APresentsConcert Honoring the Career of Timothy Hoekman
Professor of Vocal Coaching and Accompanying
featuring performances by
Carla Connors, soprano
Emily Howes Heilman, mezzo-soprano
Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano Evan T. Jones, baritone
Karen Large, flute
Deborah Bish, clarinet
Shannon Thomas, violin
Gregory Sauer, cello
Francesco Binda, piano
Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Melissa Loehnig Simons, piano
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Two o’Clock in the Afternoon
Dohnányi Recital Hall
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting while performers are playing. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Please turn off cell phones and all other electronic devices. Please refrain from putting feet on seats and seat backs. Children who become disruptive should be taken out of the performance hall so they do not disturb the musicians and other audience members. Health Reminder: The Florida Board of Governors and Florida State University expect masks to be worn by all individuals in all FSU facilities. Thank you for your cooperation.
PROGRAM
All works on this afternoon’s program were composed by Timothy Hoekman
Emily’s Words (2021)
words by Emily Dickinson
—Premiere —
Carla Connors, soprano
Karen Large, flute; Deborah Bish, clarinet; Gregory Sauer, cello
Melissa Loehnig Simons, piano
MM Accompanying, 2008; DM Collaborative Piano, 2012
Seven Housman Songs (1980-82)
1. Loveliest of Trees
2. When I Was One-and Twenty
4. Oh When I Was in Love with You
6. Look Not in My EyesEmily
Howes Heilman, mezzo-soprano
DM Vocal Performance, 2018 Melissa Loehnig Simons, piano
words by A. E. Housman
American Lyrics (1989-90)
1. When June Is Here words by James Whitcomb Riley To Make a Prairie (2001) words by Emily Dickinson
1. To Make a Prairie
2. She Sweeps with Many-Colored Brooms
Carla Connors, soprano
Francesco Binda, piano
DM Collaborative Piano, 2017
The Nash Menagerie (1996) words by Ogden Nash
1. The Wombat
3. The Hippopotamus
2. The Turkey
6. The Caterpillar
4. The Kangaroo
5. The Fly
Phyllis Pancella and Emily Howes Heilman, mezzo-sopranos
Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
MM Accompanying, 2015; DM Collaborative Piano, 2018
Three Poems of William Butler Yeats (2010)
2. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
words by William Butler Yeats
Carla Connors, soprano
Shannon Thomas, violin; Gregory Sauer, cello Francesco Binda, piano
INTERMISSION
Then Swims Up the Great Round Moon (1999) words by Walter de la Mare
3. Rachel
7. The DreamerCarla
Emily Howes Heilman, mezzo-soprano
Connors, soprano; Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Drei Legenden (2007)
3. Der Werwolf Rag words by Christian Morgenstern Your Devoted Hugo (2020) words by Hugo Wolf
4. Mörike Madness
tr. Nina Radtke and Timothy Hoekman
Evan T. Jones, baritone Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Three Irish Folksongs (2010)
1. Shula Agra Irish folksong
3. Quick! We Have But a Second words by Thomas Moore A Frog Went A-Courtin’ (2013) American folksong
Carla Connors, soprano
Deborah Bish, clarinet; Francesco Binda, piano
Timothy Hoekman, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Accompanying, is a highly experienced performer, teacher, and coach. He has performed as soloist and collaborative pianist in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe, and was on the music staff of Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, NY, from 1988 to 2011. Since 2012 he has served as Lieder coach for AIMS in Graz, Austria. He was the artistic director of the South Georgia Opera from 1986-1993, and has also served as coach for Florida Grand Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Grand Rapids, and the Peter Harrower Summer Opera Workshop. He was at FSU from 1984 to 2022, teaching collaborative piano, coaching graduate voice majors, and teaching a variety of language and vocal literature classes for singers and pianists. He has served as adjudicator for vocal, piano, and composition competitions.
Hoekman earned the D.M.A. degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Theodore Lettvin. He received his B.A. degree from Calvin College and the M.M. from Peabody Conservatory, where he was a student of Leon Fleisher. He has written articles for the Journal of Singing, American Music Teacher; and Voices: Opera America’s Bulletin for Singers. Also a composer, Hoekman has works published by Theodore Presser, Recital Publications, Colla Voce, Plymouth Music Company, and Classical Vocal Reprints, and was the 2002 MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year. He has been commissioned by the Rawlins Piano Trio, the Coastal Carolina Chamber Music Festival, and Georgia Southern University, among others. Many of his works are availble at graphitepublishing.com.