2017 NEWBURGH MUSIC FESTIVAL JUNE 15th to JUNE 25th The Newburgh Music Festival is a 10 day long immersive young artist program devoted to solo repertoire, chamber music, and art song. Program includes daily private lessons, coaching sessions, masterclasses, lectures, and performances. newburghmusicfestival.com 2017 Newburgh Music Festival A word from our Artistic Director: The idea of creating a music festival has been present in my mind for a long while; mainly inspired by programs I was fortunate to be a part of since my late teens. There was always something deeply compelling and addictive about being united with different people by a single and upmost strong desire - striving to make music to the best of our ability and sharing this experience collaboratively. This is how I imagine a universal love being born. To feel wholly present and intricately connected to other musicians is something I am striving to create here, for more musicians to experience, younger and older alike. Why Newburgh, NY? One December day in 2015 I allowed myself to share this idea with David Ludwig, the creative power behind Queen of the Hudson Concert Series. The response that followed was not what I had expected -David in all seriousness suggested it might be possible to bring it to fruition in Newburgh. And here we are… Our inaugurating season during the summer of 2016 consisted of three chamber music concerts dedicated to composers of four different geographic locations: Russia, Germany and France united with Spain during the last performance. The experience of working with extraordinary musicians, while overseeing the mountains on the opposite shore of the Hudson river and observing the moon sneak out from behind them slowly, but with full determination, was a source of profound inspiration. This season, a whole other significant aspect will be incorporated into the Newburgh Music Festival: we have young artists and an educational program tailored to help their artistic development. The program will provide a full immersive environment, in which participants will be learning not only from our distinguished guests, but also through brainstorming with each other. We hope these young musicians move forward with a spirit of full dedication to their musical aspirations, broaden their knowledge and understanding of music, and embody their role in it as an individual and as a society. - Victoria Schwartzman Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Event Schedule SATURDAY JUNE 17th, 2017 FACULTY & GUESTS ARTISTS RECITAL* INCLUDING A PRE-CONCERT LECTURE WITH MORGAN MANIFACIER: “Teaching Musicians: The Legacy of Nadia Boulanger” Concert Program Concert Information Berg, Piano Sonata Op. 1 Lecture starts at 5:30 pm, concert starts at 7 pm Mendelssohn, Allegro Brilliant, Op. 92 $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Schumann, “Du bist wie eine blume”, “Widmung” John Greer, piano Strauss "Ich trage meine minne” Anna Rabinova, violin Lehar, “Dein is mein ganzes herz” Victoria Schwartzman, piano De Curtis, “Non ti scordar di me” Christian Sebek, voice Intermission Atlas Industries Schumann, Sonata for violin and piano 11, Spring Street No. 2 in D-minor, Op. 121 Newburgh, NY 12550 Photograph of French Pedagogue Nadia Boulanger Teaching * This event was made possible by a generous gift from Briar Forsythe, owner and founder of Willowdale Estate. Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Event Schedule TUESDAY JUNE 20th, 2017 PIANO MASTERCLASS WITH CONSTANTINE FINEHOUSE* Masterclass begins at 2pm. Free admission and seats may be reserved online. // WEDNESDAY JUNE 21st, 2017 2PM: VOICE MASTERCLASS WITH THOMAS GRUBB* 7PM: STUDENT PERFORMANCE* Masterclass begins at 2pm. Free admission, but seats may be reserved online. Maestro Thomas Grubb, pianist of international recognition and faculty at The Juilliard School, will be giving an open masterclass at the Newburgh Music Festival this year. Maestro Grubb was a student and close assistant of Pierre Bernac, on the photograph below, who was the most renowned interpreter of the French mélodie. He will be working with five singers on their French art-song repertoire. *All events will take place at Atlas Industries, 11 Spring St, Newburgh, NY Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Event Schedule FRIDAY JUNE 23rd, 2017 FACULTY & GUESTS ARTISTS RECITAL Concert Program Concert Information Bach, Sonata in c-minor for violin and piano, Doors open at 6:30 pm, No. 4, BWV 1017 Concert starts at 7 pm Schubert, Variations in Ab major for piano four hands, $20 in advance, D. 813 $25 at the door Intermission Atlas Industries Greer, Song cycle The House of Tomorrow 11, Spring Street Shnittke, Suite in an old style Newburgh, NY 12550 Weill, Songs from Lady in the Dark United States John Greer, piano Delores Ziegler, voice Nadya Meykson, violin Victoria Schwartzman, piano Faculy Recital at the Newbugh Music Festival 2016. Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Event Schedule SATURDAY JUNE 24th, 2017 STUDENT GALA PERFORMANCE Concert Information Doors open at 6:30 pm, Concert starts at 7 pm Free admission, Seats may be reserved online Program: to be announced Atlas Industries 11, Spring Street Newburgh, NY 12550 United States Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Faculty JOHN GREER Vocal coach, collaborative piano John Greer is an active accompanist, vocal coach, conductor, and composer and is heard in these capacities throughout the United States, Canada and abroad, in recital and on various CBC broadcasts. He is an honoured music graduate ofboth the University of Manitoba and of the University of Southern California where he was a student of pianists Gwendolyn Koldofsky and Brooks Smith and harpsichordist Malcolm Hamilton, followed by conducting studies with Boris Goldovsky. Currently residing in Toronto, Mr. Greer was previously Music Director of the Eastman Opera Theatre in Rochester, New York (1996-2001) and the Opera Studio at the University of Maryland (2001-3). He was subsequently recruited as Chair of Opera Studies at the New England Conservatory, a position he held from 2003-2010. Mr. Greer was General Manager and Head of Music Staff of the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina for ten seasons, Head Coach of Voice and Opera in a visiting capacity at the University of Kentucky, Lexington for three years and joined the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, New York in 2008 as head coach/continuo player for Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, joining the Chautauqua Opera music staff the following summer. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada. His numerous vocal & choral compositions, including ten song cycles with either piano or chamber ensemble accompaniment, have been heard worldwide, recently at the first“Greeriad”, a performance of exclusively Greer compositions in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written two operas for the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus and a recent Aldeburgh Connection CD features two of Greer’s song cycles; Allegory of Sweet Desire with soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and his Liebesleid Lieder for vocal quartet and piano, four hands. Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Faculty BETH ROBERTS-SEBEK Mannes College The New School, Voice For over 20 years Beth Roberts has been a dedicated and accomplished voice teacher and music educator. She has been on the faculty of Mannes College The New School for Music since 1996 and has served as Coordinator of the Vocal Department since 2001. Her voice studio at Mannes has produced principal artists in many national and international professional venues, including the San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Saint Louis Opera, Covent Garden and La Scala. Students of Ms. Roberts have been finalists and winners of such major vocal competitions as the Metropolitan Opera National Finals, the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, the Giuseppe di Stefano Competition, the Jenny Lind Competition, the Gerda Lissner Competition, the Giulio Gari Competition and the Joy of Singing Competition. Others have entered young artist programs at Merola, Wolf Trap, Glimmerglass, Santa Fe, Tanglewood and Chautauqua. Through her affiliation with the Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department, Ms. Roberts co- created a vocal pedagogy course and Professional Development Outreach for Mannes students in New York City public schools. The success of this venture has been most evident over the past 10 years in the graduates now employed by the Metropolitan Opera Education Department, as teaching artists for the New York City Opera, and as music teachers at the United Nations International School and other New York City schools. Ms. Roberts’ relationship with the Metropolitan Opera Education Department began in 1988, when she was a teaching artist and led master classes on vocal pedagogy for music educators. She has recently been appointed to serve on the Education Committee of the Board of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Ms. Roberts has been a vocal instructor for the Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca (with the University of Cincinnati), a guest lecturer at the Classical Singer Convention, and an adjunct faculty member at the Westminster Choir College. She has served as an adjudicator for numerous competitions, including the Fulbright Scholarship and the Finals of the Concours de Musique du Canada. She is currently a faculty member of the International Vocal Arts Institute, and she gives frequent master classes at Yale University. A lyric soprano, Ms. Roberts has sung with many opera companies throughout the United States, including the Santa Fe Opera and the Washington Opera, and performed numerous concerts at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall. She was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Winner and a Liederkranz Foundation Competition Winner. She has also recorded for radio and television. Ms. Roberts earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Screen Actors Guild. Newburgh Music Festival 2017 Faculty VICTORIA SCHWARTZMAN Co-Founder of the Newburgh Music Festival Montclair State University, LIU Post Piano, vocal coach Born in St.