HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL June 7, 2021 “Vedrò con mio diletto” from Il Giustino RV 717 Vivaldi

HIGH SCHOOL “Invito alla danza” Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) SOLOISTS RECITAL Somin Virmani, soloist Streamed Online June 7, 2021, 7:30pm 2,534th Concert “Che Fiero Costume” Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)

“Pulled” from The Addams Family Andrew Lippa (b. 1964) PROGRAM Phoebe Shubin, soloist

“Come Away, Death” Roger Quilter “Widmung” Robert Schumann (1877-1953) (1810-1856)

“Am Feierabend” from Die Schöne Müllerin Franz Schubert “Buß und Reu” from St. Matthew Passion J.S. Bach (1797-1828) (1685-1750) KeeSeok Lee, soloist Sam Higgins, soloist

“Bist du bei mir” from Diomedes Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) Formerly attributed to J.S. Bach PROGRAM SPONSORS Masha Schmitt, soloist The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses are supported in part by John “Ici-bas!” Gabriel Fauré and Janis Raguin and by grants from the Boston and Lynn Cultural Councils, (1845-1924) local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. “Silent Noon” Ralph Vaughn Williams (1873-1958) The Education Program is funded in perpetuity by Karen S. and George D. Levy. Henry Wright, soloist The Education Program is supported by the Remsen M. and Joan G. Kinne “Già il sole dal Gange” Alessandro Scarlatti Endowed Fund for Education and the Ronald Woodward Education Fund. (1659-1725) Oriah Geddes, soloist The Handel and Haydn Society is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. “Pur ch’à te grata” Antonio Vivaldi from Piango, gemo, sospiro, e peno, RV 675 (1678-1741)

Fabian Arnold, soloist

“O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride e Elena Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787) Henry Patton, soloist

“Canción” Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

“Music for a while” Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Lydia Rommel, soloist

2 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 3 ABOUT THE TEXTS + TRANSLATIONS HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS Quilter: “Come Away, Death” is a senior at Westford Academy. He studies with Thomas Fabian Arnold Come away, come away, death, Oesterling. And in sad cypress let me be laid. Fly away, fly away, breath; is a sophomore home schooling. She studies with Jennifer Oriah Geddes I am slain by a fair cruel maid. Caraluzzi. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it! is a senior at Milton High School. He studies with Corey Hart. Sam Higgins My part of death, no one so true Did share it. KeeSeok Lee is a senior at The Bromfield School. He studies with Deborah Not a flower, not a flower sweet, Williams. On my black coffin let there be strown. Not a friend, not a friend greet is a senior at Concord Academy. He studies with Corey Hart. Henry Patton My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown. Lydia Rommel is a junior at Lexington High School. She studies with D’Anna Fortunato. Schubert: “Am Feierabend” from Die Schöne Müllerin

Masha Schmitt is a senior at Nashoba Regional High School. She studies with Hätt’ ich tausend If only I had a thousand Jennifer Sgroe. Arme zu rühren! arms to wield! Könnt’ ich brausend If only I could drive Phoebe Shubin is a senior at Needham High School. She studies with Rebecca Die Räder führen! the rushing wheels! Worthington. Könnt’ ich wehen If only I could blow like the wind Durch alle Haine! through every wood, Somin Virmani is a junior at Phillips Academy. He studies with Thomas Könnt’ ich drehen and turn Oesterling. Alle Steine! every millstone, Dass die schöne Müllerin so that the fair maid of the mill Henry Wright is a sophomore at North Andover High School. He studies with Merkte meinen treuen Sinn! would see my true love. Corey Hart. Ach, wie ist mein Arm so schwach! Ah, how weak my arm is! Was ich hebe, was ich trage, What I lift and carry, Was ich schneide, was ich schlage, what I cut and hammer – Jeder Knappe tut mir’s nach. any apprentice could do the same. Und da sitz’ ich in der grossen Runde, And there I sit with them, in a circle, In der stillen kühlen Feierstunde, in the quiet, cool hour after work, Und der Meister sagt zu Allen: and the master says to us all: „Euer Werk hat mir gefallen;“ ‘I am pleased with your work.’ Und das liebe Mädchen sagt And the sweet maid Allen eine gute Nacht. bids us all goodnight.

