Juilliard's Vocal Arts Honors Recital Features Soprano Devon Guthrie and Tenor Paul Appleby on Tuesday, March 24 at 8 PM at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
Two singers, one each from the Juilliard Opera Center and Juilliard's Vocal Arts Department, soprano Devon Guthrie and tenor Paul Appleby, respectively, present a duo-recital on Tuesday, March 24 at 8 PM at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, located at 2 West 64th Street. Ms. Guthrie and Mr. Appleby have been named winners of this year's Juilliard Vocal Arts Honors. They were nominated by the Vocal Arts faculty and then selected by a panel of judges.
Paul Appleby was just selected by the Metropolitan Opera as one of eight finalists who will sing in the 2009 National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert on February 22 at 3 PM with the Met Orchestra, conducted by Patrick Summers. His next appearance at Juilliard will be in the Juilliard Opera Center's upcoming production of Verdi's Falstaff on Wednesday, April 22, Friday, April 24, both at 8 PM, and Sunday, April 26 at 2 PM in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater (155 West 65th Street). Mr. Appleby will sing the role of Fenton. Stephen Wadsworth directs the production. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the Juilliard Orchestra. Ms. Guthrie sang the role of Susanna in Juilliard's production of Le nozze di Figaro this week and appeared with Mr. Appleby in this season's New York Festival of Song concert at Juilliard entitled Latin Lovers.
Pianist Nathan Brandwein accompanies Ms. Guthrie, and pianist Erika Switzer accompanies Mr. Appleby. Ms. Guthrie sings selected songs from Richard Strauss' Mädchenblumen, songs from composer Ben Moore's So Free Am I, and songs from Poulenc's Fiançailles pour rire. Mr. Appleby sings O Waly, Waly arranged by Benjamin Britten, and songs by Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Albert Roussel, and Paul Bowles.
FREE tickets are available beginning March 10 at the Janet and Leonard Kramer Box Office at Juilliard, located in the lobby of 155 West 65th Street. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday from 11 AM - 6 PM. For further information, call the Juilliard Box Office at (212) 769-7406 or visit the Web site at www.juilliard.edu.
Tenor Paul Appleby currently is a member of the Juilliard Opera Center, studying with Marlena Malas. At Juilliard, he sang the role of Gaston in Mussorgsky's Schwergewicht (The Marriage) and Rothschild in Fleischmann's Rothschild's Violin led by James Conlon in his production of Trilogy: Three One-Act Portraits of Marriage in November 2008. Upcoming engagements include Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff at the Juilliard Opera Center in April, and Agenore in Mozart's Il Re Pastore at Opera Theatre of St. Louis this summer. Other opera credits include Corrado in Une Cosa Rara with Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Achille in Iphigénie en Aulide with the Juilliard Opera Theater; and Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte at the Chautauqua Institute. As a recitalist, Mr. Appleby has performed extensively with Steven Blier and the New York Festival of Song. In May, he is participating in a performance of Schubert's Winterreise at Juilliard under the direction of Ken Noda. Mr. Appleby received his master of music degree from Juilliard in 2008. He graduated from Notre Dame in 2005 with degrees in English Literature and Music.
Soprano Devon Guthrie is in the first year of Juilliard's master of music degree program, studying with Marlena Malas. This year at Juilliard, Ms. Guthrie sang the role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro; Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, and participated in master classes taught by Roger Vignoles and Jose Van Dam. At Manhattan School of Music, where she earned her bachelor of music degree, she appeared in Street Scene as Rose Marrant; Belinda in Dido and Aeneas; in scenes as Despina and Fiordiligi, as well as covering roles in Gianni Schicchi. With the Chautauqua Institute, she sang the role of Amore in Monteverdi's L'Incoronatione di Poppea, and Despina in Cosí fan tutte, as well as Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus and Euridice. She has performed in recital and as a soloist with the Reno Philharmonic singing Mahler's 4th Symphony and with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony performing Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Ms. Guthrie was awarded the 2005 Gold Arts Award in Voice by the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts and was classical vocal winner of the 2004 Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award.
Pianist Nathan Brandwein, a native of Kansas City, is currently a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow in Collaborative Piano at Juilliard, where he studies with Brian Zeger, Margo Garrett, and Jonathan Feldman. He has been performing for audiences since he began his studies at age four. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of music degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied with Angela Cheng, and completed his master of music degree and professional studies diploma at Mannes College of Music as a student of piano department chair Pavlina Dokovska. In 2004, he was the grand prize winner in the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Piano Competition, sponsored by Steinway & Sons, and has performed in concert throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. In January 2010, he will collaborate with Italian soprano, Maria Luigia Borsi, in her debut recital at London's Wigmore Hall.
Collaborative pianist Erika Switzer currently is a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at Juilliard. She won first prize for best pianist at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and at the Robert Schumann International Vocal Competition. She has performed in recitals throughout Europe, North America, and South Africa. Ms. Switzer has spent the last seven years of studying, teaching, and performing in Germany. Her performance highlights include recitals with Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Colin Balzer, and Edith Wiens for Pro Musicis in New York's Carnegie Hall, as well recitals in Boston and Paris; the Andre Turp Recital Society and Chamber Music Festival of Montreal; Vocal Arts Society of Washington, D.C.; Cape Classic Chamber Music Festival, Capetown, South Africa; Festival Vancouver; the ‘New Discoveries' series, Baden-Baden Festspiele; Winners & Masters, Munich and Bielefeld. Ms. Switzer has appeared on air on CBC radio, Dutch Radio (Radio 4), and on SWR and Bayerische Rundfunk (radio) in Germany.
One of America's most prestigious programs for educating singers, Juilliard's Department of Vocal Arts offers young artists programs tailored to their talents and needs. From bachelor and master of music degree programs to advanced artist diploma programs in voice and opera studies, the School provides frequent performance opportunities, featuring students in Juilliard recitals and opera productions, as well as on Lincoln Center's stages.
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JUILLIARD'S VOCAL ARTS HONORS RECITAL
DEVON GUTHRIE, Soprano
PAUL APPLEBY, Tenor
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 8 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, NYC
FREE tickets are available beginning March 10 at the Juilliard Box Office, located at 155 West 65th Street. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) from Mädchenblumen
Kornblumen
Mohnblumen
Wasserrose
Ben Moore (born 1960) from So Free Am I
Mutta
Orinda Upon Little Hector Philips
The Poem as Mask
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) from Fiançailles pour rire
La Dame d'André
Il vole
Mon cadaver est doux comme un gant
Violon
Fleurs
Devon Guthrie, soprano
Nathan Brandwein, piano
Intermission
Arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) O Waly, Waly
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Nachtzauber
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Nichts
Barkarole
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Sarabande
Coeur en peril
Jazz dans la nuit
Paul Bowles (1910-1999) A Little Closer Please
Once a Lady was Here
April Fool Baby
Baby, Baby
Paul Appleby, tenor
Erika Switzer, piano
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