Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar - SUNY Potsdam
Fall Island VocalArts SeminarMay 22- 28, 2017Crane School of MusicSUNY Potsdam
Fall Island Celebrates New Works with Old FriendsWednesday, May 24, 7:30 PMSara M. Snell Music Theatre*Tickets are available for purchase fromCommunity Performance Series or at the door.The order of the program will be announced during the concert.The War PrayerSteven Mark Kohnfrom American Folk Song Set (2000)Ten Thousand MilesThe Farmer’s Curst WifeSteven Brennfleck, tenorMario Antonio Marra, pianoWindows (Five Songs of Love) (2014)Heart WindowsKaleidoscopeLapis LazuliI Sing You to Sleep - LullabyWhen You Carry Me to the StarsDiana Newman, sopranoAlan Louis Smith, piano8Alan Louis Smith
*Dialogue: Fall Island’s 2017 Commission*Composer Daniel J. MertzlufftPerformers Stephanie Blythe and Alan Louis Smithfar memory 1. convent2. someone inside me remembers3. again4. trying to understand this life5. sinnerman6. karma7. gloria mundiDaniel J. MertzlufftLucille CliftonStephanie Blythe, mezzo-sopranoAlan Louis Smith, pianoThe artists will be pleased to greet audience members brieflyin the lobby directly following the performance.9
We are grateful to the following whomake Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminarpossible each year!State University of New York PotsdamDr. Kristin Esterberg, PresidentDr. Bette Bergeron, ProvostThe Crane School of MusicDr. Michael Sitton, DeanCommunity Performance SeriesJason Dominie, Interim Operations DirectorDeborah Massell & Jackson FranciscoJohn & Christine LancasterMichael Sitton & Mark MartinFrançois Germain, Julie Miller, Kirk Severtson, Eugenia TsarovLorelei Murdie, Douglas McKinnie, Lane MillerPACES Catering, Lori SmithResidence Life, Josh McClearGreat Northern Printing
Program & ScheduleWelcomes from the Artistic, Executive, and Music Directors 4Participants6Tuesday, May 23Masterclass 1 7Wednesday, May 24Masterclass 27Fall Island Celebrates New Works with Old Friends*87:30PM, Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Tickets: 18 Gen Admin/ 15 SUNY IDThursday, May 25Masterclass 3*1010:30AM, Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Free and open to the public.Friday, May 26Masterclass 410:30AM, Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Free and open to the public.Echoes of Patriot Voices: Early American Songs in Times of War and Peace11127:30PM, Wakefield Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.Saturday, May 27Masterclass 51410:30AM, Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Free and open to the public.Sunday, May 28Final Public Recital* 152:00PM, Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Free and open to the public.Giving to the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar17Biographies 18Composer/Librettist Dates * This event will be live streamed /29
From the Artistic DirectorDear friends,It is such a joy to welcome you all to our sixth season of Fall Island Vocal ArtsSeminar! There are so many reasons to be excited about this week. As those of youwho have joined us for previous seasons already know, Fall Island is committed toperforming the works of living American composers. We began three years agowith a wonderful lecture recital presented by our own Alan Louis Smith, and in thenext two seasons, presented composers Ricky Ian Gordon and Tom Cipullo. Thisseason we have the incredible honor of showcasing our very first commissionedsong cycle, by Potsdam alumna and FIVAS new assistant director, Daniel Mertzlufft.far memory, composed on the poetry of American poet, Lucille Clifton, will be thefeatured work on our midweek concert, and Alan and I will be honored to be thefirst to perform it. This marvelous concert will also bring the return of three of ourbeloved Fall Island alumni: soprano, Diana Newman, tenor, Steven Brennfleck, andpianist, Mario Antonio Marra.I would also like to invite you to join me in welcoming Dr. Lorraine Yaros Sullivan asthe new Executive Director of FIVAS. Lorraine has been a supporter of Fall Islandfrom the very