Stölzel: “Bist du bei mir” from Diomedes

Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden Be thou with me and I’ll go gladly Zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh. To death and on to my repose. Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende, Ah, how my end would bring Es drückten deine schönen Hände contentment, Mir die getreuen Augen zu. If, pressing with thy hands so lovely, Thou wouldst my faithful eyes then close.

4 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 5 Faure: “Ici-bas!” Vivaldi: “Pur ch’à te grata” from Piango, gemo, sospiro, e peno, RV 675

Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent, Down here all lilacs are dying, Pur ch’à te grata sia la mia morte, You would welcome my death, Tous les chants des oiseaux sont all the songs of the birds are short; anco tacendo godrò morir, yet I remain silent, happy to die. courts; I dream of the summers which last se non può farsi miglior mia sorte If I cannot better my fate, Je rêve aux étés qui demeurtent Forever... che per quei lumi fedel languir. then I shall languish for your eyes. Toujours... Down here lips touch Ici-bas les lèvres effleurent without parting with any of their Gluck: “O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride e Elena Sans rien laisser de leurs velours; velvet; Je rêve aux baisers qui demeurent I dream of the kisses which last O del mio dolce ardor Oh, desired object Toujours... Forever... Bramato oggetto, Of my sweet ardor, L’aura che tu respiri, The air which you breathe, Ici-bas tous les hommes pleurent Down here all men weep for Alfin respiro. At last I breathe. Leurs amitiés ou leurs amours; their friendships or their loves; Je rêve aux couples qui demeurent I dream of the couples who last O vunque il guardo io giro, Wherever I turn my glance, toujours Forever... Le tue vaghe sembianze Your lovely features Toujours… Amore in me dipinge: Paint love for me: Il mio pensier si finge My thoughts imagine Le più liete speranze; The most happy hopes, Williams: “Silent Noon” E nel desio che così And in the longing which M’empie il petto Fills my bosom Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, - Cerco te, chiamo te, spero e sospiro. I seek you, I call you, I hope, and I sigh. The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms ‘Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass. De Falla: “Canción” All round our nest, far as the eye can pass, Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge Por traidores, tus ojos, Since your eyes are treacherous, Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge. voy a enterrarlos; I’m going to bury them; ‘Tis visible silence, still as the hour glass. No sabes lo que cuesta, you know not what it costs, Deep in the sunsearched growths the dragon-fly ‘Del aire’ ‘del aire’, Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: - Niña, el mirarlos. dearest, to gaze into them. So this winged hour is dropt to us from above. ‘Madre a la orilla ‘Mother, a la orilla.’ Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower, Madre’ This close-companioned inarticulate hour Dicen que no me quieres, They say you do not love me, When twofold silence was the song of love. Y a me has querido... but you loved me once. Váyase lo ganado, Make the best of it ‘Del aire’ ‘del aire’, Por lo perdido, and cut your losses, Scarlatti: “Già il sole dal Gange” ‘Madre a la orilla ‘Mother, a la orilla.’ Già il sole dal Gange Already, from over the Ganges, the sun Madre’ Più chiaro sfavilla, Sparkles more brightly E terge ogni stilla And dries every drop Dell’alba che piange. of the dawn, which weeps. Purcel: “Music for a while”

Col raggio dorato With the gilded ray Music for a while Ingemma ogni stelo, It adorns each blade of grass; Shall all your cares beguile. E gli astri del cielo And the stars of the sky Dipinge nel prato. It paints in the field. Wond’ring how your pains were eas’d And disdaining to be pleas’d Till Alecto free the dead From their eternal bands, Till the snakes drop from her head, And the whip from out her hands.

Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile.

6 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 7 Vivaldi: “Vedrò con mio diletto” from Il Giustino RV 717 Lippa: “Pulled” from The Addams Family

Vedrò con mio diletto I will see with joy, I don’t have a sunny disposition. l’alma dell’alma mia the soul of my soul I’m not known for being too amused. Il core del mio cor pien di contento. heart of my heart full of content. My demeanor’s locked in one position. See my face? I’m enthused. E se dal caro oggetto And if from my dear object Suddenly, however, I’ve been puzzled. lungi convien che sia I be far away Bunny rabbits make me want to cry. Sospirerò penando ogni momento… I will sigh, suffering every moment… All my inhibitions have been muzzled, And I think I know why.

