Ann Arbor Festival of Song
Presents the 16th Annual
ART FAIR SONG FEST
Thursday through Saturday, July 16-18, 2009
Kerrytown Concert House
415 N. Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor
734-769-2999
EVENTS:
Thursday through Saturday:
Daily Art Song Recitals at Noon
ADMISSION: Free
Thursday July 16, 8pm:
Faeries & Daemons:
Mendelssohn, Purcell, and Poe
Music and readings by this year’s Birthday Boys
(Felix Mendelssohn and Edgar Allan Poe, 200 years;
Henry Purcell, 350 years)
ADMISSION: Free
***Program below***
Friday July 17, 8pm:
MISCAST!
Songs We’ve Never Been Asked to Sing,
Thank You Very Much
Our popular “cabaret” evening—drama, comedy, angst, delight!
See you there!
(Admission $10, $5 - call 734-769-2999 for details and reservations)***Program below***
2009 Roster of Performers:
Lance Ashmore, baritone
Emily Benner, soprano
Tim Bruno, bass-baritone
Jennifer Goode Cooper, soprano
Sean Cooper, bass-baritone
Julie Cross, mezzo
Sarah Flammer, mezzo
Jennifer Goltz, soprano
Caroline Helton, soprano
John F. Hopkins, tenor
Ko Kaiden, baritone
LaRiché Jones, mezzo
Joan Layne, soprano
Michael May, baritone
Marlayna Maynard, soprano
Claire Molloy, soprano
Steven Mullan, tenor
Katrin Murdoch, soprano
Brian Pfaltzgraff, tenor
Cat Randall, soprano
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
Christopher Scholl, tenor
Dale Schriemer, baritone
Daniel Schuetz, countertenor
Leslie Helene Smith, soprano
Mary Squire, soprano
Ellen Strba Scholl, mezzo
Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo
Ben Topping, tenor
Kathy Wipperman, soprano
Jeffrey Wisniewski, baritone
Wendy Wisniewski, soprano
Special guest: Jeffrey Willets, tenor
And of course, Kevin Bylsma on the piano!
****PROGRAMS & DETAILS****
Thursday July 16, noon:
Hahn: Steven Mullan, tenor
Strauss & Rachmaninoff: Mary Squire, soprano
Barber: Marlayna Maynard, soprano
Laitman: Mary Squire
Dan Knaggs: Catherine Randall, soprano
DeFalla: Ko Kaiden, baritone
Faure & Mozart: Mary Squire and Joan Layne, sopranos
Thursday July 16, 8pm:
Faeries & Daemons:
Mendelssohn, Purcell, and Poe
2009 Art Fair Song Fest Thursday, July 16, 2009, 8pm
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
PROGRAM
Poe: Serenade; Kevin Bylsma, reader
Purcell:
If music be the food of Love, (version 1); Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo
Sound the trumpet (arr. Britten); Emily Benner, Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, sopranos
Hark! The echo’ing air; Marlayna Maynard, soprano
Nymphs and shepherds; Joan Layne, soprano
Come all ye songsters; Daniel Schuetz, countertenor
Arise, ye subterranean winds, and
I’ll sail upon the dogstar; Lance Ashmore, baritone
Let us dance, let us sing; Katrin Murdoch, soprano
I attempt from Love’s sickness to fly; Joan Layne
When first Amintas sued for a kiss; and
What can we poor females do? Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers
Poe: The Valley of Unrest; Michael May, reader
Mendelssohn:
Raste, Krieger! and
Ave Maria; Leslie Helene Smith, soprano
Poe: To ---; Monica Swartout –Bebow, reader
Purcell: Next, Winter comes slowly; Timothy Bruno, bass-baritone
Mendelssohn:
Minnelied; Katrin Murdoch
Neue Liebe; Claire Molloy, soprano
Poe: Annabel Lee; Michael May, reader
Mendelssohn:
Seemann’s Scheidlied; Sean Cooper, bass-baritone
