STUDENT RECITAL I BRADLEY PARESE Tuesday I November 13, 2018 I 7:30 pm President’s Room at Anderson Hall
BRADLEY PARESE baritone Margaret Perry I piano
38th Performance I 2018-2019 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific
CONCERT PROGRAM I NOVEMBER 13 I 7:30 PM Der Leiermann from Winterreise, D. 911 Tanto sospirero Donzelle, fuggite
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Pietro Paolo Bencini (1675-1755) Francesco Cavalli (1599-1678)
Deh, vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Die ZauberflÜte, K. 620
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Foggy, Foggy Dew from Suffolk
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Blue Mountain Ballads I. Heavenly Grass II. Lonesome Man III. Cabin IV. Sugar in the Cane
Paul Bowles (1910-1999)
Old American Songs II. The Dodger V. I Bought Me A Cat
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
This recital is presented as a degree requirement towards the Bachelor of Music in Music Education Bradley Parese is a senior Music Education major at the University of the Pacific
Bradley Parese is an aspiring baritone, guitarist, and future music educator and conductor. He grew up in the San Francisco, Bay Area, and has been performing in choirs since he was in fourth grade. His first true choral experience was while he was a student at San Ramon Valley High School, Danville, CA, where he had the privilege of singing under the baton of Ken Abrams. While at San Ramon Valley, Parese sang in the Men’s Ensemble, Concert Choir, and elite Chamber Singers, performed nationally and internationally, and participated annually in the prestigious Northern California Golden State Choral Competition with the Concert Choir taking home first place in 2014. He represented San Ramon Valley High School at various California ACDA Regional and All State Honor Choirs led by Prof. Bruce Rogers, Dr. Jerry Blackstone, Dr. Daniel Bara, Dr. Shawna Stewart and Dr. Galen Darrough. He also played the lead role of Uncle Fester in the school’s production of The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy. At the end of his senior year at San Ramon Valley, he was named the 2015 Singer of the Year, Student of the Year, was the recipient of the Academic Achievement Award for Choral Excellence as well as received a Performing Arts Award for his brilliant interpretation of Uncle Fester, making him the first student ever to receive all four awards simultaneously. To this day, he is an advocate of choral music, and is a regular attendee at state, regional and national ACDA conferences. Parese is currently studying for a
Bachelor’s degree in Music Education with a concentration in Choral and Voice from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in Stockton, California. At Pacific, he studies voice with Dr. Lynelle Wiens, conducting with Dr. Nicolas Waldvogel and Dr. Yejee Choi, music education with Dr. Ruth Brittin and Dr. Eric Hammer, and is heavily involved in the Conservatory’s various vocal departments. He has sung in Pacific’s flagship choral ensemble, Pacific Singers, under the direction of Dr. Yejee Choi for the past three and a half years, was one of the founding members of the Pacific Vocal Jazz Ensemble directed by Randy Sandoli, and served as Vice-President of the Pacific Stocktones, the university’s premier a cappella group for the 20172018 academic year. As a member of Pacific Singers, he has performed music by Johannes Brahms, John Rutter, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hugo Distler, and Gene Koshinski (all with university instrumentalists) as well as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Stockton Symphony under Peter Jaffe in 2016. Parese has also participated in the Idyllwild Arts Summer Festival Choir led by Dr. Joseph Modica, performing Duruflé’s Requiem, Op. 9 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in 2014, and selections from Handel’s Messiah at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2015. He took part in an invitation-only tour to Vienna, Austria, in 2016 under Dr. Modica as well as Sonja Sepulveda, Peter Tiboris and Nicholas Carthy, performing repertoire by Vivaldi, Schubert and Haydn, as well as being the bass soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. In 2017, Parese attended a week-long conducting masterclass at San José State
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University led by Dr. Charlene Archibeque and Dr. Jeffrey Benson. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as a member of the 2018 Honors Performance Series Young Adult Honors Choir under the direction of Dr. Eph Ehly. He was one of 45 singers selected among 12,000 nominees from around the world. Parese holds membership in the American Choral Directors Assosiation (ACDA), California Choral Directors Assosiation (CCDA), the National Assosiation for Music Education (NAfME), the California Music Educators’ Assosiation (CMEA), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America and Beta Theta Pi. Dr. Margaret Perry is a Lecturer in Piano at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music. She is the coordinator of the group piano program and teaches group piano, piano pedagogy, and aural perceptions. She also works with the opera department as a rehearsal pianist. Margaret attended Brigham Young University and received a B.M., cum laude, in piano performance and pedagogy and M.M. in piano performance. She completed a D.M.A. in piano performance at the University of Arizona. She was a student of Margaret Garner, Paul Pollei, and Rex Woods. Margaret has performed throughout the United States and Italy as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Before joining the Conservatory faculty at Pacific, Margaret was the Ensemble Artist Pianist for the Utah Symphony and Opera. From 2002 to 2004, she performed with the ensemble artists throughout the state of Utah and in Nevada and Wyoming to bring opera into the schools and communities. She was also one of the accompanists for the Studio Artists touring productions of Don Pasquale and La Cenerentola in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. In addition, Margaret had opportunities to be an accompanist for the Utah Opera Chorus and the Utah Symphony Chorus and to work with conductors such as Anton Coppola, Kirk Muspratt, Deuane Kuenzi, and Susanne Sheston. In 2002, Margaret was the first place winner of the Green Valley Concert Association Piano Competition and also received the Audience Award. As a Medici Scholars Award Recipient in 1999 and 2000, she participated in the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Vietri sul Mare, Italy, and the Corsi Internazionali di Musica in Urbino, Italy. She also did research for her dissertation on the piano music of Italian composers Alfredo Casella and Gian Francesco Malipiero. She has performed in master classes for distinguished pianists who included Renato Premezzi, Louis Nagel, Thomas Mastroianni, and Dalton Baldwin. Margaret is involved in numerous collaborative projects with colleagues and within the community. She has been a pianist for the Stockton Opera Association, Stockton Civic Theatre, and Stockton Chorale. At 2007 Brubeck Festival, she performed with Kevin Deas (bass), recipient of the 2006 Brubeck Institute Award for Distinguished Achievement. Margaret is a member of MTNA, MTAC, College Music Society, Mu Phi Epsilon, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Kappa Phi.