Respighi: “Invito alla danza” I’m being pulled in a new direction, But I think I like it. Madonna, d’un braccio soave My lady, with a gentle arm I think I like it. Ch’io stringa l’orgoglio dell’anca: I grasp with pride your waist. Voi siete d’amore la nave, You are the ship of love, I’m being pulled in a new direction. La vela, madonna, vi manca: A sail, my lady, you lack: Through my painful pursuit, Io sono la vela a vogare I am the sail [that can] propel you Somehow birdies took root. Intorno al ceruleo mare. Around the cerulean sea. All the things I detested impossibly cute. Voi siete la mobile fusta You are the nimble ship God! What do I do? Che il mar della musica sfiora: That glides over the sea of music: Pulled--- Io sono la vela robusta I am the robust sail Che il viaggio dirige e rincora; That directs and cheers the voyage: Mother always said be kind to strangers, La nave risale, discende, The ship rises, falls, But she doesn’t know what they destroy. La vela ammaina, distende. The sail luffs, fills. I can feel the clear and present dangers, Volete che l’onda si svolga Do you want the wave to roll When she learns that the boy... In suon di gavotta gentile? Like the sound of a gentle gavotte? Volete che il valzer disciolga Do you want the waltz to melt away Has got me pulled in a new direction, La larga sua corsa febbrile? Your long, feverish journey? But I think I like it. Io faccio l’inchino di rito, I make the customary bow, Madonna, e alla danza v’invito. My lady, and I invite you to dance. I think I like it.

Legrenzi: “Che Fiero Costume” I’m being pulled in a new direction, But this feeling, I know is impossible, Che fiero costume What bestial force So I’ll confide that I’ve tried but I can’t let it go. D’aligero nume, This winged divinity possesses, It’s disgustingly true! Che a forza di pene si faccia adorar! Punishing you until you adore him! Pulled, pulled, pulled! E pur nell’ ardore And still, in my burning passion Il dio traditore This deceitful God Puppy dogs with droopy faces, Un vago sembiante mi fe’ idolatrar. Has made me idolise an enchanting Unicorns with dancing mice, Che crudo destino face. Sunrise in wide open spaces, Che un cieco bambino How cruel fate is DisneyWorld - I’ll go there twice! Con bocca di latte si faccia stimar! That a blind child Butterflies and picnic lunches, Ma questo tiranno With a mouth full of milk can fill Bunches of chrysanthemums, Con barbaro inganno, himself with pride! Lollipops and pillow fights and christmas eve, Entrando per gli occhi, mi fe’ sospirar! But this tyrant Sugar plums! With barbaric trickery, String quartets and Chia Pets, Has passed through my eyes and made And afternoon banana splits, me sigh! Angels watching as I sleep, And Liberace’s Greatest Hits!

Have got me pulled in a new direction! If they keep insisting, I’ll stop resisting. Just watch me pulled in a new direction.

