Ann Arbor Festival of Song Presents the Sixteenth Annual
ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL OF SONG PRESENTS THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL WEEK AFTER ART FAIR SONG FEST TUESDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 23-26, 2019 KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE, ANN ARBOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY TUESDAY, JULY 23, 8:00PM THURSDAY, JULY 25, 8:00PM LIZ PEARSE, PERFORMER SEX, DRUGS, AND OPERA SCENES FRIDAY, JULY 26 8:00PM CABARET SCHMABARET WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 8:00PM Herz, Schmerz/Toujours L’amour 2019 ARTISTS Key to abbreviations: BGSU = Bowling Green State Univ; EMU = Eastern Michigan Univ; MOT= Michigan Opera Theatre; UM = Univ of Michigan Pianist KEVIN BYLSMA‘s work has taken him in recent years to Venice, Paris, Romania, Eastern Europe, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, and Thailand. Recent collaborations include recitals with Jennifer Rowley, Irina Mishura, Michelle DeYoung, and Kathryn Lewek, and accompanying masterclasses of Samuel Ramey, Dianne Soviero, and Marilyn Horne. His music directing and coaching credits include Ann Baltz' OperaWorks in Los Angeles, Toledo Opera, MOT, OPERA!Lenawee, Papagena Opera Company, and the UM. Currently serving as Head of Music Preparation at Toledo Opera, and Lecturer of Opera at the College of Musical Arts at BGSU, Kevin has also served the Toledo, Adrian, and Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestras as keyboardist, and since 1993 has been associate organist at Mariners' Church of Detroit. CHRISTINE AMON, MEZZO-SOPRANO, a Grand Rapids native, has performed in recent seasons with Opera Carolina, Nashville Opera, Opera Memphis, Toledo Opera, Opera Louisiane, Union Avenue Opera, and Opera Grand Rapids. In 2018 she was a finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition hosted by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. She is a voice instructor in the Grand Rapids area.
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