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Faculty Recital: Love, Nature and the Divine Clara Cheng Chapman University, Ccheng@Chapman.Edu Chapman University Chapman University Digital Commons Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format) Music Performances 2-19-2011 Faculty Recital: Love, Nature and the Divine Clara Cheng Chapman University, [email protected] Peter Atherton Chapman University, [email protected] Sam Savage Chapman University Maria Lazarova Chapman University Tony Cho Chapman University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/music_programs Recommended Citation Cheng, Clara; Atherton, Peter; Savage, Sam; Lazarova, Maria; and Cho, Tony, "Faculty Recital: Love, Nature and the Divine" (2011). Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format). Paper 628. http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/music_programs/628 This Faculty Recital is brought to you for free and open access by the Music Performances at Chapman University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format) by an authorized administrator of Chapman University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. •• CHAPMAN•• UNIVERSITY CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS Conservatory ofMusic Spring 2011 Event Highlights THEATRE: presents a Macbeth by William Shakespeare ......................................................... Feb. 17-19, 24-26 Picasso at the Lapin Agile Faculty Recital by Steve Martin ...................................................................... Mar. 17-19, 24-26 Student Directed One-Acts ............................................................................. Apr. 28-30 Love, Nature and the Divine MUSIC: Clara Cheng, piano University Choir Home Concert. ................................................................ Feb. 4 with Ensemble in Residence - Penderecki String Quartet ............................ Feb. 15 Chapman Chamber Orchestra and University Choir ............................ Mar. 4 Peter Atherton, Bass-baritone Chapman University Wind Symphony .................................................. Mar. 12 Sam Savage, Tenor Opera Chapman........................................................................................ Apr. 1-3 Maria Lazarova, Mezzo-soprano Guest Artists in Recital - EAR Unit... .................................................................. May 5 Tony Cho, Pianist Sholund Scholarship Concert: Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, Sanft wie du Lebtest and Mass in C. ................................................................... May 7 DANCE: Dance Works in Progress ......................................................................... Mar. 5-6 Concert Intime .......................................................................................... Mar. 31, Apr. 1-2 Spring Dance Concert.. ...................................................................................... May 11-14 Feb. 19th, 2011 • 8:00 P.M. Salmon Recital Hall For more information about our events, please visit our website at http ://www.chapman.edu/copa/calendar or call 714-997-6519 or email [email protected] Program About the Artists Bass-baritone Peter Atherton has had the joy of performing over forty-five roles ranging from Seneca in Songs The Coronation of Poppea to Frederick in A Little Night Music. His operatic credits include performances with the Charles Ives Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, Baltimore Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Wolf Trap Opera, Virginia Opera, San \ Circus Band (1874-1954) Francisco Opera Touring Division, Opera Atelier, Cairo Opera and the Operafestival of Rome and Verona. He has t]., Evening performed with such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Lucas Foss, James Conlon, Kurt Herbert Adler, ~ Children's Hour ~ ~ 0 David Effron and Myung-Whun Chung. In concert and oratorio he has performed to acclaim with numerous orchestras including the Los Angeles u Memories 1· L-( '"D Philharmonic, L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Bach Cercle Geneve, International Sam Savage, tenor Chamber Ensemble Rome, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Orchestre de Belgique, Philadelphia Singers, San Diego ; Symphony, William Hall Chorale, Angeles Chorale and the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. Equally popular in recital, he has performed in Vienna, Zurich, Rome, Hannover, Basel, Geneva, New York, Houston, Miami, Las Vegas and Los From Twelve Poems ofEmily Dickinso1 , D S Aaron Copland Angeles. b Nature, the gentlest mother \ · , S- ( 1900-1990) Mr. Atherton's versatility as a singing-actor enabled him to perform six different roles in The Phantom of the Opera in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. He has also recorded a program of French Art Song for the 1---' There came a wind like a bugle \ L{, L. Hannover Radio in Germany. ~ The world feels dusty \ b : '{P Mr. Atherton holds the Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from The Juilliard School, Master of Music in Vocal '\ Heart, we will forget him \ g ,._2 ' Performance from the University of Southern California, and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has received numerous awards including Artist of the Year sponsored by The National Arts Club in \ o Sleep is supposed to be 1o : -~) New York City and a full scholarship to The International Academy for Soloists where he studied exclusively with u Going to Heaven! l.,): I l._ Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. \ L.