viola and piano Jean Françaix I. Preludio–Largo (1912-1997) II. Allegrissimo V. Presto Daryll Stevens, clarinet Margaret Miller, viola Susan Grace, piano INTERMISSION Divertimento for trumpet, trombone, and piano Boris Blacher Allegro (1903-1975) Moderato Allegretto Presto Thomas Wilson, trumpet Jeremy Van Hoy, trombone Carol Wilson, piano Umtradah Steve Barta (b. 1953) Steve Barta, piano John Flores, bass Dennis Bueno, drums Chamber Music for alto saxophone and woodwind quintet Walter S. Hartley Andante-Allegro Moderato (b. 1927) Adagio Allegretto Presto Rex Matzke, alto saxophone Debbie Blake, flute Nancy Brown, oboe Ian Buckspan, clarinet Christina Schwarz-Soper, french horn Genice Matzke, bassoon Black Mountain Rag Traditional Farewell Blues Traditional Blue Ridge Cabin Home Lester Flatt (1914-1979) Tyler Grant, guitar and lead vocals Eric Thorin, bass Keith Reed, banjo COLORADO COLLEGE FACULTY ARTISTS Pianist STEVE BARTA has stayed true to his creative path for over thirty years as a composer, recording artist, producer, author, educator and speaker. He has performed his original works as a solo artist with jazz ensembles and symphony orchestras. His contribution to the world of music includes fourteen recordings that reflect his many influences, particularly Brazilian, Jazz and Classical. Steve has released fourteen recordings to date. He has worked and/or recorded with the likes of Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws, Herbie Mann, Dori Caymmi, B.B. King, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paulinho da Costa, Mike Shapiro and many more. His recordings are available worldwide via SteveBartaMusic.com, iTunes, Amazon.com, and CD Baby. Steve has written several works for symphony orchestra that have been performed worldwide. Mr. Barta is a music educator with over thirty years of experience teaching intermediate to advanced students, educators and professional musicians. Special areas of instruction for private students, clinics and master classes are music interpretation, improvisation, arranging and composition. Upcoming performances for JUDETH SHAY BURNS include a regional tour of Community Concerts for Central City Opera, including a concert at Governor Hickenlooper's residence in Denver. She has sung with the Nikolescu Quartet in Berlin, Leipzig, and Vienna, and sang a recital at the historic Chateau Vieux, in Geneva Switzerland. She was a guest artist with the St. Barth's Music Festival, singing the soprano solos in the Vivaldi Gloria, and Flora in La Traviata and also performed with the Landmark Festival in London. Her extensive regional credits include performances with the Santa Fe Symphony, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, the Aspen Music Festival, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, and the Crested Butte Music Festival, and has performed frequently with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, and was a guest artist with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra for the regionally televised Colorado Christmas, at the Denver Center for the for the Performing Arts. Ms. Burns is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music, where she was awarded the Richard F. Gold Career Grant, and the University of Colorado. She has studied and performed with the Aspen Music Festival, the Circle in the Square Theatre Company in New York City, and is a recent graduate of the Goethe Institute in Berlin, Germany. Ms. Burns teaches voice at the Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Conservatory and is also a teaching artist for Central City Opera. She is the recipient of two Pikes Peak Arts Council awards for best classical solo performance, and was nominated for an Excellence in Theatre award for her portrayal of Charlotte in A Little Night Music with Opera Theatre of the Rockies. DANIEL FOSHA, tenor, is renowned for his versatility in a variety of musical styles, whether performing opera, musical theater or works from the classical repertory. From roles in shows ranging from Marius in Les Miserables and George Bailey in A Wonderful Life to Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, to the tenor spotlight as the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Daniel brings an elegance and a “crystal clear, honeyed tenor” to music of all sorts. He has entertained audiences nationwide with the Cleveland Pops, National Repertory Orchestra, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, the Arvada Center for the Arts, the Aspen Choral Society, the Colorado Symphony, the Boulder Philharmonic, the Santa Fe Symphony, and the Charleston Symphony. Upcoming for Daniel will be the tenor solos in Handel's Messiah with the Aspen Chorale Society in December. SUSAN GRACE is artist-in-residence and senior lecturer in music at Colorado College, music director of the Colorado College Summer Music Festival and artistic director of the New Music Symposium. She performs frequently with pianist Alice Rybak as the acclaimed piano duo Quattro Mani. Their interest in 20th and 21st century repertoire has led to collaborations with such composers as George Crumb, Joan Tower, Bernard Rands, Frederic Rzewski, Paul Lansky, John Novacek and Poul Ruders, and to participation in contemporary music festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe. Quattro Mani made its New York debut in January, 2001 in Carnegie Recital Hall to a sold-out house. They were immediately re-engaged for the following season, and returned again in December, 2003 and in February, 2006. Quattro Mani's first recording, A Game of Go, was released in November, 2000, by Klavier Music Productions; a CD of George Crumb's two-piano compositions was released in March, 2001, by Bridge Records. Both have received international and national acclaim. Quattro Mani’s recording of George Crumb’s Otherworldly Resonances, was listed by Amazon.com as one of the top ten classical recordings of 2004. The Poulenc, Bartok and Milhaud Concertos with the 2006 Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra, Scott Yoo conducting, was released by Bridge Records in May 2007. International Record Review says about this recording “… the playing is first-class; immaculate in technical terms and unfailingly musical…” Their most recent recording, Kindred Spirits, is set for release this June. Quattro Mani’s 2008 schedule includes the world premiere of Shapeshifters, a concerto by Paul Lansky, with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and performances at the Aspekte Salzburg Festival, Ensemble Music Society in Indianapolis, Florida International University and Muhlenberg College. Quattro Mani is included on the international roster of Steinway artists.