SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, June 5
1:00 pm
Palace Theater
Symposium I
Redacted Splendor:
An Introduction to the Festival
Ellsworth Peterson
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”:
Coming to Terms with the Legacies of
Florence Beatrice Price
Michael Cooper
6:30 pm
Parish Hall
Grace Episcopal Church
Reception for Donors
8:00 pm
Grace Episcopal Church
Opening Concert:
Women Composers in America
Women Composers in America
Hai Zheng, cello
Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano
Virginia Dupuy, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Lysinger, piano
Lara Downes, piano
Lynn Parr Mock, soprano
Bruce Cain, baritone
Invoke String Quartet
Women Composers in America
Secret and Glass Gardens Jennifer Higdon
Dreaming Amy Cheney Beach
Four Songs Florence Price
Song to the Dark Virgin
Night
Sympathy
Peter, Go Ring dem Bells
Fantasie nègre Florence Price
Sueño Recurrente Angélica Negrón
Strum Jessica Montgomery
Music of Samuel Barber
Four Songs Samuel Barber
A Nun Takes the Veil
The Secrets of the Old
The Secrets of the Old
Sure on this Shining Night
Nocturne
Dover Beach
String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
Molto Allegro e appassionato
Molto adagio
Molto allegro
Saturday, June 6
10:00 am
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
Southwestern University
Symposium II / Recital
A Morning with Lara Downs
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
Southwestern University
Chamber Concert
Music of Immigrant Composers
Hai Zheng, cello
Ian Davidson, oboe
Lara Downes, piano
Megan Meisenbach, flute
Hai Zheng, cello
Toby Blumenthal, piano
Kevin Bryant, tenor
Pamela Rossman, piano
Music of Immigrant Composers
Seven Tunes Heard
in China: Bright Sheng
Seasons
Seasons
The Little Cabbage
Tibetan Dance
Upingos Carlos Chávez
Mektá in the Art of Kitá Halim El-Dabh
At Dusk, in Shadows José Serebrier
Méditation Hébraïque Ernest Bloch
Three American Songs
Early in the Morning Ned Rorem
The Lamb Lee Hoiby
The Lament of
Ian the Proud
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Music by William Grant Still
Summerland
Incantation and Dance
Five Miniatures:
I Ride an Old Paint
Adolorido (from Mexico)
Adolorido (from Mexico)
Jesus is a Rock in the Weary Land
Yaravi (from Peru)
A Frog Went A-Courtin'
Sunday, June 7
3:15 pm
Lois Perkins Chapel
Southwestern University
Pre-concert Lecture
Ellsworth Peterson
4:00 pm
Chorale Concert
Lois Perkins Chapel
Southwestern University
San Gabriel Chorale
David Polley, Organ
Kenny Sheppard, conductor
David Polley, Organ
Kenny Sheppard, conductor
O magnum mysterium Jennifer Higdon
Variations on Samuel Barber
a Shape-Note Hymn:
a Shape-Note Hymn:
"Wondrous Love"
Three Choruses: Samuel Barber
Let Down the Bars,
O Death
Heaven-Haven
Heaven-Haven
Easter Chorale
African American Traditional,
Spritituals Arr. William L. Dawson
Swanee River Steven Collins Foster
Arr. William Grant Still
Arr. William Grant Still
Variations on a Florence Price
Folksong:
"Peter, Go Ring dem Bells"
Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein
(with organ, harp and
percussion)
percussion)
Maestoso ma energico --
Allegro molto
Andante con moto,
ma tranquillo -Allegro feroce
Prelude --Sostenuto molto--
Peacefully flowing
Almighty Father Leonard Bernstein
(from MASS)
(from MASS)
Tuesday, June 2
2:00 pm
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
Southwestern University
Symposium III
Musical Instruments
in Beethoven’s Time
Lana Neal
Beethoven’s Folksong
Settings
Kirsten Peterson
7:00 pm
Hewlett Room
Georgetown Public Library
Mid-week Concert
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
Hai Zheng, cello
Toby Blumenthal, piano
Bruce Cain, baritone
Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 24
(“Spring”)
Three Irish Folksongs
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97
(“Archduke”)
(This event is free of charge)
Thursday, May 30
2:00 pm
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
Southwestern University
Lecture and Master Class
An Introduction to Fidelio
William Nicholas
A Master Class on Fidelio:
First Act Quartet
Bruce Cain and students
(This event is free of charge)
Friday, May 31
1:30 pm
City Lights Theater
Film Showing
Beethoven’s Opera Fidelio
(This event is free of charge.)
7:00 pm
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
Chamber Concert
Hai Zheng, cello
Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano
Steven Brennfleck, tenor
Thalea String Quartet
Variations on
“Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen“
Piano Sonata (“The Tempest”)
in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2
Große Fuge, Op. 133
Saturday, June 1
2:00 pm
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
Southwestern University
Southwestern University
Salon Concert
Jessica Mathaes, violin
Toby Blumenthal, piano
Bruce Cain, baritone
Thalea String Quartet
Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1
Adelaide
32 Variations in C Minor
String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Sunday, June 2
3:15 pm
Alma Thomas Theatre
Southwestern University
Pre-concert Lecture
Ellsworth Peterson
4:00 pm
Alma Thomas Theatre
Southwestern University
A Choral Finale
Julia Taylor, soprano,
Liz Cass, mezzosoprano
Scot Cameron, tenor
Bruce Cain, bass
Liz Cass, mezzosoprano
Scot Cameron, tenor
Bruce Cain, bass
The San Gabriel Chorale
The Missa Solemnis Orchestra
Kenneth Sheppard, Conductor
Missa Solemnis