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KIMBERLY BARBER, MEZZO-SOPRANO COMPLETE PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE Operatic and concert performances: 2019 “I never saw another butterfly: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON, November 7, 2019 Gala Concert: Opening of CASP Conference; Edmonton, AB; mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Turnbull and others; October 16, 2019 Faculty Showcase: Music at Noon; Pianist Anna Ronai, Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Anya Alexeyev and Glen Carruthers, vocalist Glenn Buhr; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON; September 12, 2019 Mysterious Barricades: The Stories We Tell; Kitchener Public Library Theatre, Kitchener, ON; Pianist Anna Ronai, Penderecki String Quartet, Trumpeter Guy Few and others; Sept 10, 2019 (coast-to-coast livestream Sept. 14-21, 2019) Closing concert Festival de Fourvière; Chateau LaCroix-Laval, Lyon, France; Pianists Franck Avitabile and Catherine Garonne, cellist Yannick Callier; Aug 4, 2019 Opening concert Festival de Fourvière; Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France; Three Songs of James Joyce, op. 10, Samuel Barber; Pianist Laetitia Bougnol; Aug 1, 2019 Concert Lyrique, NSVI, Église Ste-Claire, Riviere-Beaudette, QC; Pianist Michael Shannon, Mezzo-soprano Maria Soulis and others; July 3, 2019 Église Ste-Madeleine, Rigaud, QC, July 6, 2019 Mme. de la Haltière, Cendrillon, Jules Massenet; Conductor Leslie De’Ath, Soprano Emily Vondrejs, Mezzo-soprano Dominie Boutin and others; Theatre Auditorium WLU, Waterloo, ON; March 9, 2019 “Und der Regen rinnt: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON; January 17, 2019; Freiman Hall, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, January 25, 2019 2018 “Und der Regen rinnt: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Gläserner Saal, Palais Corbelli, Vienna, Austria; IES (Institute for the International Education of Students) December 13, 2018 “Paris, New York, Berlin”; Salle Debussy, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France; concert with Pianist Franck Avitabile; November 12, 2018 Mysterious Barricades (live-streamed concert: concert lead, MC and performer); Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU; with Pianist Anna Ronai, Oboist James Mason, Carnatic Singer Tamara Menon, Pipigwan - 1 - player Rene Meshake, Penderecki String Quartet and others; September 13, 2018 Closing Concert of Festival de Fourvière; Cour du Conservatoire de Lyon; with Pianists Catherine Garonne and Franck Avitabile, Pianist Alain Jacquon and others; August 6, 2018 Festival de Fourvière Faculty concert; Chateau de Lacroix-Laval, Lyon, France; with pianist Franck Avitabile, cellist Yannick Callier, violinist Nathalie Douceur and others August 5, 2018 Opening concert Festival de Fourviere; Grand Salon, Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France; with Pianist Laetitia Bougnol and Cellist Yannick Callier, pianists Manuel Schweizer, Franck Avitabile and Alain Jacquon, Bass- baritone Daniel Lichti and others August 2, 2018 Music at Noon: Songs Maureen Sang, with pianist Anna Ronai, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (January 18, 2018) 2017 Music at Noon: Il Tramonto with Penderecki String Quartet, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (October 26, 2017) Faculty Showcase Concert, Music at Noon, WLU, with pianist Leslie De’Ath (September 14, 2017) Mysterious Barricades, Live-Streamed, coast-to-coast Concert for Suicide Awareness and Prevention; with Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Heather Taves and Anna Ronai, Singer-songwriter Glenn Marais, Soprano Samantha Pickett, the Goodhearted Women Singers and others; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (September 10, 2017) Concert: Chanson perpétuelle (Chausson) and Il Tramonto (Respighi), with pianist Gwenaëlle Cochevelou, violinists Nathalie Geoffray and Roberto Sechi, violist Sylvain Séailles and cellist Yannick Callier, Cour du Conservatoire, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France (August 7, 2017) Concert: Cabaret Songs (Bolcom) with pianist Laetitia Bougnol, Cour du Conservatoire, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France (August 5, 2017) Concert: Chansons de Bilitis (Debussy), with pianist Gwenaëlle Cochevelou, Salle Debussy, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France (August 4, 2017) Concert: Zwei Gesänge Op. 91 (Brahms) with Pianist Laetitia Bougnol, and Violist Jessica Fay, Festival de l’Académie, Grand Salon, Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France (August 3, 2017) Lyric Concert, Neil Semer Vocal Institute; with Mezzos Maria Soulis and Meagan Larios, and others, Pianist Esther Gonthier; Rivière-Beaudette, QC (July 8, 2017), Hudson, QC (July 6, 2017) Gala Recital: Opening Concert, Andover Educators Conference; with pianist Tatiana Muzanova, Legacy Hall, River Center, Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (June 