The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Music Department UNC Music Workshop Presents: Faculty Recital July 22, 2019 8:00 pm Moeser Auditorium ~ Program ~ Chopin Robert Schumann from Carnaval, Op. 9 (1810 - 1856) Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 Frédéric Chopin dedicated to Robert Schumann (1810 - 1849) Frank Pittman, piano Gruss Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) Ideale Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916) Bleuet Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Jordan Wilson, baritone Frank Pittman, piano Se tu m’ami Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736) Per la gloria d’adorarvi Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - 1747) El tra la la y el punteado Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) El majo tímido Enrique Granados Mary Gayle Greene, mezzo-soprano Frank Pittman, piano Alleluia Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944) Canción de la Infanta Pauline Viardot (1821 - 1910) An April Day Florence Price (1887 - 1953) Jeanne Fischer, soprano Frank Pittman, piano Et misericordia Johann Sebastian Bach from Magnificat in D dur (1685 – 1750) Mary Gayle Greene, mezzo-soprano Daniel M. Huff, tenor Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) 1. Rede Mädchen, allzu liebes 2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 65 15. Zum Schluß Jeanne Fischer, soprano Mary Gayle Greene, mezzo-soprano Daniel M. Huff, tenor Jordan Wilson, baritone ******************************************** A native of North Carolina, Jeanne Fischer received her BA in Music and English from UNC-Chapel Hill. She continued her studies in the United Kingdom on a British Marshall Scholarship, completing an MM and Artist’s Diploma at London’s Royal Academy of Music. She received her DMA from the University of Maryland. Her solo performances include appearances with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, The Bach Sinfonia, the Washington Bach Consort, Princeton’s Dryden Ensemble, and the University of Maryland Symphony. In the UK, she appeared as part of the St. Martin-in-the-Fields Outstanding Young Artists’ Series, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, and the Dartington International Festival. Prior to coming to UNC in 2006, Dr. Fischer taught voice at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. She has also served on the faculty of Oberlin’s summer Baroque Performance Institute. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Phi Beta Kappa, and Early Music America. Dr. Jordan Wilson, baritone, is pleased to have recently moved back to his home state of North Carolina, having joined the Music department at Wingate University. Originally from the Raleigh area, he received both a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Music Theory and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music. As an avid recitalist, while he attended Eastman he was the 2010 winner of the Jessie Kneisel German Lieder competition. Dr. Wilson also received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While there, he also studied linguistics and has research interests in the intersection of linguistics and singing in several languages. Dr. Wilson previously served on the faculty of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. He can be heard on recordings with Eastman Opera Theatre, Wolftrap Opera, and the Rochester Symphony Orchestra among others. Mezzo soprano Mary Gayle Greene has sung professionally in Europe and the British Isles. Groups she has performed with include the St Louis Symphony, The Opera Theater of Saint Louis and the Chicago Lyric Opera Studio. The North Carolina Visiting Artist program brought Mary Gayle to North Carolina. She is a frequent soloist with the North Carolina Symphony, The Raleigh Oratorio Society, the Durham Choral Society and the Long Leaf Opera Company. Mary Gayle has taught voice at Elon College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is presently on the faculty at Appalachian State University. Dr. Frank Pittman is a nationally certified teacher of music and is the founder, artistic, and executive director of the Piano Academy of North Carolina in Durham. He has served on the faculties of the Governor's School of North Carolina, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Meredith College, Campbell University, the Actors Center in Philadelphia, the Durham School of the Arts, and has been guest Lecturer of Music Theatre at Temple University. Several of his students have participated in international piano festivals and won numerous competitions. Dr. Pittman performs regularly as recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. While touring in Great Britain he received the honor to perform in live broadcast over British Radio. Dr. Pittman regularly adjudicates for local, regional, national, and international piano competitions. He is a recurring examiner for the Hong Kong Schools Music Competition and is the current piano performance festival state director of the North Carolina Music Teachers Association where he has also served as past president. He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Temple University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Pittman attended the UNC High School Music Workshop (formerly the UNC Piano Clinic) as a student in 1975-1981. During his college studies he served on the staff of the clinic. This year marks Dr. Pittman’s 30th year as a faculty member of the workshop. Michael Meyer is entering his seventeenth year as Director of Upper School Music at Durham Academy in Durham, NC. He received his Bachelor’s in Music Education from UNC and his Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He previously served as Assistant to the Conductor for the Choral Society of Durham. Michael has worked as an arranger and engraver for Music Theatre International, and arranges and orchestrates music for both amateur and professional groups locally and nationally. .