beginning, and when our beloved former director, Carleen Grahammade the decision to become director of HGOco in Houston, TX, we both knewthat Lorraine would be our first choice to take on the mantle of director. We areso grateful that she agreed to become an intrinsic part of the seminar. She hastaken on this role with skill, dedication and passion, and has done a magnificentjob. Thank you so much, Lorraine- you are a terrific partner in this effort, and I lookforward to what the future brings us!The last week of May has become my favorite time of the year, something thatI look forward to with great love and anticipation. Working with our wonderfullytalented and enthusiastic singers and pianists on songs that define us artisticallyand culturally is incredibly important. Your participation this week is equallyimportant- you are the reason that we strive to become better performers andbetter communicators. Thank you for you dedication to our mission!Heartfelt thanks to all those who make this week a reality every year. To DeanMichael Sitton and President Kristin Esterberg for the enduring support andgenerosity, to our wonderful interns that work so diligently to make the gears turnall week for our artists, and to everyone at Potsdam College and the Crane Schoolof Music that provide for so many of our day-to-day needs. FIVAS has a great manyfriends, and we are grateful for every one of you! Season Six- wow!!Wishing you all a great week,Stephanie BlytheFrom the Executive DirectorWelcome! I’m so honored to join the Fall Island family in its sixth year. I’ve been afan of Fall Island from the beginning because of the importance of its commitmentto American art song. What has kept me coming back year after year has not justbeen my love of the music, though that would certainly be enough. In the courseof one week we can study the origins of American art song in an insightful and4
entertaining lecture recital with Dr. Gary Busch, engage in an in-depth explorationof established repertoire during masterclasses with the incomparable artists andmaster teachers Stephanie Blythe and Alan Louis Smith, and be the first to hear anexciting new commission by our own Daniel J. Mertzlufft, all while getting to knowanother group of outstanding young artists. How very fortunate we are to have allof this here in Potsdam!I owe a debt of gratitude to Carleen Graham, who has patiently answered myendless questions over the course of the past year. I’m also grateful to Stephanieand Alan for their acceptance, understanding, and encouragement. I have to givespecial thanks to Dan Mertzlufft and Katrina Sheats for all of their hard work andalways turning into whatever I needed them to be, whether or not I knew what thatwas. Of course, Fall Island couldn’t happen without the guidance and supportof Dean Michael Sitton and President Kristin Esterberg. And thanks to all of you,whose patronage keeps us going. Please enjoy all this week has to offer. I hopeyou find as much to love about it as I have over the years!Lorraine Yaros SullivanFrom the Music DirectorHere we are at the sixth season of the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar! What was adream, a vision, in the hearts and minds of Stephanie Blythe and Carleen Grahamto create a sanctuary in which to study, celebrate, and dedicate ourselves toAmerican art song has over six years flowered and borne fruit in the most wonderfulways. After last season we bade a loving farewell to our former General Directorand dear friend, Carleen Graham, who has done so much for the Seminar since itsinception. We welcome warmly our new General Director, Lorraine Yaros Sullivan,who has with immense hard work and generosity of spirit taken on the mantle ofthat position. Welcome, Lorraine!The artistry and creativity of the young artists who have given themselves over tothe words and music of American poets and composers and who have committedtheir talents and souls to that art form are truly impressive and inspiring; and thisyear continues the journey with nine exceptional young artist-fellows. This