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8 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 9 Lippa: “Pulled” from The Addams Family (continued) VOICE TEACHERS I should stay in the dark, Not obey every spark, Jennifer Caraluzzi But the boy has a bite, Better far than his bark! Hailed by Opera Today as a “polished, soaring soprano,” And you bet I’ll bite too, Jennifer Caraluzzi is an award-winning and critically- Do what’s truly taboo, acclaimed singer from Connecticut, who began her As I’m pulled in a new direction! career singing the National Anthem for the Mets at age ten. She received a master’s degree in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory, and Schumann: “Widmung” has since enjoyed a versatile and expansive career. Du meine Seele, du mein Herz, You my soul, you my heart, In Boston, Jennifer has had the opportunity to share Du meine Wonn’, o du mein Schmerz, You my rapture, O you my pain, the stage with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe, You my world in which I live, Orchestra and regularly performs with the Boston Mein Himmel du, darein ich schwebe, My heaven you, to which I aspire, Opera Collaborative and the Boston chapter of Opera on Tap. She has also O du mein Grab, in das hinab O you my grave, into which performed and recorded with pop duo, The Barton Bros. Her stage highlights Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab! My grief forever I’ve consigned! include: Cunegonde in Candide, Stephanie in To Hell and Back, Susanna in Le Du bist die Ruh, du bist der Frieden, You are repose, you are peace, Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Frasquita in Carmen, Lucy in The Du bist vom Himmel mir beschieden. You are bestowed on me from heaven. Telephone, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel. Dass du mich liebst, macht mich mir Your love for me gives me my worth, wert, Your eyes transfigure me in mine, Jennifer serves on the voice faculty of the New England Conservatory’s Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt, You raise me lovingly above myself, Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. In addition to this, Du hebst mich liebend über mich, My guardian angel, my better self! she is recently served as the Director of Programs for the Boston chapter Mein guter Geist, mein bess’res Ich! of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She currently serves on the boards for Boston Opera Collaborative and Opera Theater of Cape Cod. Jennifer recently completed an MBA in Music Business from the Berklee Bach: “Buß und Reu” from St. Matthew Passion College of Music and Southern New Hampshire University. Buß und Reu, Buß und Reu Repentance and regret, repentance Knirscht das Sündenherz entzwei. and regret Das die Tropfen meiner Zähren rips the sinful heart in two. D’Anna Fortunato Angenehme Spezerei, Thus the drops of my tears, Treuer Jesu, dir gebären. desirable spices, During mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato’s distinguished are brought to you, loving Jesus. singing career, she has been a repeat soloist with America’s top 10 orchestras; leading opera companies, such as the New York City Opera; and been featured with major international concert groups. She has received two Grammy nominations plus awards from the Metropolitan Opera, the Naumburg Foundation, the New England Opera Club, and the Boston Chamber Music Society, amongst others. Ms. Fortunato has been featured on over 40 CD’s that include eight Handel opera premieres.

In her teaching career, she has primarily been associated with the New England Conservatory and has given multiple master classes throughout the United States. Many of her students have won awards from NATS, and are now singing in young artist programs, as well as on the concert and opera stages in the United States and abroad.

10 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 11 Corey Dalton Hart Jennifer Sgroe Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, is an active performer of opera, oratorio, and art song repertoire. With a passion for Having performed across the United States in opera, American song, he is a regular recitalist along the east concert and musical theater and internationally as a coast, having premiered new works in both New York soloist at festivals in Finland, England, and Austria, City and Boston. Corey’s opera credits include works by soprano Jennifer Sgroe specializes in contemporary Mozart, Bizet, Ravel, Puccini, and Knussen. On the concert American opera and art song and repertoire of the stage, he has been a featured soloist with the American Baroque and Classical eras. Ms. Sgroe made her Jordan Symphony Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, the Bard Hall debut in concert with The Shakespeare Concerts Baroque Ensemble, and The Orchestra Now. As a in April 2017 and most recently sang Tony Solitro’s chamber musician, Corey performs with Boston Baroque contemporary opera She’s Fabulous with Hartford Opera and the renowned choir at the Church of the Advent. Theater for their New in November Festival. In December He was also recently named an American Scholar of 2017, she sang in masterclass for Maestro Pierre Vallet VOCES8, one of the world’s most versatile vocal ensembles. Corey holds at the National Opera Center and was the guest soprano soloist for Handel’s degrees from Furman University and the Bard College Conservatory of Music and Messiah under direction of Mary Beekman and the Belmont Open Sing. In 2018, is currently working on his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance she sings the role of Thérèse in Poulenc’s Les mamelles de Tirésias with Opera and pedagogy from the New England Conservatory of Music. MODO in Detroit, returns to Jordan Hall as the soprano soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria with the NEC Youth Chorale and Youth Repertory Orchestra and reprises her performances of Jessica Rudman’s one woman opera, Trigger, about the effects of domestic violence with Hartford Opera Theater and for the Milton Community Concert Series in a benefit for Rosie’s Place. Originally from New York, Jennifer Thomas Oesterling resides in historic Salem, MA with her husband Matt and has served on the voice faculty of New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School and School of Thomas Oesterling, tenor, is heard frequently on the Continuing Education for the past eight years. She also maintains a private voice opera and concert stages of New England. The Boston studio in Salem. She holds the Bachelor of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts Globe has praised him for the “Sweetness, awe and degrees in vocal performance from the University of Kentucky, and a Master of clarity” of his singing of Uriel in Haydn’s Creation Music degree in Opera from The Boston Conservatory. under the baton of Robert Shaw. As Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus for Commonwealth Opera, he was acclaimed for having “played Eisenstein to the Deborah Williams height of comic foppishness, bringing to bear a voice Deborah Williams is currently a member of the voice equally at home in the most serious and demanding... faculty and Chair of Voice at the New England repertoire.” His roles include Don Ottavio in Don Conservatory Preparatory School. Prior to moving to Giovanni, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, and Boston, she was Associate Professor of Voice at Acis in Acis and Galatea, which he performed most recently with Ensemble Chicago State University. Ms. Williams has a BME and Courant at UNC Chapel Hill. He has created a recital program entitled “Birth of an MM degree from the University of Oklahoma with the Lied” with fortepianist Sylvia Berry to perform classical songs with period continued study in the DMA program at the University keyboard instruments, performed recently at the Groton School, New England of Texas. Her solo vocal career spans from recitals at Conservatory, and Amherst College. Carnegie in New York City to concerts and recitals in New Jersey, Chicago, Ukraine, and Italy. Other solo credits Mr. Oesterling is an alumnus of Washington University, holds a Master of include concerts with the New Jersey Philharmonic Music degree from The Boston Conservatory and a diploma from the Boston Orchestra, members of the New York City and the University Opera Institute. He currently teaches voice at Amherst College and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, Kishwaukee Orchestra, and Orchestra Sinfonica at New England Conservatory Preparatory School and School of Continuing Nova Amadeus in Rome singing Verdi’s Requiem. Most recently Ms. Williams Education. has sung in Chicago at Symphony Hall with the Oak Park and River Forest Symphony Orchestra. Works performed there as soprano soloist include Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Three Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy.

