"Advanced Vocal Workshop feat. Michael Schütze, piano" program

Advanced Vocal Workshop with guest Michael Schütze, piano February 29, 2024

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C S U F S C H O O L O F M US IC

SYLVIA A. ALVA President, California State University, Fullerton

DR. RANDALL GOLDBERG Director, School of Music

AMIR H. DABIRIAN Provost and VP for Academic Affairs (Interim)

KIMO FURUMOTO Assistant Director, School of Music

ARNOLD HOLLAND, EDD Dean, College of the Arts

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I am pleased to present another semester of programming powered by the incredible gifts of our Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre students. This spring, the School of Music starts the season with a trio of concerts February 16–18 by artists-in-residence Talich Quartet; faculty artist Damon Zick and his Quarteto Nuevo featuring fellow faculty artist Bill Cunliffe; and University Symphony Orchestra. In May, University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus will close the concert season with a performance of Mozart’s emotionally charged “Requiem.” Begovich Gallery presents the Begovich Visual Arts Lecture Series with visiting artists’ talks throughout the semester, including multidisciplinary artist Hings Lim on February 22, whose work will also be exhibited at Grand Central Art Center. The Department of Theatre and Dance begins their season in March with “Marisol,” a darkly comedic fantasy where the title character must find hope in a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn where angels are taking up arms and coffee is extinct.

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PROGRAM

“A Little Night Music” Advanced Vocal Workshop presents

An Evening of German Lieder and selections from Opera, Operetta and Musical Theatre with

Michael Schütze, piano

I Neue Liebe.........................................................Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Jenna Hansen Nacht.............................................................................. Alban Berg (1885-1935) Martina Goldring Erlkönig.................................................................... Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Timothy Cervenka Nun will di Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n............................ Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Gabriel Cazares O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst..................................... Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Sarah Cabrera Gretchen am Spinnrade.............................................................. Franz Schubert Sara Preston Die Mainacht.......................................................Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Jing Wang Mondnacht..........................................................Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Salma Bawardi Waldseligkeit...............................................................Joseph Marx (1882-1964) Katelyn Cruz Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht............................................. Johannes Brahms Nya Nulty Allerseelen.............................................................. Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Gabriela Gonzalez

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Der Tod und das Mädchen.......................................................... Franz Schubert Marylin Negron Nachtzauber.................................................................... Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Frank Watnick Nachtviolen.................................................................................. Franz Schubert Hart Chen Ständchen............................................................................... Johannes Brahms Eileen Garrido Die Loreley...........................................................................................Franz Liszt Evan Banks Der Hölle Rache................................... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Gabriela Atkinson

***** Intermission ***** II Selections from South Pacific, Groundhog Day, The Secret Garden, Sweeney Todd, The Medium, The Ghosts of Versailles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Giuditta Some Enchanted Evening......................................... Rodgers and Hammerstein Gabriel Cazares Night Will Come................................................................................ Tim Minchin Timothy Cervenka Come to My Garden.......................................................................... Lucy Simon Katelyn Cruz and Nya Nulty How Could I Ever Know.................................................................... Lucy Simon Martina Goldring

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Johanna................................................................................. Stephen Sondheim Evan Banks Green Finch and Linnet Bird.................................................. Stephen Sondheim Gabriela Atkinson The Black Swan......................................................................Gian Carlo Menotti Eileen Garrido Aria of the Worm..........................................................................John Corigliano Dominic Preston Moonfall........................................................................................ Rupert Holmes Jenna Hansen Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert................................................... Franz Léhar Frank Watnick

For several years, it has been our pleasure to host

Michael Schütze as he helps to curate a Liederabend for our students in the Advanced Vocal Workshop class, coaching each of them several times during his brief residency, which then culminates in a performance like the one you will hear tonight. “A Little Night Music” combines several popular German Lieder with songs from Musical Theatre, Opera, and Operetta, tying them together with themes of night, the fantastical, the mysterious, and the otherworldly. We hope you will enjoy tonight’s program as you discover all the mysteries that night may bring.

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST

Michael Schütze Michael Schütze is a much sought-after pianist and collaborative artist across Europe and United States. In his professional career he has appeared as accompanist for international stars such as renowned baritones Olaf Baer and Andreas Schmidt, most recently for René Pape as well as for singers of the younger generation such as mezzosoprano Kathrin Goering (Opera Leipzig), tenor Timothy Oliver, baritone Christoph Pohl and Bass Georg Zeppenfeld of the Semperoper Dresden and tenor Manuel Günther from Bayrische Staatsoper Munich. He has regularly played for master classes given by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andreas Scholl, Peter Schreier, Brigitte Fassbaender, Edith Mathis and Norman Shetler and cellist Peter Bruns.

Schütze studied piano performance and vocal accompaniment in Dresden, where he graduated with honors in 2001. As a soloist he performed with several orchestras in Germany. In 2001 and 2002 he was a vocal piano fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. Playing for the National Polish Singing Competition in Duszninki Zdroj in 2002 was the beginning of regular invitations to serve as official accompanist at international competitions such as the Robert Schumann Competition, La Voce (Bavarian Radio), Competizione dellopera, DEBUT (Weikersheim) and the NATS (Los Angeles).

Schütze has played in concerts throughout Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Czech Republic and the U.S. as well as at Moscow’s New Opera. His appearances at festivals include the Festival Mitte Europa, Sommerfestival Schloss Gauting, Dresdner Musikfestspiele and Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival. On a regular base he is playing with orchestras such as Elblandphilharmonie and Sächsische Schütze makes his home in Dresden and since 1999 has served on the faculty of the Dresden Hochschule für Musik teaching piano and vocal accompaniment. In 2011 he received a professorship. In addition, he became a faculty member at Dresden’s University for Church Musicians and of Kreismusikschule Dreiländereck where he teaches piano.