year,also, we proudly celebrate some of our illustrious alumni in a special concertdedicated to their artistry as well as to a brand new commissioned song cycle,the first song cycle commissioned by FIVAS, by our outstanding young composerand FIVAS Assistant Director, Daniel Mertzlufft. We also are honored to have thecontinued expertise and boundless enthusiasm of Dr. Gary Busch, who will againlead a class in American song from its rich historic past.Our all-important donors have generously allowed dreams to turn into reality.Thank you! The administration of SUNY Potsdam and of the Crane School of Musichave welcomed us and created an open hearted artistic home to our endeavors.A special word of gratitude goes to Dean Michael Sitton, who has been at theforefront among those. And, of course, since art song is a communicative artform, human being to human being, the program could not have its fullest successwithout the audiences who attend and so warmly foster through their show ofappreciation the aims of FIVAS. Year Number Six, here we go!Alan Louis Smith5
Fall Island Vocal Arts SeminarArtistic Director: Stephanie BlytheExecutive Director: Lorraine Yaros SullivanMusic Director: Alan Louis SmithAssistant Director: Daniel MertzlufftFaculty Lecturer: Gary BuschAdministrative Assistant: Katrina SheatsFellowship ArtistsKristina Bachrach, La Grange, ILStephen Carroll, Scotch Plains, NJMieczyslaw FitzDaniel, Boston, MAKateri Gormley, Chicago, ILKatie Hannigan, Rochester, NYChoEun Lee, KoreaDaniel Overly, Cleveland, OHChelsea Whitaker, Boston, MAYeji Yoon, New York, NYGuest ArtistsDiana Newman, sopranoSteven Brennfleck, tenorMario Antonio Marra, pianoRepertoire Development for Teachers ProgramGuk-Hui Han, Staff Accompanist, Bob Cole Conservatoy of MusicSharon Johnson, Asst. Professor, Houghton CollegeJason Weisinger, singer, pianist, and composer, New YorkChristina Wright-Ivanova, Asst. Professor, Keene State CollegeStudent InternsSean Fahy, Henry Horstmann,Kathie Kane, Samantha Martin6
Masterclass 1with Stephanie Blythe & Alan Louis SmithTuesday, May 23This class is not open to the public.Threaded (2003)Jennifer HigdonKatie Hannigan, mezzo-sopranoChelsea Whitaker, pianoLate Summer (2001)Touch MeKateri Gormley, sopranoDaniel Overly, pianoTom CipulloStanley KunitzWhen I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (2011) Joshua Jandreau John KeatsStephen Carroll, tenorChoEun Lee, pianoMasterclass 2with Stephanie Blythe & Alan Louis SmithWednesday, May 24This class is not open to the public.Will There Really be a Morning? (1995) Ricky Ian GordonEmily DickinsonYeji Yoon, sopranoChelsea Whitaker, pianoWhen You Carry Me to the Stars (2014)Alan Louis SmithKristina Bachrach, sopranoDaniel Overly, pianoLarkin Songs The White Palace (2002)Mieczyslaw FitzDaniel, baritoneChoEun Lee, pianoDaron HagenPhilip Larkin7
Masterclass 3with Stephanie Blythe & Alan Louis SmithThursday, May 2510:30 a.m.Sara M. Snell Music Theatre*This class is free and open to the public and will be live streamed /Friendly Persuasions No. 4 Paul Eluard (2008)Jake HeggieGene ScheerStephen Carroll, tenorDaniel Overly, pianoLordly Hudson (1947) Ned RoremPaul GoodmanKatie Hanniggan, mezzo-sopranoChoEun Lee, pianoQuiet SongsMaggie and Milly and Molly and MayKateri Gormley, sopranoChelsea Whitaker, piano10John Mustoe.e. cummings
Masterclass 4with Stephanie Blythe & Alan Louis SmithFriday, May 2610:30 a.m.Sara M. Snell Music TheatreThis class is free and open to the public.Penelope’s Song (2000)John MustoDenise LanctotKristina Bachrach, sopranoChoEun Lee, pianoDrifts and ShadowsBlizzard (2005)Tom CipulloSir Philip SydneyMieczyslaw FitzDaniel, baritoneChelsea Whitaker, pianoThree Dickinson SongsGood Morning Midnight (1999)André PrevinEmily DickinsonYeji Yoon, sopranoDaniel Overly, piano11
