Our Annual Faculty Recital Aired Live on YouTube!
Saturday May 16, 2020 at 5pm
Our faculty recital was well received, and is still available for viewing.
If you are able to donate to our scholarship assistance fund, your gift will be much appreciated and will help keep the arts afloat and thriving. Program information and printable program below! Check back for information on future recitals!
If you are able to donate to our scholarship assistance fund, your gift will be much appreciated and will help keep the arts afloat and thriving. Program information and printable program below! Check back for information on future recitals!
Above left: Michael Close's Cheese Cycle, performed by Erik Kroncke, Mary Jane Austin, and Michael Close, above right, Monteverdi's hometown, Montpelier, Vermont's Green Mountains in the month of May.

Original works by Michael Close (spaghetti western style flute, viola, cello trio, complete with desert wind and shoot out), Erik Nielsen, and Nancy Reid Taube; folk fiddle and soulful song from Katie Trautz; heart rending and inspiring vocals from Erik Kroncke accompanied by Mary Jane Austin, Lindsey Warren, Nora Zablow, and Counterpoint; soulful trumpet from Ron Thompson; virtuoso recorder from Werner John; Bach from Liz Reid, violist, and Deb Smoller, pianist, plus Mozart from J.D. Williams, pianist; Romanian Fantasy for fiddle, clarinet, accompanied by accordian and piano from Zoe Christianson - all parts played by Zoe!; and a live duo from host Lisa Carlson, flutist, with daughter Clara Carlson-Kirigin on viola!

Printable Program for Faculty Recital, May 15, 2020 |
Counterpoint directed by Nathaniel Lew
"The Storm Is Passing Over" by Charles Albert Tindley Elizabeth Reid, Viola J.S. Bach First Cello Suite Allemande and Minuets I and II J.D. Williams Mozart Piano Sonata K283, first movement Erik Kroncke and Mary Jane Austin Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Traditional Spiritual Deb Smoller Minuet I from Partita in Bb Major BWV 825, JS Bach Mia and Sebastian's Theme, Justin Hurwitz (arr. KimBo) Lisa Carlson with Clara Carlson-Kirigin Allegro Molto from Duo III for flute and viola by Devienne Lindsey Warren Sure on this Shining Night by Samuel Barber Werner John The Nightingale by Jacob Van Eyck Zoe Christiansen Romanian Fantasy by Joseph Zolinski Katie Trautz and Friend Here Is My Home by Si Kahn A few words from Merill Cameron, Monteverdi Vocal Instructor |
Movements from Sketches by Erik Nielsen
IV Bells V Melody VI Swing Performed by former composition student Brian Hanke Katie Trautz joined by Michael Roberts and Julia Wayne Virginia Reel, Traditional Nancy Reid Taube Profits and Prophecies Composition, vocals and accompaniment by Nancy Reid Taube Lisa Carlson, flute, Elizabeth Reid, viola, And Michael Close, cello Tombstone by Michael Close Nora Zablow Some Things Are Meant To Be by Jason Howland Ron Thompson, Trumpet Posthorn Solo from Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler Erik Kroncke and Mary Jane Austin Du Holde Kunst (Oh Blessed Art) From "An die Musik" (Ode to Music) by Franz Schubert We welcome your presence. If within your means, donations to our scholarship assistance fund are gratefully accepted. |