SU Opera Pastiche: Ellis Island

2019-20 CMM WRS SU Opera Pastiche: Ellis Island

SU Opera Pastiche: Ellis Island

Singers in the Syracuse University Opera Workshop will present excerpts from their fall 2019 production, a staged version of Alan Louis Smith’s Vignettes: Ellis Island. The story tells of real people, immigrants who came to America as immigrants from Europe in the early 20th century, arriving by boat at Ellis Island.

CMM (Civic Morning Musicals) exists to support classically trained musicians and their audiences throughout the Central New York region. It is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, which produces more than 30 concerts a year and sponsors activities for young musicians.

Lana Stafford, flute; Christopher Spinelli, piano

2019-20 CMM WRS Lana Stafford and Christopher Spinelli

Lana Stafford, flute
Christopher Spinelli, piano

Lana Stafford and Chris Spinelli’s upcoming Civic Morning Musicals Recital will feature beloved works from the flute and piano repertoire, new discoveries written by and for Syracuse natives, and two songs we arranged ourselves to open and close the program. We are so excited to play our favorite program yet (short and sweet) on with CMM’s grand piano in the beautiful sanctuary at Park Central on Oct. 9th.

CMM (Civic Morning Musicals) exists to support classically trained musicians and their audiences throughout the Central New York region. It is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, which produces more than 30 concerts a year and sponsors activities for young musicians.

Peter Rovit, violin; Arvilla Wendland, viola; Ida Tili-Trebicka, piano

2018-19 CMM WRS 12 Peter Rovit Arvilla Wendland Ida Tili-Trebicka

Peter Rovit, violin; Arvilla Wendland, viola; Ida Tili-Trebicka, piano perform a free recital as part of our Outreach Series with free admission at The Nottingham.

CMM (Civic Morning Musicals) exists to support classically trained musicians and their audiences throughout the Central New York region. It is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, which produces more than 30 concerts a year and sponsors activities for young musicians.

Tangos y Canciónes: Music for Guitar and Cello from Latin America

Tangos y Canciónes: Music for Guitar and Cello from Latin America

Tangos y Canciónes: Music for Guitar and Cello from Latin America

Kenneth Meyer, guitar and Gregory Wood, cello perform music for guitar and cello from Spain and Latin America.

Kenneth Meyer

The Washington Post refers to Kenneth Meyer as, “A thinking man’s guitarist – he focuses on the inner structure of a piece…and plays with impressive gravity and power.” The Buffalo News has called him, “Impeccably articulate with superb technique.”

Since winning the national first prize at the MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition, Meyer continues to appear in recital, as a chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra in venues throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. His commitment to cultivate, perform and record the music of his generation’s leading composers has
garnered awards from the Barlow Endowment, Argosy Foundation and the Hanson Institute for American Music.

Recent accomplishments include performances in Weill Recital Hall, Zankel Hall and Yankee Stadium, as well as solo recitals in Romania, Hungary, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. This season features concerto appearances with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, Symphoria, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, and the Seattle Modern Orchestra, as well as a premiere recording of Andrew Waggoner’s Concerto for Guitar with Bridge records.

Currently, Meyer directs thriving guitar studies programs at Onondaga Community College and Syracuse University. He continues to be a featured lecturer, performer, adjudicator and teacher at festivals, colleges and universities throughout this country and abroad. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music and records for Innova, Albany, Summit and Bridge Records.

Gregory Wood

Gregory Wood is Assistant Principal Cellist of Symphoria, and was Acting Principal Cellist of Symphoria for the 2014-15 season. Mr. Wood has performed as Assistant Principal Cellist of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Substitute Cellist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He is Adjunct Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at Setnor School of Music, Syracuse University, and is Adjunct Professor of Cello and Strings Repertoire at Onondaga Community College.

Mr. Wood received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, studying with Lynn Harrell, Jack Kirstein, Zara Nelsova, and chamber music with the LaSalle Quartet. He received a Master of Science Degree in Music Education from Syracuse University. Mr. Wood has performed as soloist with the Syracuse Symphony, and as winner of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music concerto competition. He received the 2006 Excellence in Chamber Music Performance award from Civic Morning Musicals, and has performed solo and chamber music recitals with the Jewell Trio, the Society for New Music, the Skaneateles Festival, and Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music.