Ms. Williams is an active presenter and teacher for Master Classes, Workshops, and Vocal Competitions. These include Oklahoma City University, University of Central Oklahoma, Northwestern University, Valor Conservatory in Wisconsin, Masterworks Festival in Indiana, Illinois Music Educators Association, and Classical Singer in Chicago and Boston. Ms. Williams has appeared in concert with Barbra Streisand at the United Center in Chicago, and she recently received an award for her composition of Chicago State University’s Alma Mater.

12 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 13 Rebecca Worthington HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY Originally from North Carolina, Rebecca Worthington GOVERNANCE is a Boston-based singing performer. Most recently, Ms. Worthington performed the role of Rodolfo in an exciting Board of Governors Louise Cashman all-female production of Puccini’s iconic work, La Bohéme Dr. Frank Clark (MetroWest Opera). She has also appeared as Arminda in Robert N. Shapiro John Cornish Mozart’s La Finta Giardineira, the Forester’s Wife and Owl Chair David Elsbree in Janacek’s Příhody lišky Bystroušky (NEC Graduate Opera Julia Cox Philip V. Gerdine Program) and Eve in a workshop of Julian Wachner’s Vice Chair Dr. Frank G. Haluska new opera, Rev. 23. Before moving to the Boston area, Willma H. Davis James S. Hoyte Worthington was also an active performer throughout Vice Chair Janina Longtine Joseph Mari the Southeast, appearing with Opera Birmingham (Suor Deborah First Vice Chair Anthony T. Moosey Angelica, Pagliacci, Hamlet, and La Bohéme), Birmingham Music Club (Olga/ Dr. Stephen Morrissey Hanna Glawari cover in The Merry Widow), and Bob Jones University Opera Nicholas Gleysteen Vice Chair Michael Oliveri Association (Rigoletto). Also an exciting concert performer, Worthington has Jonathan Painter performed as soprano soloist in such works as Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Carl Kester Carolyn Pope Vice Chair Creation, Handel’s Messiah, and Schubert’s Mass in G. Ms. Worthington has Catherine Powell recently completed graduate study at the New England Conservatory of Music Karen Levy Brenda Gray Reny Vice Chair (Graduate Diploma, Voice Performance) where she also works on staff. Arthur G. Robins Michael Scott Morton George Sacerdote Vice Chair Emily F. Schabacker Judith Verhave Susan M. Stemper Vice Chair Jeffrey S. Thomas Kathleen Weld Nancy B. Tooke Vice Chair Thomas J. Watt David Weaver Elizabeth P. Wax Treasurer Jean Woodward Elizabeth Reza Christopher R. Yens Secretary David Snead Governors Emeriti President and CEO Todd Estabrook Joseph M. Flynn Mary Nada Timothy C. Robinson Janet P. Whitla

