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Katonah, NY ~ February 8, 2010
CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS PRESENTS
VOCAL RISING STARS
THE SWEETEST PATH:
THE EVOLUTION OF FRENCH ART SONG
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010, 8:00 PM IN THE ROSEN HOUSE MUSIC ROOM AT CARAMOOR
In collaboration with the New York Festival of Song, Steven Blier, Artistic Director.
WHO:
Michael Barrett, vocal coach and piano | Steven Blier, vocal coach and piano
Charlotte Dobbs, soprano | Rebecca Jo Loeb, mezzo-soprano | Matthew Peña, tenor | John Brancy, baritone
WHEN:
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 8:00 PM | Rosen House Music Room at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 8:00 PM | Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, NYC
PROGRAM:
Songs by FAURE, SAINT-SAËNS, BIZET, RAVEL, SATIE, POULENC, DEBUSSY, among others
TICKETS:
$25.To purchase tickets, call the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252 or visit www.caramoor.org
Tickets for the Merkin Concert Hall performance are $40 and $55. Call 212-501-3330 or visit merkinconcerthall.org
Katonah, New York - On Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts presents the culmination of the week-long mentoring program Vocal Rising Stars, now in its second year, devoted to shaping the next generation of vocal talent. The theme of this year's residency is The Sweetest Path: The Evolution of French Art Song. From the fathers of French mélodie to its 20th century innovators, The Sweetest Path traces the development of the most poetic, lush and luminescent vocal traditions. A quartet of exciting young singers selected from various regions around the United States perform music by Gounod, Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, and many others, joined by Michael Barrett and Steven Blier at the piano. The concert program, which is presented in collaboration with New York Festival of Song, will be repeated on March 16 at 8:00 PM in the Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.
About the Vocal Rising Stars
The success of Caramoor's Rising Stars mentoring program has inspired a new initiative known as the Vocal Rising Stars, a program presented in collaboration with the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), Steven Blier, Artistic Director. This initiative, launched as a pilot program in spring 2009, focuses on singing outside the realm of opera, including the song recital and vocal chamber music. Singers at the beginning professional level are invited to Caramoor for a week-long residency that offers intensive daily coaching, rehearsals, and workshops with mentors. Last year's residency culminated in a stupendous performance of Songs of the Irish Poets at Caramoor, which was repeated to tremendous enthusiasm three days later at Merkin Hall in New York City.
The identification and development of young musical talent has long been central to Caramoor's mission. This mentoring program, Vocal Rising Stars, has a specialized focus on providing singers with an opportunity to form collaborative partnerships with one another, the Caramoor staff, and the coach/accompanists, who also participate in the residency program. Caramoor believes that the work leading up to a performance is of equal if not greater importance than the concert itself and will have a lasting impact on the growth and development of young artists. This year's Vocal Rising Stars program was underwritten through the generosity of the Terrance W. Schwab Fund for Young Vocal Artists.
Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett is Chief Executive and General Director of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, where he is responsible for year-round administration and programming for the Caramoor International Music Festival each summer. In 2003, building on a career of twenty-five years of artistic programming and performing experience, Mr. Barrett assumed his position at Caramoor, where he leads the artistic mission of the organization. In the last four seasons, Mr. Barrett has reaffirmed his reputation as an innovator. He has enhanced and implemented programming for a wide variety of ambitious music rarely heard in a festival setting. In 1988, he and Steven Blier co-founded the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), which presents a diversity of thematic song recitals in New York City and beyond, and in 1992, Mr. Barrett co-founded the Moab Music Festival (MMF) with his wife, violist Leslie Tomkins. Mr. Barrett has been a guest conductor with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York Philharmonic, London Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, and the Orchestre National de France, among others. He also has served as conductor, producer, and music director of numerous special projects, among them the world premiere of Volpone by John Musto at Wolf Trap in 2004; Hopper's Wife by Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie at the Long Beach Opera; and, most recently, Lucrezia and Bastianello, a double bill of one-act comic operas by William Bolcom and John Musto at Carnegie Hall and Caramoor.
Steven Blier
Mr. Blier co-founded New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) in 1988 with Michael Barrett. Since the Festival's inception he has programmed, performed, translated, and annotated over 125 vocal recitals with repertoire spanning the entire range of American song, art song from Schubert to Szymanowski, and popular song from early vaudeville to Lennon-McCartney. NYFOS has also made in-depth explorations of music from Spain, Latin America, Scandinavia and Russia. In addition to serving as Artistic Director of New York Festival of Song, Steven Blier also enjoys an eminent career as an accompanist and vocal coach. Mr. Blier is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and has been active in encouraging young recitalists at the summer programs, including the Wolf Trap Opera Company and the San Francisco Opera Center. Among the many artists he has accompanied in recital are Samuel Ramey, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, Jessye Norman, Wolfgang Holzmair, Susanne Mentzer, Sylvia McNair and Arlene Augér. With Renée Fleming, he has performed throughout North America and Europe, including recitals at Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Milan, and a Live From Lincoln Center telecast. His collaboration with Cecilia Bartoli began in 1994 and has included an appearance at Carnegie Hall, where Mr. Blier played both piano and harpsichord.
About Caramoor
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts - a performing arts center located on a unique 90-acre setting of Italianate architecture and gardens in Westchester County, NY - enriches the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality. Its mission also includes mentoring young professional musicians and providing educational programs for young children centered around music. For more information go to Caramoor.org or call (914) 232-5035.
Tickets: $25.00. To purchase tickets, call the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252, or visit www.caramoor.org
Single tickets for the Merkin Concert Hall performance are $40 and $55. To purchase, call the Merkin Concert Hall box office at 212-501-3330, or visit online at www.merkinconcerthall.org. The box office is located at 129 W. 67th St between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
PROGRAM
CARAMOOR VOCAL RISING STARS
THE SWEETEST PATH: THE EVOLUTION OF FRENCH ART SONG
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010, 8:00 P.M. | ROSEN HOUSE MUSIC ROOM AT CARAMOOR
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010, 8:00 PM | MERKIN CONCERT HALL AT KAUFMAN CENTER, NYC
Michael Barrett, vocal coach and piano
Steven Blier, vocal coach and piano
Charlotte Dobbs, soprano
Rebecca Jo Loeb, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Pena, tenor
John Brancy, baritone
Le plus doux chemin.....Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Les cigales.....Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Au fond des halliers....Edouard Lalo (1823-1892
Lied.....Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Si vous n'avez rien à me dire....Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Le mariage des roses....César Franck (1822-1890)
Chère nuit......Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944)
N'oublions pas!.....Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Le bachelier de Salamanque......Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
L'absence.......Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
Sevillana.......Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
España.....Emanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Deux épigrammes de Clément Marot....... Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
1. D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige
2. D'Anne jouant de l'espinette
Daphénéo....... Erik Satie (1866-1925)
L'enfant Eros......Max d'Ollone (1875-1959)
La petite servante......Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
À Clymène...... Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Attendez le prochain bateau.....Georges Auric (1899-1983)
Sarabande..... Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Colloque sentimental....Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Caramel mou.... Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Fascination.... Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Partie carrée...René Sylvano and Lucien Boyer
CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS IS LOCATED AT 149 GIRDLE RIDGE ROAD, KATONAH, NEW YORK.
This performance is made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with funds from Westchester County Government.
This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
The Spring 2010 Indoors season is made possible, in part, through generous funding from Floy and Amos Kaminski.
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