Wasserflut; Jennifer Goode Cooper, soprano, Sean Cooper
Blumenkranz; and
Im Grünen; Brian Pfaltzgraff, tenor
Poe: To Helen; Timothy Bruno, reader
Mendelssohn:
Gruβ*, and
Herbstlied*; Emily Benner, Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers
INTERMISSION
Purcell: If music be the food of Love, (version 3, arr. Britten); Marlayna Maynard
Poe: Silence; Monica Swartout-Bebow, reader
Mendelssohn:
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges*; Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers
Suleika, and
Weiter, rastlos, atemlos; Leslie Helene Smith
Poe: The Conqueror Worm; Michael May, reader
Purcell:
In the dismal dungeon of despair (arr. Britten); Brian Pfaltzgraff
Thy hand, Belinda… When I am laid in earth; LaRiché Jones, mezzo
Bess of Bedlam (arr. Britten); Julie Cross, mezzo
Mendelssohn: Hexenlied; Marlayna Maynard
Poe: Israfel; Timothy Bruno, reader
Mendelssohn:
From Paulus
Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets; Jennifer Goode Cooper
I praise Thee, o Lord, my God; Sean Cooper
From Elijah
The Widow scene: What have I to do with thee;
Tammie Bradley, soprano, Timothy Bruno
Poe: Evening Star; Michael May, reader
Purcell:
Sweeter than roses; Monica Swartout-Bebow
Music for a while; Julie Cross
Mendelssohn:
Nachtlied; LaRiché Jones
Bei der Wiege; Claire Molloy
Poe: Hymn; Monica Swartout-Bebow, reader
Purcell:
We sing to Him; Lance Ashmore
Evening Hymn (arr. Britten); Daniel Schuetz
Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer
Emily Benner, soloist; Marlayna Maynard, Katrin Murdoch, Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, Thom Spafford, Brian Pfaltzgraff, Michael May, chorus
Friday, July 17, noon:
Caldara, Vaughan-Williams, Scarlatti: Ben Topping, tenor
Satie, Schubert: Kathy Wipperman, soprano\
Eisler: Ellen Strba Scholl, mezzo
Mendelssohn: Claire Molloy, soprano
Quilter: Steven Mullan, tenor
Strauss: Christopher Scholl, tenor
Wegener-Koopman: Julie Cross, mezzo
Barber: Tim Bruno, bass-baritone
Pasatieri: Ellen Strba Scholl and Christopher Scholl
Friday, July 17, 8pm:
MISCAST!!!
Songs We’ve Never Been Asked to Sing,
Thank You Very Much
Featured performers:
KEVIN BYLSMA, PIANO
JEN GOLTZ, SOPRANO
CAROLINE HELTON, SOPRANO
JANE SCHOONMAKER RODGERS, SOPRANO
KATHY WIPPERMAN, SOPRANO
JULIE CROSS, MEZZO
JOHN HOPKINS, TENOR
STEVEN MULLAN, TENOR
KO KAIDEN, BARITONE
MICHAEL MAY, BARITONE
TIM BRUNO, BASS-BARITONE
And a special guest:
MISCAST!! ORDER OF PROGRAM: Friday, 7/17 8pm
Let’s get it on; Steven
Fugue fo tin horns; Jen, Caroline, Jane
Camelot medley; Julie
Show me; Jeff
It might as well be spring; Tim
Always a bridesmaid; John
Ol’ Man River; Kathy
Alto's lament; Caroline
De Falla; Ko
Somewhere out there; Steven
Popular; John
Man /Gun; Michael
A woman is a sometime thing; Jen
Go the distance; Steven
Taylor; John
Gimme gimme; Kathy
La Mancha; Jane, Caroline
I hate men; Jeff
Nessun; Jen, Jane, Caroline
Some other time; Jen, Jane, Caroline, John, Tim
Saturday July 18, noon:
Pfitzner: Caroline Helton, soprano
Turina: Ko Kaiden, baritone
arr. Shaw; Charles: Wendy Wisniewski, soprano
Mahler: Sarah Flammer, mezzo
Vaughan-Williams: Michael May, baritone
Maddison: Julie Cross, mezzo
Butterworth: Jeffrey Wisniewski, baritone
Bohmler: Jennifer Goltz, soprano
Duke: Dale Schriemer, baritone
Schumann: Tim Bruno, bass-baritone
Beethoven: Brian Pfaltzgraff, tenor