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Silliman M.D. Scott* & Diane Palmer Timothy & Maren Robinson Suzanne & Easley Hamner Barbara & Edward Scolnick CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Eleanor H. Smith & Donald R. Winifred & Leroy Parker Paul & Ann Sagan Jill B. Hartman Joan K. Shafran & Rob Smith Charitable Fund Karen M. & James F. Poage Robert H. Scott & Diane T. Ann Higgins Haimes Platinum Baton Wayne & Kathryn Smith David G. Tuerck & Prema P. Spencer Judith S. Howe in honor of Marilyn Shesko ($15,000-$24,999) Heidi Vernon Popat Arnold & Polly Slavet Mrs. Ronald Woodward Arthur Clarke & Susan Sloan Alpine & Donald Bird Thomas & Jane Watt John A. Renner Jr. John & Jean Southard Per & Jan Jonas Dr. Alan E. Smith & Ms. Leigh David B. Elsbree & Lorraine Elizabeth & Robert Wax Robin Riggs & David Fish Drs. Robert G. Spiro* & Mary Eva Kalawski & John Sutton Dunworth Gilmore David Weaver Victoria Santarcangelo & J. Spiro Stephen B. Kay & Lisbeth Stanley & Jody Smith Kate S. Flather Jane & James Wilson John Dobermiller Stewart H. 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16 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 17 Christopher & Jessica Wright Laura Carrick Elizabeth Goetter Lisa A. Teot Michael & Margaret Flannery Wesley & Sandra Mott Clifford Wunderlich & David Ellen & William Chapman Claire & Brian Goldsmith Olaf & Margaret Thorp Pierre Fleurant Daniel Nigrosh Shuckra Derek Clark & Monica Bruno Goodman Family Fund of the Arlene Weintraub Scott Forbes & Regina Ventre David & Janet Offensend in Patricia Yeiser, Syracuse, New John Clark & Judith New Hampshire Charitable Ilana White Kenneth Froewiss honor of Mark & Judith York Stoughton Foundation Kathryn A. Willmore in Edward Gadsby & Nancy King David & Evelyn Yoder Jennifer A. Cobe Ronald & Judith Goodman memory of Kathryn Adams Brown Tim & Christina Palmer Jeanne W. Yozell Elizabeth A. Compton Elizabeth & Paul Goodrich Sydney & Jonathan Winthrop Buzz & Connie Gagnebin in Carolyn & Georges Peter Miriam & David Zarchan Linzee Coolidge J. Gorga & L. Highland Katie & Marshall Wolf memory of Charles Allen & Elizabeth & Ervin Philipps Fifteen Anonymous Donors Mary Louise Couvillon Kenneth & Sue Gould Margot T. Young in honor of Kay Gidley David Posson Donald V. Crabtree The Graham-Merediths Kathleen & Walter Weld Mary & Michael Gimbrone Harold I. Pratt Orchestra Circle Paul Cramer & Mary Gard The Graver Family Mr. Peter Zschokke Robert & Judy Gore Gil Press & Liah Greenfeld ($250 to $499) Frederik & Sophia Crawford Ted & Dru Greenwood Seven Anonymous Donors Barbara Gratry Patrick Dupre Quigley & Samuel & Edith Abbott in honor of Peter Manson & Mary J. Greer Samuel & Florence Graves Robert Andrew Peccola Sara & Jason Ader Peter Durfee Carol Griffin Chorus Circle Dr. & Mrs. Scott H. Greenstein Paul Rabin & Arlene Snyder Joseph Aieta & Helen Alcala Robert & Joy Creamer Jonathan & Sandra Grindlay ($500 to $999) D. J. Griffith Naveed Rahman & Caroline Caroline Alpert Sen. Cynthia Creem & Harvey Randy L. 