24, 2017) Shéhérazade (Ravel) & Kindertotenlieder (Mahler); The Gallery Players of Niagara, with violinist Julie Baumgartel, cellist Margaret Gay, oboist James Mason, clarinetist Peter Shackleton, pianist David Louie and hornist Derek Conrod, Silver Spire Church, St. Catherines, ON (June 4, 2017) - 2 - Aki/This Land, Abigail Richardson-Schulte (WORLD PREMIERE); with TorQ Percussion Quartet, Narrator Rene Meshake and Harpist Angela Schwarzkopf; NUMUS Concerts, Registry Theatre, Kitchener, ON (May 31, 2017) Asa, Oksana G, Aaron Gervais/Colleen Murphy (WORLD PREMIERE); Tapestry Opera; Conductor Jordan de Souza, Director Tom Diamond; Soprano Natalya Gennadi, Tenors Keith Klassen and Adam Fisher; Imperial Oil Theatre, Toronto, ON (May 24, 26, 28, 30, 2017) Concert: Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell--excerpts) St. John’s Lutheran Church; Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir and KW Symphony Youth Orchestra, Conductor Joseph Gascho (April 1, 2017) 2016 Haushofmeister, Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Opera Excerpts, Opera Laurier; Conductor Leslie De’Ath, Director Amanda Smith; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (November 11 & 12, 2016) A Thirty Year Love Affair with Song, Recital Program with Pianist Kathleen Lohrenz Gable, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (September 18, 2016) Mysterious Barricades, Live-Streamed, coast-to-coast Concert for Suicide Awareness and Prevention; with Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Heather Taves, Leopoldo Erice and Anna Ronai, Bass-baritone Daniel Lichti, oboist James Mason, the Goodhearted Women Singers and others; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (September 10, 2016) Lyric Concert, Neil Semer Vocal Institute; with Sopranos Whitney Sloan and Krista da Silva, Mezzo Maria Soulis, Baritone Peter Bass and others, Pianist Jean Desmarais; Rivière-Beaudette, QC (July 9, 2016), Hudson, QC (July 7, 2016) Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra; Conductor Edwin Outwater; with Sopranos Bethany Horst and Jennifer Taverner, Tenors Adam Luther and Joseph Schnurr, Baritones Tyler Fitzgerald and others; Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON (January 8 & 9, 2016) 2015 Co-Stage Director (with Amanda Smith) “It’s my party″, Opera Excerpts Program, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON (November 13 & 14, 2015) Faculty Showcase Concert, Music at Noon, with pianist Elvera Froese, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON (September 15, 2015) Vocal Gems Concert, Opera NUOVA, with soprano Sally Dibblee, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone John Fanning, pianist Michael McMahon and others, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (May 29, 2015) - 3 - Soloist, Midaregami (Tangled Hair), Veronika Krausas; Measures and Frames with Penderecki String Quartet; Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON (March 20, 2015) L’accordéoniste: Latin Heat, Newmarket Centre for the Arts; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary-Lou Vetere and Percussionist Carol Bauman, Newmarket, ON (March 8, 2015) 2014 Alto Soloist, Messiah; Grand Philharmonic Choir, Conductor Mark Vuorinen; Centre-in-the-Square, Kitchener, ON (December 6, 2014) Music at Noon: Stravinsky Then and Now Festival, Igor Stravinsky Chamber Music, vocal soloist with clarinetist Peter Shackleton, bassoonist Eric Hall, violist Christine Vlajk, Pianist Leslie De’Ath; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (November 27, 2014) Art-Rock at The Button Factory; featured artist with Glenn Buhr and the Button Factory Band, The Button Factory, Waterloo, ON (October 4, 2014) Faculty Showcase Concert, with pianist Leslie De’Ath, WLU Faculty of Music, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (September 11, 2014) Konzert der Meisterklasse, Neil Semer Vocal Institute, with Tenor Simon Bode and others, Ars Nuova, Aub, Germany (August 6, 2014) Aga, The Breathing Hole (text Colleen Murphy—in development); Improvisational Performance with Clarinetist Kathryn Ladano and Percussionist Carol Bauman; Generating Art II (lecture presentation by Colleen Murphy, Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence), Dr. Alvin Woods Building, WLU, Waterloo, ON (March 27, 2014) Emma Albani, The Record Player (Tim Brady and John Sobol); Opera Workshop and Presentation; Inter Arts Matrix; Dramaturg Anne-Marie Donovan, Conductor Paul Pulford, Guitarist Tim Brady; Soprano Vania Chan, Tenor Robert Mack, Baritone Michael Donovan; John Aird Centre, Waterloo, ON, Workshop (January 10-12, 2014); Performance (January 12, 2014) 2013 Music at Noon: Ravel Chamber Music (new arrangements for voice and instrumental quintet), Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, Shéhérazade; with Oboist James Mason, Clarinetist Peter Shackleton and others; Maureen Forrester Recital
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