Tones of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

Recital de canto - Sarah Meredith "Tones of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic"

Sarah Meredith Livingston (mezzo-soprano) Throughout Europe, the U.S. and South America, Sarah Meredith Livingston has performed as soloist, recitalist, master-class teacher and adjudicator. Ms. Meredith Livingston, a native Iowan, is currently Associate Professor of Music, Women and Gender Studies, and Global Studies at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay where she teaches applied voice, Diction for Singers, Opera/Musical Theater Workshop, and Women in the Performing Arts as well as Opera Seminar. She received degrees from Iowa State University,(BS, 1974; BM,1975), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, (M.M., Music Education/ Voice Performance), Hochschule fur Musik, Hamburg, Germany, (Auslander Diplom, 1978-1980), and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (DMA, Voice Performance/ Opera, 1987). Since 1993, Ms. Meredith Livingston has organized student and faculty groups to perform in Canada, Ukraine, Poland, Rumania, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic and Brazil. She is the founder and director of the Montreal International Czech/Slovak Voice Competition Semi-finals that will be held for the 6th time on the UWGB campus September 28th and 29th, 2013. This event has the distinction of being the only competition promoting Czech/Slovak music in the United States. Ms. Meredith Livingston has performed with the Green Bay Symphony, the well-known chamber ensembles, Pro Art Quartet as well as the Czech Nonet (Prague), Madison Chamber Orchestra, and OshKosh Symphony and has been a frequent guest artist on the Chazen Museum Series since 1988. One of her recent performances was singing “SEGUIDILLA” in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, with the University of Sao Paulo Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Rubens Ricciardi, May, 2012. Ms. Meredith Livingston has also served as an active international adjudicator serving on the jury for such well- known competitions as Dvorak International Voice Competition, Karlovy Vary, CR; Schneider-Trnavsky International Voice Competition, Trnava, Slovakia; Ada Sari Interna-tional Voice Competition, Novy Sacz, Poland; Central European Festival and the Midwest Regional Metropolitan Opera auditions. Professor Meredith Livingston also maintains an impressive list of awards. Here are some of the highlights. In 2006 and 2007, she was invited to teach at the prestigious BelCanto Institute, Florence, Italy, organized by the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. In 2008 she was selected to be on the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster until 2013. Summer 2011, she was invited through the Fulbright Commission to teach and perform at the first International Choral Music Conference, U. of Sao Paulo-Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, where she recently was invited to return as a visiting guest artist/teacher. In 2008 Ms. Meredith Livingston received the Bronze Award from the Del Bianco Foundation, Florence, Italy, recognizing her work with singers and music faculty across the world. This past year she was selected as the Research Scholar, 2012-2013, at U. of Wisconsin-Green Bay. This lecture recital of Czech/Slovak vocal repertoire since 1850 is a culmination of that research. This project has also been supported by a grant from the U.S. Embassy, Bratislava, Slovakia. She will be presenting this program again at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Monday, February 11th and at the Czech/Slovak Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June, 2013. In December, 2012, Ms. Meredith Livingston performed the mezzo-soprano solo from THE MESSIAH by G.F. Handel at the Weidner Center, UWGB campus with the UWGB choirs. Ms. Meredith Livingston also maintains an active private studio in Green Bay as well as Sturgeon Bay. She lives in Door County with her husband, Jay Livingston, and their dog, Gauge. They have three grown children, Katarine, TJ, and Christian. Her special love is nurturing the trees and flowers surrounding their home in Door County. Ms. Meredith Livingston dedicates her performance to the memory of her father, Darrel D. Meredith. He introduced Sarah to the Czech-speaking community of Spillville, Iowa, which was the summer vacation spot for Antonin Dvořák where the he composed several of his famous works.

Programa • Kebych bola jahodú Traditional Czech Folksong • Lavečka arr. Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) • Liebesliedchen (Koleda milostná) Vítĕslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) • V Narodnim Tonu, Opus 73 Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) • Zigeunermelodien, Opus 55 Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) • Čury mury fuk Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) • Klänge aus Mähren, Opus 32 Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) • Ej, zaletˇ vtáča V. Figusch-Bystry (1875-1937) • Ďaleko, široko Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky (1881-1958) • Moja milá Viteslav Novák (1870-1949) • Chodili chlapci k nám Alexander Moyzes (1906-1984) • Kúcanske Pjesničky Eugen Suchoň (1908-1993)