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Fitzgerald Anthony Jeannotte Mary Louise & Chrisopher Jackie Lenth Benjamin & Katherine Taylor Nancy Bradford Joyce Flaherty Andrea & Bruce Jeffrey Crofton-Atkins Madeline K. Leone Sarah E. Thomas Timothy P. Bragan Christina M. Frangos, Esq. Alan & Barbara Jenkins Robert & Amanda Crone Robert T. Macauley Annie Thompson & Tim Mr. & Mrs. David I. Brainard James Franklin & Brenda Johnson McVeigh Family Jeff Dike Sally Makacynas Gerhold Daniel S. Brazel in memory of Swithenbank Fund Peter H. Dodson & Beverly Dr. Pamela Marron Helena Thornley Janyce M. Brazel Alan Fruzzetti Paul Johnson Feinberg Diana Marsh Susan C. Tillman Mary-Lou Breitborde Beverly Bridgewater Fuller Robin Johnson & Russell Donald & Gale Druga Lawrence A. Martin Jr. Matthew Torrey in memory of Leonard Buckle in memory Michael & Kathryn Fuller Pinizzotto Kathleen & Thomas Dunphy Stephen J. McCarthy Miguel Canizares of my dear wife, Dr. Stephen Garanin & Bonnie Meghan Johnston Frederick Eayrs George W. 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18 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 19 Sharon Kirby & Frederic Thomas Narcavage & Bonnie Phyllis & Larry Selter Ripley Neggers Peter & Kathleen Shank Denis Kokernak Peter & Melissa Nassiff Allen F. Shaughnessy HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kraus Margaret & Joseph Newhouse Toyin Shonukan Elliot Kronstein & May Terri Neufeglise & Rosalyn J. Tom & Martha Sieniewicz ADMINISTRATION Baldwin Fennell Joel & Karen Sirkin Judy Kugel Selma Newburgh Laura Smeaton M. Kuncewicz Deborah & Ralph Nichols Sybil & Don Smith David Snead Marketing and Education Theresa & Jack Kurdzionak Eileen Nielsen in memory of Gail Smith President and CEO Audience Services Program Staff Dr. Catherine Lager in Maurice Nielsen Kathleen A. Smith Rebecca Sullivan memory of John Frederick H. Peter Norstrand & Steven Solomon Senior Manager, Board Relations Sally Bradford Conductors Lager Katherine Tallman Lionel & Vivian Spiro and Artistic Planning Vice President of Marketing and David Lakari Paul Neuhauser Mary & John Stasik Communications Alyson Greer Aaron Lamb & Margrethe Thomas O’Connell Michael Steadman Espinosa Flanders Ellen & John O’Connor Lorraine & Lee Steele Artistic Alex Speir Chorus of Sopranos and Altos Associate Director of Audience and Chamber Choir Joseph Paul Lancaster Jr Bill & Martha O’Dell Julienne & Michele Stenberg Services Cynthia Landau & David Elke U. O’Donnell Sarah Stewart Ira Pedlikin Vice President of Artistic Jennifer Kane Weiner Rose Kathleen O’Donnell Susan Stone Chris Petre-Baumer Treble Chorus, Youth Chorale, Planning Sylvia & Richard Lanza Les & Joan Ottinger Ralph & Carol Stuart Associate Director of Design and Concert Choir Siu-Man Kelvin Lau John M. 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20 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 21 THE KAREN S. AND GEORGE D. LEVY CONGRATULATIONS! EDUCATION PROGRAM

