NEW MUSIC AT WCU Jacob Cooper and Van Stiefel, Directors
Variant 6 – “New Suns” THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 WARE FAMILY RECITAL HALL SWOPE MUSIC BUILDING 8:15 PM
New Suns SELECTIONS FROM IL NOME DEL BEL FIOR (1998) ......................................... Joanne Metcalf (b. 1958) 1. Maria I 2. Quivi è la rosa 3. Il nome del bel fior IT IS TIME (2010) ................................................................................................... David Shapiro (b. 1969) TRANSLUCENCE (1993) ....................................................................................Donna McKevitt (b. 1970) SELECTIONS FROM MADRIGALI A CINQUE VOCE MISTE (1993) .................. Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004) 1. Sia calmo il mio respire 2. Quando tutto all’intorno AN AMERICAN FAIRY TALE (2020)*....................................................................Klaus Sandvik (b. 1966) SUPPLICE (2017)........................................................................................... Benjamin C.S. Boyle (b. 1979) 1. Tous ceux qui chauffaient 2. Et que le feu me brǔle! 3. Couchons-nous, mon vieux, il est tard THE SEA’S WASH IN THE HOLLOW OF YOUR HEART (2020)* ........................ Joanne Metcalf * Denotes World Premiere. An American Fairy Tale was commissioned by Variant 6 with support from Arts Council Norway.
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ARTIST PROFILE Variant 6 is a virtuosic vocal sextet that explores and advances the art of chamber music in the twenty-first century. The ensemble's work includes radically reimagining concert experiences, commissioning substantial new works, collaborating closely with other ensembles, and educating a new generation of singers. This season, Variant 6 presents four distinct programs over eleven concerts, collaborates with three other ensembles, and performs in seven states. Past concerts include an appearance at the CUSP concert series in Princeton with a commission by Greg Brown, a world premiere of Wally Gunn's oratorio for voices and percussion, Moonlite, and a trip to The Jazz Gallery in NYC with Kevin Laskey's Almanac. Variant 6 believes that the process of compromise achieved from the diversity of opinion and specialty of its six individual artists can create deeply impactful experiences for its audiences, collaborators, and students. Variant 6's artists have performed with internationally recognized ensembles, including Roomful of Teeth, Bang on a Can, American Composers Orchestra, Seraphic Fire, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Bach Project, Piffaro, Tempesta di Mare, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Philadelphia, and more. Our singers have appeared as soloists with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Philadelphia, the American Bach Soloists, Philadelphia Orchestra, Lyric Fest Philadelphia, and with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago. All of our members regularly sing with Philadelphia’s contemporary music choir, The Crossing. Collectively, we hold degrees from Indiana University, Northwestern University, Westminster Choir College, Temple University, Yale University, and the University of the Arts.
James Reese (tenor); Jessica Beebe (soprano); Daniel Schwartz (bass); Elisa Sutherland (mezzosoprano); Steven Bradshaw (tenor); Rebecca Myers (soprano)
UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Monday, February 3, 2020, 7:30 PM Faculty Recital: Kimberly Reighley, flute Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Thursday, February 6, 2020, 8:15 PM Guest Artist Recital: Stephen Robinson, guitar; with Stephen Ng, tenor Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Friday, February 7, 2020, 7:30 PM Concert Choir Concert David P. DeVenney, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Sunday, February 16, 2020, 3:00 PM Mastersingers Concert Ryan Kelly, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Saturday, February 22, 2020, 7:00 PM Sound of the Carribbean at Uptown! David Nelson & Marc Jacoby, directors Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center 226 N. High St., West Chester, PA
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Events at the Wells School of Music are often supported by individual donors and organizations. Contributions to the Wells School of Music may be made out to: WCU Foundation, 202 Carter Drive, West Chester, PA 19382 Please include “School of Music Deans Fund� in the memo line. For further information, please call (610) 436-2868 or visit wcufoundation.org A majority of performances are available to watch via live stream at Facebook.com/ArtsAtWCUPA and LiveStream.com/wcupa. Mr. Robert Rust, Audio & Visual Technician Steinway & Sons Piano Technical, Tuning and Concert Preparations by Gerald P. Cousins, RPT If you do not intend to save your program, please recycle it in the baskets at the exit doors.
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