Echoes of Patriot VoicesEarly American Songs in Times of War & PeaceA Lecture Recital Celebration to Honor the Centennial of theEntry of the United States into World War Iwith Gary Busch, members of the Repertoire Development Program,and Fall Island InternsFriday, May 267:30PMRalph J. Wakefield Recital HallThis event is free and open to the public.* Audience sing-a-long.Chester (1778)The Anacreontic Song (1780)Hail Columbia (1798)Columbia the Gem of the Ocean (1843)*Battle Cry of Freedom (1862)*Marching Through Georgia (1865)*Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian (1865)Give Us Just Another Lincoln (1900)*Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)*William BillingsJohn Stafford SmithPhilip PhileJoseph HopkinsonThomas à BecketGeorge F. RootHenry Clay WorkGeorge F. RootPaul DresserGeorge M. CohanThe War in Snider’s Grocery Store (1914)Hank Hancock,Ballard MacDonald, & Harry CarrollI Didn’t Raise My Boy to be a Soldier (1915)Al PiantadosiAlfred Bryan12
Hello Central, Give Me No Man’s Land (1917)Jean SchwartzSam Lewis & Joe YoungWhen Yankee Doodle Learns to “Parlez VousFrançais” (1917) *Ed NelsonWill HartIn Flanders Fields (1917)John Philip SousaJohn McCraeSister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers (1914)*He is There! (1917)Ed NelsonWill HartCharles Edward IvesSamantha Martin, sopranoHenry Horstmann, baritoneKathie Kane, mezzo-sopranoGuk-Hui Han, pianoJason Weisinger, tenorSharon Johnson, pianoSean Fahy, baritoneChristina Wright-Ivanova, pianoMabel Burgos, flute13
Masterclass 5with Stephanie Blythe & Alan Louis SmithSaturday, May 2710:30 a.m.Sara M. Snell Music TheatreThis class is free and open to the public.Three Whitman Songs The SleepersMatthew AucoinWalt WhitmanMieczyslaw FitzDaniel, baritoneDaniel Overly, pianoSimple Delight Somewhere a Seed (1988)John HarbisonMichael FriedKristina Bachrach, sopranoChelsea Whitaker, pianoI Will Breathe a MountainWilliam BolcomPity Me Not Because of the Light of Day (1992)Edna St. Vincent MillayKatie Hannigan, mezzo-sopranoChoEun Lee, piano14
Final Public RecitalSunday, May 282:00 p.m.Sara M. Snell Music Theater*This event is free and open to the public.The order of performance will be announced during the concert.Iconic Legacies: Jake HeggieFirst Ladies at the Smithsonian (2015)Gene ScheerKatie Hannigan, mezzo-sopranoDaniel Overly, pianoFour Dickinson Songs (1996)Lori LaitmanEmily DickinsonKateri Gormley, sopranoChoEun Lee, pianoSelections from Missed Connections (2011)David SiscoMieczyslaw FitzDaniel, baritoneDaniel Overly, piano15
How to Get Heat Without Fire (2005)Tom CipulloMarilyn KalletKristina Bachrach, sopranoChelsea Whitaker, pianoLet It Be You (1988)Simon SargonSara TeasdaleYeji Yoon, sopranoChoEun Lee, pianoDear Theo (2012)Benjamin MooreVincent Van GoghStephen Carroll, tenorChelsea Whitaker, pianoThe artists will be pleased to greet the audience in the lobbydirectly following the performance.This event will be live streamed /16
Giving to the Fall Island Vocal Arts SeminarConsider making a gift to support the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar.Your contribution will help us to continue to offer room, board, andall seminar activities at no cost to the Fellowship Artists, featureguest artists, sponsor new initiatives, and cover general expenses toadministrate the program.Examples of Our Annual Needs: 45,000.00 Underwrites one full year of the Seminar 27,000.00 Supports all nine Fellows for one season 18,000.00 Supports all six vocal Fellows for one season 9,000.00Supports all three pianist Fellows for one season 5,000.00Supports a Guest Composer-in-Residence 3,000.00Supports one Fellow for one season 2,500.00Supports all five Student Interns for one seasonA gift of any amount is greatly appreciated!Donors will receive invitations to special events and a letterfrom the Potsdam College Foundation acknowledging yourgift for tax purposes.You can make your gift the following ways:Credit card via the secure online form located on the donate link atFALLISLAND.ORGBy phone at 315/267-3053Check mailed to:Potsdam College Foundation44 Pierrepont Ave.Potsdam, NY 13676-2294* Be sure to designate your gift “Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar”If you are interested in establishing an Endowment Gift to the Fall Island VocalArts Seminar, contact: Sherry Paradis, Director of Donor RelationsSUNY Potsdam Office of Advancement 315/ 267-305317