Recent performances have included the Endless Mountain Music Festival 2019, Josh Groban in 2017 and 2019, Roger Daltry, the Fingerlakes Opera Orchestra, and with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, including an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America”. In September, 2016, at Yale University, he performed in “Grace Notes”, a collaboration of eight musicians, singers, dancers, and photography/videography by Carrie Mae Weems.

CMM (Civic Morning Musicals) exists to support classically trained musicians and their audiences throughout the Central New York region. It is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, which produces more than 30 concerts a year and sponsors activities for young musicians.

In Recital Live! Among the Multitude

2018-19 CMM In Recital Live! Michael Kelly, Shannon McGinnis

Among the Multitude

Michael Kelly, Baritone; Shannon McGinnis, Piano

Selections from an anthology of commissioned songs released by New Music Shelf.

SPONSORED BY: Kathleen Roland-Silverstein

Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, mezzo soprano; Lynn Vartan, percussion

Heart/Beat: Works of 20th and 21st Century American Composers for Voice and Percussion

Heart/Beat: Works of 20th and 21st Century American Composers For Voice and Percussion

Program:
The Bells, three songs for soprano and percussion, op. 42 by George N. Gianopoulos (b. 1984)

Are your fingers long enough for female voice and double bass and looping pedal by Timo Andres (b. 1985)

In the Fire of Conflict for marimba, crotales, electronics by Christos Hatzis
Rescue Me
I Call Your Name

Letters from Composers for soprano and marimba by Dominick Argento (b. 1927)
Frederic Chopin to a friend
W.A. Mozart to his father
Franz Schubert to a friend
J.S. Bach to the Town Council
Claude Debussy to a friend
Giacomo Puccini to a friend
Robert Schumann to his fiancee

The Night with the Green Sky, for soprano and marimba by Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984)

Kathleen Roland-Silverstein

Kathleen Roland is a highly-regarded concert soloist well known for her
interpretation of the music of the 20th and 21st century. She has been a featured singer with many music festivals, including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Britten-Pears Institute and the Tanglewood Music Festival. She has performed with many prominent conductors, including James Conlon, Kent Nagano, Reinbert de Leeuw, and Oliver Knussen, and with the Grammy award-winning Southwest Chamber Music Society of Los Angeles. Recent performances include concerts in Sweden, Finland, Vietnam, Cambodia and Germany. Roland-Silverstein has recorded the works of American composer Libby Larsen and Cambodian composer Chinary Ung, and will be recording “Bridge of Song/Bro av Sånger” in 2019 with Finnish pianist Collin Hansen and violinist Frida Backman.

Lynn Vartan

Percussionist Lynn Vartan is an international performer and educator who is an advocate for diversity in music. As a new music percussionist Lynn has worked with Michael Colgrass, Vinny Golia, Arthur Jarvinen, Ursula Oppens, Joan Tower, Glen Velez, Xtet, James Newton, Chinary Ung, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble and Grammy Award-winning Southwest Chamber Music, and is known for her dynamic athleticism and exciting energy on stage. She has commissioned and/or performed countless new works for percussion by composers such as Donald Crockett, William Kraft, Steve Hoey, Veronika Krausas, Erica Muhl, Arthur Jarvinen, Sean Heim, Jeff Holmes, Keith Bradshaw and Shaun Naidoo. As a recital soloist, Lynn has been featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, the Different Trains Series, at universities in residence all over the United States and on the Music at the Court series in Pasadena, California, where she produced her own solo percussion concerts. As a concerto soloist Lynn has performed with various orchestras including the Hubei Opera and Dance Company of Wuhan, China, the Sierra Wind Symphony, the Helena Symphony, The Orchestra of Southern Utah, Southwest Chamber Music, The Helena Symphony, as well as premiering new concertos by both American and Chinese composers.