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Handel and Haydn Society Youth The Handel and Haydn Society’s Karen S. and George D. Levy Education Program Choruses Awards! provides music education for children in communities throughout eastern Massachusetts, reaching thousands of students each year. Helen Peppler is the 2021 recipient of the Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence. Ms. Peppler is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music. She is a 2020 graduate of HHYC and past recipient of the Candace Achtmeyer Award.

Sam Higgins is the 2021 recipient of the Candace Achtmeyer Award. Mr. Higgins is a graduate of Milton High School and will attend the Curtis Institute of Music in the fall to continue his vocal studies.

Somin Virmani is the 2021 recipient of the Evangelyna Etienne Scholarship Award. Mr. Virmani is a student at Phillips Academy Andover.

Alex Franklin is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Mr. Franklin is a graduate of Westford Academy and will attend Berklee College of Music in the fall to study contemporary writing and production.

KeeSeok Lee is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Mr. Lee is a graduate of The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA and will study at Stanford University beginning this fall.

Evan Strouse is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Mr. Strouse studies at Connecticut College and is a 2020 graduate of HHYC.

Rachel Warhaftig is a recipient of a 2021 HHYC Achievement Award. Ms. Warhaftig is a graduate of Hingham High School and will study at Emory The Handel and Haydn Youth Education Committee University beginning in the fall. Choruses provides talented Kathleen Weld Karen Levy young singers in grades 2-12 the These awards are presented annually by the H+H Education Committee to CHAIR Nancy Nizel opportunity to sing in a chorus, current singers and alumni of the H+H Youth Choruses who have demonstrated Carolyn Aliski Dr. Winifred Parker take musicianship classes, perform a high degree of achievement in and commitment to the vocal arts. To learn Julian Bullitt Benjamin Perkins with professional musicians, and about the remarkable women for whom these awards are named, visit Dr. Holly Carter Carolyn Pope receive private voice instruction. handelandhaydn.org/education/hhyc/awards/. Suzanne Hamner Emily Schabacker Brenda Kronberg Jean Woodward Collaborative Youth Concerts bring choirs from Boston-area schools together to perform alongside Program Administration H+H musicians in their home communities and at Symphony Hall. Emily Reed Vice President of Education and School Partnerships led by H+H Community Engagement teaching artists bring weekly choral Penny Ouellette and music education instruction to Manager of Education and Community Boston elementary school students. Engagement Elizabeth Wooton Youth Choruses Coordinator See the Education Program in action Precious Perez at handelandhaydn.org/education. Youth Choruses Coordinator

22 HIGH SCHOOL SOLOISTS RECITAL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 23 ABOUT THE HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY

Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society performs Leadership Baroque and Classical music with a freshness, a vitality, and a creativity that inspires all ages. Robert N. Shapiro H+H has been captivating audiences for 206 CHAIR consecutive seasons (the most of any performing David Snead arts organization in the United States) speaking to PRESIDENT AND CEO its success at converting new audiences to this extraordinary music, generation after generation. Harry Christophers, CBE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THE BICENTENNIAL CHAIR H+H performed the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah in its first concert in 1815, gave Ian Watson the American premiere in 1818, and ever since has ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR been both a musical and a civic leader in the Boston Scott Allen Jarrett community. During the Civil War, H+H gave numerous RESIDENT CONDUCTOR, CHORUS concerts in support of the Union Army (H+H member Julia Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Anthony Trecek-King Republic”) and on January 1, 1863, H+H performed at RESIDENT CONDUCTOR, CHORUS the Grand Jubilee Concert celebrating the enactment Reginald Mobley of the Emancipation Proclamation. Two years later, PROGRAMMING CONSULTANT H+H performed at the memorial service for Abraham Lincoln.

Today, H+H’s Orchestra and Chorus delight more than 50,000 listeners annually with a nine-week subscription series at Symphony Hall and other leading venues. Through the Karen S. and George D. Levy Education Program, H+H supports seven youth choirs of singers in grades 2-12, and provides thousands of complimentary tickets to students and communities throughout Boston, ensuring the joy of music is accessible to all.

H+H’s numerous free community concerts include an annual commemoration of the original 1863 Emancipation Proclamation concert on December 31 of every year, in collaboration with the Museum of African American History.

The artistic director of the Handel and Haydn Society is Harry Christophers, who is also founding artistic director of The Sixteen in London. Under Christophers’s leadership, H+H has released 15 CDs on the Coro label and has toured nationally and internationally.

In all these ways, H+H fulfills its mission to inspire the intellect, touch the heart, elevate the soul, and connect all of us with our shared humanity through transformative experiences with Baroque and Classical music.

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