Our upcoming Annual Faculty Recital will be
Saturday November 5, 2022 at 2pm
The Monteverdi Music School faculty will present "Music for an Autumn Afternoon" at the Unitarian Church at 130 Main St. in Montpelier. The concert will benefit the Monteverdi Music School Scholarship Program–an essential fund that provides equal access to lessons for our community. There is a suggested $20 donation at the door and youth under 18 are free. You will hear solo acts and chamber groups performing the works of a wide variety of composers, including local composers. Styles of music will range widely from Baroque to Traditional and new music.
Monteverdi Music School is a community-based music education nonprofit in the heart of Montpelier offering lessons for all ages and abilities in a variety of styles and instruments. The faculty comprises some of the finest professional musicians in our state, and they are passionate about keeping music accessible in Vermont. Please join us on November 5th at 2:00 pm to support our local performers and help raise funds to ensure the next generation of musicians has access to lessons.
Performers include: Mary Jane Austin, piano; Mary Bonhag, soprano; Lillian Broderick, soprano; Erik Kronke, bass; Christopher McWilliams, piano; Elizabeth Reid, viola ; Dave Ruffin, vocals; Marisa Sherwood, guitar and vocals; Michael Sitton, piano; Fiona Stowell, fiddle; Emmet Stowell, piano; and Eliza Thomas, piano.
Monteverdi Music School is a community-based music education nonprofit in the heart of Montpelier offering lessons for all ages and abilities in a variety of styles and instruments. The faculty comprises some of the finest professional musicians in our state, and they are passionate about keeping music accessible in Vermont. Please join us on November 5th at 2:00 pm to support our local performers and help raise funds to ensure the next generation of musicians has access to lessons.
Performers include: Mary Jane Austin, piano; Mary Bonhag, soprano; Lillian Broderick, soprano; Erik Kronke, bass; Christopher McWilliams, piano; Elizabeth Reid, viola ; Dave Ruffin, vocals; Marisa Sherwood, guitar and vocals; Michael Sitton, piano; Fiona Stowell, fiddle; Emmet Stowell, piano; and Eliza Thomas, piano.
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.
Monteverdi student enjoying the recital!
Our 2020 program included 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 |
The 2020 program is below. Updates for the 2022 program will be posted soon.
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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. |