Schütze frequently teaches master classes in the United States at California State University Fullerton, the University of Delaware, Brigham Young University (Utah), Azusa Pacific University, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and Vanguard University (California). In February of 2014, he held a DAAD guest professor position at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He also held an ERASMUS scholarship which took him to teach Masterclasses at Ionia University of Corfu.

In 2016 Schütze collaborated with alto Henriette Gödde when she won 1st prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition. Radio recordings of his work can be heard on the major German public stations MDR and RBB. A CD with Korean art songs performed in collaboration with soprano Yoora Lee-Hoff was released in 2018 on the GENUIN label.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Kerry Jennings Kerry Jennings is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of Opera at Cal State Fullerton. His stage direction has recently been recognized with 1st and 2nd Place Awards in the National Opera Association’s Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition with scenes from The Ballad of Baby Doe (2021) and Der Rosenkavalier (2020), as well as being named a national finalist for The American Prize in Collegiate Opera Direction for his production of Massenet’s Cendrillon. This year, scenes under his direction and featuring students from the CSUF Opera Program were chosen as national finalists in both the undergraduate and graduate divisions, as students performed scenes from La Rondine and Don Pasquale at the NOA national convention in Houston, TX. Additional directorial credits encompass works from Monteverdi to composers of the 21st Century and include highlights such as L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Dido and Aeneas, Cosí fan tutte, Hänsel und Gretel, La bella dormente nel bosco, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Old Maid and the Thief, Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, Sorry, Wrong Number, and The Cows of Apollo.

Jennings joined the faculty of the International Lyric Academy in Vicenza, Italy where he directed The Old Maid and the Thief. He returned the next year to ILA to direct Le nozze di Figaro in Charlotte, NC and Vicenza. Previously, he directed Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte for the Austrian American Vocal Academy at the Kleines Theater in Salzburg.

Before turning to a concentration in directing, Jennings’ performance highlights included over forty lead and supporting roles comprised of early, standard, and contemporary repertoire, recently singing the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale in Sankt Anton, Austria. As a concert soloist, he has been heard in works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Puccini, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Fonseco, Orff, Rorem, and others.

Noted for his “beautiful voice, great diction, and uncanny sense of style and phrasing,” Jennings recording In My Memory: American Songs and Song Cycles on Centaur Records was met with acclaim from both the composers and critics alike and features works by Libby Larsen, Tom Cipullo, Lori Laitman, and Richard Pearson Thomas. Libby Larsen has called Kerry’s recording of her cycle My Àntonia “the definitive reference performance for future performances.” He is also featured on David Arbury’s CD Alchemy and as tenor soloist on the Houston Camerata’s recording of Fonseca’s Missa Afro-Brasileira. He is currently working on his second solo disc of American Song Cycles. Jennings was a District Winner and Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Jennings is a member of several music organizations, including NATS, Opera America, The Recording Academy, The College Music Society, and NOA, where he is on his third cycle as a member of the Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition Committee.

COLLEGE OF THE ARTS • SELECT EVENTS | SPRING 2024 Talich Quartet February 16 • Meng Concert Hall

Minsoo Sohn, piano March 27 • Meng Concert Hall

Quarteto Nuevo February 17 • Meng Concert Hall

Ernest Salem & Hasse Borup,violins March 28 • Meng Concert Hall

University Symphony Orchestra with Talich Quartet February 18 • Meng Concert Hall

Nicholas Isherwood, bass/baritone* April 9 • Meng Concert Hall

Brightwork Newmusic February 22 • Meng Concert Hall University Symphony Orchestra feat. Joseph Loi, flute February 25 • Meng Concert Hall loadbang* February 27 • Meng Concert Hall Advanced Vocal Workshop feat. Michael Schütze, piano February 29 • Recital Hall Fabian Ziegler, percussion March 6 • Meng Concert Hall Enrico Elisi, piano March 7 • Meng Concert Hall

Gabriel Bianco, guitar April 10 • Meng Concert Hall Urinetown the Musical April 12– 27 • Young Theatre High School Honor Band & CSUF Wind Chamber Ensembles April 13 • Meng Concert Hall CSUF New Music Ensemble & Contemporary Chamber Ensemble April 17 • Meng Concert Hall Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea April 18–21 • Recital Hall CSUF Symphonic Winds April 21 • Meng Concert Hall

Marisol March 8– 23 • Little Theatre

Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble & Fullerton Latin Ensemble April 23 • Meng Concert Hall

Fullerton Jazz Orchestra & Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble March 8 • Meng Concert Hall

University Band May 1 • Meng Concert Hall

Füreya Ünal, piano March 9 • Meng Concert Hall Enrico Elisi & Mengyang Pan, duo piano March 10 • Meng Concert Hall Alumni Piano Recital March 14 • Meng Concert Hall 17th Annual Collage Concert March 16 • Meng Concert Hall Accidentally on Purpose March 22– April 13 • Hallberg Theatre

Spring Dance Theatre May 2–11 • Little Theatre Fullerton Jazz Orchestra May 3 • Meng Concert Hall University Wind Symphony May 4 • Meng Concert Hall Jazz Singers May 6 • Meng Concert Hall Titan Voices & Singing Titans May 8 • Meng Concert Hall

University Singers & Concert Choir March 24 • Meng Concert Hall

Symphony Orchestra & Symphonic Chorus Mozart’s “Requiem” May 11 • Meng Concert Hall

Brightwork Newmusic* March 26 • Meng Concert Hall

*Part of the 24th Annual New Music Series

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