BiographiesSoprano Kristina Bachrach (Fellowship Artist) is emerging as a young artistconfident in an extensive range of styles and languages. During the 2016–2017season, Ms. Bachrach debuted with the New York Choral Society at St. Patrick’sCathedral for the American premiere of Joseph Vella’s The Hyland Mass,produced by the Order of Malta. She rejoined the Brooklyn Art Song Societythroughout the season in concert programs ranging from Schubert Lieder toHanns Eisler’s Hollywood Songbook. She also joined the Thompson Street OperaCompany for her 6th and 7th appearances in chamber operas written by livingcomposers. She was presented in NYC’s Music at the Park recital series, andappeared as Musetta in La Bohème with MetroWest Opera. She looks forwardto a residency at the Marlboro Music Festival this summer. In recent seasons, Ms.Bachrach has also fulfilled several prestigious artist residencies. The summer of2016 found her in residence at Yellow Barn Music Festival and at SongFest, whereshe gave a recital with composer John Musto at the piano. During the summerof 2015, she fulfilled a residency at the Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum inBolton Landing, NY, followed by a residency with the Lake George Music Festival,where she was featured in a performance of Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of1915. In 2014 she fulfilled a Winter Artist Residency at the Banff Centre (BAIR),focusing on the music of Elliott Carter and Judith Weir. She has been awardedfellowships for the Tanglewood Music Center, where she performed PierrotLunaire and was a featured soloist in the Mark Morris Dance Group’s productionof Dido and Aeneas. She has appeared with Gotham Chamber Opera, OperaPhiladelphia, Nashville Opera, Lyric Opera of Virginia, and Bare Opera. She hasbeen presented in concert by the Joy in Singing Foundation, the Cecilia Chorusand Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Cantata Profana Ensemble, the String Orchestraof Brooklyn, the Moravian Music Society, Notre Dame University, BerkshireChoral International, Barge Music, and in eight cities around the country with theBrooklyn Art Song Society. Kristina is the Grand Prize Winner of the InauguralZiering-Conlon Young Artist Competition.Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe (Founding Artistic Director) is one of themost highly respected and critically acclaimed artists of her generation. She hassung in many of the renowned opera houses in the US and Europe includingthe Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, SeattleOpera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Opera National de Paris.Her many roles include the title roles in Carmen, Samson et Dalila , Orfeo edEuridice, La Grande Duchesse, Tancredi, Mignon, and Giulio Cesare; Frugola,Principessa, and Zita in Il Trittico, Fricka in both Das Rheingold and Die Walküre,Waltraute in Götterdämmerung, Azucena in Il Trovatore, Ulrica in Un Ballo inMaschera, Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress, Ježibaba in Rusalka, Jocastain Oedipus Rex, Mere Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites;Mistress Quickly inFalstaff, and Ino/Juno in Semele. She also created the role of Gertrude Stein inRicky Ian Gordon’s 27at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and sung performancesof Ms. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Opera and Nettie FowlerinCarousel at the Houston Grand Opera and with the New York Philharmonic.In concert, Ms. Blythe has appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestrasincluding the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, ChicagoSymphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony,18
Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Orchestra of New York, Minnesota Orchestra,Halle Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Ensemble Orchestrede Paris, and the Concertgerbouworkest. She has also appe
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