PROGRAM NOTES Der Leiermann (The Organ* Man) Original Text by Wilhelm Müller Drüben hinterm Dorfe Steht ein Leiermann, Und mit starren Fingern Dreht er, was er kann.
Way behind the village stands an organ man, and with stiffened fingers grinds the best he can.
Barfuß auf dem Eise wankt er hin und her, Und sein kleiner Teller Bleibt ihm immer leer.
Barefoot on the ice he totters to and fro, and his little plate has ne’er a coin to show.
Keiner mag ihn hören, Keiner sieht ihn an, Und die Hunde knurren Um den alten Mann.
No one comes to listen, no one comes to greet, and the dogs are growling at the old man’s feet.
Und er läßt es gehen Alles, wie es will, Dreht, und seine Leier Steht ihm nimmer still.
And he lets it happen, lets it as it will, cranking, and his organ never staying still.
Wunderlicher Alter, Soll ich mit dir gehn? Willst zu meinen Liedern Deine Leier drehn?
Strangest of the Ancients, must I walk with you? Will you grind my Lieders on your organ, too?
*The specific instrument that is referred to in this piece is the Hurdy-Gurdy; a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The Hurdy Gurdy dates back to the Middle Ages and was used widely in Europe.
PROGRAM NOTES Tanto sospirero (I Will Sigh So Much) Original Text by an Anonymous Poet Tanto sospirerò, Tanto mi lagnerò, Che intender le faro, Che per lei moro!
I will sigh so much, I will languish so much, that I will make her to understand that I would die for her!
Pur l’alma le dirà: “Cara, t’adoro!”
Even my soul will say; “Dearest, I love you!”
Donzelle, fuggite (Young Maidens, Flee) Original Text by an Anonymous Poet Donzelle, fuggite procace beltà! Se lucido sguardo ve penetra il core, lasciate quel dardo del perfido amore, che insidie scaltrite tramando vi sta!
Young maidens, flee from a handsome young man! If his bright glance penetrates your heart, leave that dart of the perfidious love, which is setting traps for you!
Deh vieni alla finestra (Come To The Window!) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Deh, vieni alla finestra, o mio tesoro, deh, vieni a consolar il pianto mio. Se neghi a me di dar qualche ristoro, davanti agli occhi tuoi morir vogl’io!
Come to the window, o my treasure, come to console my weeping. If you deny me some relief, I want to die before your eyes!
Tu ch’hai la bocca dolce più che il miele, tu che il zucchero porti in mezzo al core, non esser, gioia mia, con me crudele, lasciati almen veder, mio bell’amore!
You whose mouth is sweeter than honey, you whose heart cradles sweet desires! Do not, my beloved, be cruel to me! At least let me see you, my loved one!
PROGRAM NOTES Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (A Girl or Little Wife) Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Wünscht Papageno sich! O so ein sanftes Täubchen Wär’ Seligkeit für mich! Dann schmeckte mir Trinken und Essen; Dann könnt’ ich mit Fürsten mich messen, Des Lebens als Weiser mich freu’n, Und wie im Elysium seyn.
A girl or a little wife is what Papageno desires. Oh, a sweet little dove like that would be bliss for me! Then I should drink and eat with relish, then I could hold my own with princes, enjoy life in my wisdom, and be as if in Elysium.
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Wünscht Papageno sich! O so ein sanftes Täubchen War’ Seeligkeit für mich! Ach kann ich denn keiner von allen Den reitzenden Mädchen gefallen? Helf ’ eine mir nur aus der Noth, Sonst gräm’ ich mich wahrlich zu Tod’.
A girl or a little wife is what Papageno desires. Oh, a sweet little dove like that would be bliss for me! Ah, can’t I find one, then, amongst all the lovely girls, who would like me? Let just one help me out of my misery, or I shall truly die of grief.
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Wünscht Papageno sich! O so ein sanftes Täubchen War’ Seeligkeit für mich. Wird keine mir Liebe gewähren, So muss mich die Flamme verzehren! Doch küsst mich ein weiblicher Mund, So bin ich schon wieder gesund.
A girl or a little wife is what Papageno desires. Oh, a sweet little dove like that would be bliss for me! If no one will offer me love, then the fire must consume me, but if a woman’s lips kiss me, I shall be well again straightaway!
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