-The Chariot ], (, : \ 4 Mr. Atherton presently is Director of Operatic Studies and Associate Professor of Voice at Chapman University and Co-Artistic Director of Operafestival di Roma. He has taught at the University of Southern California, Maria Lazarova, mezzo-soprano the University of California at Los Angeles, Occidental College and at Operafestival di Roma and has presented Master Classes throughout North America. His students have been admitted to prestigious graduate and apprentice programs across the country, with many performing professionally in Europe, the United States and Canada. Intermission Tenor Sam Savage has enjoyed varied performance experiences includes opera, oratorio, musical theater and recitals. He has over twenty roles in his repertoire and has appeared with New York City Opera's national tour, Operafestival di Roma, Virginia Opera, Sarasota Opera, Maryland Opera Studio, Western Plains Opera and Metropolitan Opera Chorus. As a young artist, Savage performed with Pittsburgh Opera Center and Glimmerglass Songs Charles Ives Opera. Savage made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1996 performing the tenor solos in works by Leonard Bernstein and / His Exaltation (1874-1954) Adolphus Hailstork. Dr. Savage's awards include the Virginia Music Teachers Concerto Competition, the A. Eli and \ ~ The Greatest Man Esther Nisenfeld Award for Outstanding Tenor, and a finalist in the Richard Tauber International Competition for Tenors. \ S In The Alley Dr. Savage is a Pi Kappa Lambda Scholar, and received his DMA degree from the University of Maryland at \.\An 0 ld Flame College Park in 2002. His previous teachers include the late Maestro Franco Corelli, Vladimir Chernov, David Jones, Linda Mabbs and Dr. Kenneth Bowles. \-:\·from "Night of Frost in May" Currently, Dr. Savage is the Coordinator of Studio Voice at Indiana University- Purdue University Fort \~ Autumn Wayne where he also teaches private voice, vocal pedagogy, vocal literature and directs the opera ensemble. His Peter Atherton, bass-baritone previous teaching appointments include The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Virginia, the Operafestival di Roma, Longwood University and the University of Richmond. Students who have studied with Dr. Savage have appeared on and off-broadway, in film and TV, leading Four Dialogues NedRorem regional opera houses, national and international summer festivals, and major apprentice programs. They have been 1J) The Subway C\1 :l\ { (1923 -) winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and regional finalists as well as winners and the recipients of the \ o \ ,.- G \,,. J highest awards at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competitions and regional finalists. Some of these 1,\ The Airport same students have been the highest recruits at prestigious graduate programs such Eastman School of Music, The The Apartment University of Michigan, The University of Maryland at College Park, Baylor University and Texas Christian University. In Spain and in New York Dr. Maria Lazarova, soprano, earned her Bachelor of Music from California State University at Long Maria Lazarova, mezza-soprano Beach, Masters of Music and Doctorof Musical Arts with a concentration in music education, stage directing, and jazz Sam Savage. Tenor studies from the University of Southern California. Clara Cheng, piano I Dr. Lazarova was born in Bulgaria and has lived in Algeria, France, and Italy. Residing in Southern California for the last fifteen years, she has performed as a soloist in numerous venues, including the Orange County Tony Cho, piano II Performing Arts Center, Irvine Bowl, Barclay Theatre, Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Ahmanson Theatre, and the Hollywood Bowl. Ms. Lazarova's solo opera repertoire includes roles in Don Giovanni, Cendrillon, Dido and Aeneas, la Calisto, The Medium, Turandot, Abduction from the Seraglio, Madame Butterfly, The Hand of Bridge and Dead Man Walking. As the recipient of the Giovanni Colao Scholarship in 2001, she attended Istituto Europeo in Florence, Italy and was selected to perform a solo recital in the historical site, Chiesa di Santa Maria die Ricci. Ms. Lazarova has won numerous competitions and scholarships, some of which include the Marilyn
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