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

February 29, 2024

Advanced Vocal Workshop with guest Michael Schütze, piano

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON CSUF SCHOOL OF MUSIC

SYLVIA A. ALVA

President, California State University, Fullerton

AMIR H. DABIRIAN

Provost and VP for Academic Affairs (Interim)

ARNOLD HOLLAND, EDD Dean, College of the Arts

DR. RANDALL GOLDBERG Director, School of Music

KIMO FURUMOTO

Assistant Director, School of Music

BONGSHIN KO

Assistant Director, School of Music

SCHOOL OF MUSIC FULL-TIME FACULTY AND STAFF

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Conducting

Kimo Furumoto – instrumental

Dr. Robert Istad – choral

Dr. Dustin Barr – instrumental

Jazz and Commercial Music

Bill Cunliffe* – jazz piano; arranging; Fullerton Jazz Orchestra, Fullerton Big Band and combo director

Rodolfo Zuñiga – jazz studies, jazz percussion, and music techology; Fullerton Chamber Jazz Ensemble director

Piano, Organ, Piano Pedagogy

Ning An – piano

Bill Cunliffe – jazz piano

Alison Edwards* – piano, piano pedagogy, class piano

Myong-Joo Lee – piano

Dr. Robert Watson – piano

Music Education, Teacher Training, and Teaching Credential

Dr. Christopher Peterson – choral

Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore* – instrumental

Music in General Education

Dr. John Koegel*

Dr. Katherine Reed

Music History and LIterature

Dr. Vivianne Asturizaga – musicology

Dr. John Koegel* – musicology

Dr. Katherine Powers – musicology

Dr. Katherine Reed – musicology

Strings

Kimo Furumoto – Director of Orchestra Studies and University Symphony Orchestra conductor

Bongshin Ko – cello

Dr. Ernest Salem* – violin

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Dr. Pamela Madsen – composition, theory

Dr. Ken Walicki* – composition, theory

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Dr. Kerry Jennings* – Director of Opera

Dr. Christopher Peterson – CSUF Concert Choir and Singing Titans conductor

Dr. Joni Y. Prado voice, academic voice courses

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Jean Ferrandis – flute

Sycil Mathai* – trumpet

Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore

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Welcome to the Spring 2024 Performing Arts Season at Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts. Whether you are a first-time or long-time patron, a friend, or parent to one of our exceptional students, thank you for joining us. Your support makes all the difference to their success.

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. Hilarious, multiple Tony award-winning modern musical send-up “Urinetown” closes the theatre season just as CSUF’s dancers and choreographers take to the stage for “Spring Dance Theatre.”

When our students demonstrate their talents on stage and in the studio, their creative energy is undeniable, but the sacrifice and struggle it took to get there is often less perceptible. We can’t see the hours spent creating, the days of rehearsals, and the years of practice. For many students, the sparks of innovation and artistry that drove them to pursue the arts are often diminished by the high cost of an education. The Dean’s Fund for Excellence provides support for students in need through scholarships, artist residencies, and other financial assistance, ensuring them the opportunity to thrive in the arts. If you believe in their sparks of brilliance, please consider a donation of any amount to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence.

Thank you again for joining us this season and for championing the arts in higher education. I hope to see you at one of the college’s many performances and events this spring.

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“A Little Night Music”

I

Neue Liebe ........................................................

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Jenna Hansen

Nacht .............................................................................

Martina Goldring

Erlkönig...................................................................

Timothy Cervenka

Nun will di Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n ...........................

Gabriel Cazares

Alban Berg (1885-1935)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst ....................................

Sarah Cabrera

Gretchen am Spinnrade

Sara Preston

Die Mainacht ......................................................

Jing Wang

Mondnacht .........................................................

Salma Bawardi

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Franz Schubert

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Waldseligkeit ..............................................................

Joseph Marx (1882-1964)

Katelyn Cruz

Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht ............................................

Nya Nulty

Allerseelen .............................................................

Gabriela Gonzalez

Johannes Brahms

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Der Tod und das Mädchen .........................................................

Marylin Negron

Nachtzauber ...................................................................

Frank Watnick

Franz Schubert

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

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...............................................................................

Timothy Cervenka

Come to My Garden .........................................................................

Katelyn Cruz and Nya Nulty

How Could I Ever Know

Martina Goldring

Tim Minchin

Lucy Simon

Lucy Simon

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.

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.

Talich Quartet

February 16 • Meng Concert Hall

Quarteto Nuevo

February 17 • Meng Concert Hall

University Symphony Orchestra with Talich Quartet

February 18 • 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

Marisol

March 8– 23 • Little Theatre

Fullerton Jazz Orchestra & Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble

March 8 • Meng Concert Hall

Füreya Ünal, piano

March 9 • Meng Concert Hall

Enrico Elisi & Mengyang Pan, duo piano

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Alumni Piano Recital

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17th Annual Collage Concert

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Accidentally on Purpose

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University Singers & Concert Choir

March 24 • Meng Concert Hall

Brightwork Newmusic*

March 26 • Meng Concert Hall

Minsoo Sohn, piano

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Gabriel Bianco, guitar

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Urinetown the Musical

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Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea

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