Friday, 24 April Junior Recital: Ruby Pierce and Madeline Pollis, sopranos. Assisted by David Alpher, piano. Music of Handel, Mozart, t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f m u s i c Fauré, Paulin, Tosti, Strauss, Beach, , Offenbach, Puccini, Verdi, and Delibes. VASSAR COLLEGE 5:00PM Thekla Hall

Vassar Camerata. Ella Middleton ’15, Maria Ramsey ’15, and Patrick Walker ’16, co-directors. “Concertare.” Works by J.S. Bach, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Palestrina, and Arcadelt. Vassar College Madrigal Singers 8:00PM Martel Recital Hall Drew Minter, conductor Jane Cardona ’15, rehearsal pianist Saturday, 25 April Senior Recital: Jacob Damsky, , and Frank Hoffman, piano. present Assisted by David Alpher, piano. Works by Vaughan Williams, Wolf, Duparc, Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and others. 1:30PM Martel Recital Hall Animal Tales Senior Recital: Zoe Adams and Alexandra Prow, mezzo-sopranos. Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano. Works by Debussy, Berlioz, Mozart, Monteverdi, Mahler and Rorem. Assisted by 4:00PM Ms. Cardona and Michael Pisani, pianos Martel Recital Hall Frank Cassara, Dominic Donato, Chris Nappi, Vassar College Women’s Chorus. Christine Howlett and Shereen Sodder ’17 and Julia Boscov-Ellen ’15, conductors. “Nature: From a Little Spark May Burst a Flame.” Featuring music by Antonio Vivaldi, Eleanor Daley, Lauren Workman ’17, percussion Erik Ešenvalds, Eric Barnum, R. Murray Schafer and more. 8:00PM Martel Recital Hall

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Program

Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees John Wilbye (1574-1638)

Fowles in the Frith Anon. 12th c.

Blackbird Paul McCartney (b. 1942)

Tymon Dickson, baritone

La biche (1895-1963)

Un cygne Hindemith

Tale of a Dog and a Bee Jean Berger (1909-2002)

El grillo Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450-1621)

The Bluebird Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Ana Torruella, soprano

Trois beaux oiseaux (1875-1937)

Gileann Tan, soprano; Rachel Fuerstman, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Young, ; Michael Oosterhout, baritone Le chant des oyseaux Clément Jannequin Vassar College Madrigal Singers (ca. 1485-1558) Soprano Tenor An Old Silent Pond Norman Dinerstein Catherine Belleza ’18 Patrick Brady ’15 (b. 1937) Elisabeth Boyce Jacino ’18 Benjamin Liu ’15 Tonya Ingerson ’18 John Rezes ’18 The Monk and His Cat Madeline Pollis ’16 Jack Rowland ’15 (1910-1981) Gileann Tan ’17 Daniel Young ’17 Ana Isabel Torruella ’17 Madison Hayes, mezzo-soprano Alto Bass I Bought Me a Cat Aaron Copland Melanie Donnelly ’17 Ari Bell ’18 (1900-1990) Rachel Fuerstman ’16 Tymon Dickson ’15 Madison Hayes ’15 Logan Pitts ’17 Benjamin Liu, tenor Regina Krawiec ’15 Michael Oosterhout ’18

Five Eyes Armstrong Gibbs ˜™ (1889-1960)

Animal Crackers, texts by Ogden Nash Eric Whitacre I. The Panther (b. 1970) II. The Cow III. The Firefly

INTERMISSION

Moralities, texts by W.H. Auden I. In the first age the frogs dwelt at peace (1926-2012) II. When first had no second, before time III. A ship put to sea

Patrick Brady, narrator; Michael Oosterhout (Jove); Regina Krawiec (Mistress Kind); Ari Bell (Captain); Madeline Pollis and Tonya Ingerson, sopranos