CMM Live! “Song and Strings” with Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, soprano; William Knuth, violin & Dan Sato, piano

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Soprano Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, violinist William Knuth, and pianist Dan Sato present “Song and Strings”, the third concert on our 2021 CMM Live! series. This varied program includes songs in Swedish, English, Saami (Finland), Hungarian, French, and Italian, representing composers from all over the globe, including an American premiere of song settings of indigenous Lapland, in the far north of Finland. This song and three other sets are by outstanding women composers from America, the U.K., and Finland.
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CMM Live! “Reflections” with Ivy Walz, soprano; Zach Sweet, cello & Pej Reitz, piano

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Soprano Ivy Walz, cellist Zach Sweet, and pianist Pej Reitz return to Syracuse! Our second CMM Live! concert, titled “Reflections”, will feature music by Andre Previn, Coleridge-Taylor Perkins, Florence Price, Jean Berger, Jake Heggie, Moses Hogan, and more.
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Hannah Lambertz and Laura McCall, sopranos

2019-20 CMM WRS Hannah Lambertz and Laura McCall

Hannah Lambertz and Laura McCall, sopranos

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.

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.

Adina Martin, soprano; Phil Eisenman, bass; Robbie Padilla, piano

2018-19 CMM WRS Adina Martin, Phil Eisenman, Robbie Padilla

Adina Martin, soprano
Phil Eisenman, bass
Robbie Padilla, piano

PROGRAM
Excerpts from Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizzeti (1787-1948)
Bella siccome un angelo (Dr. Malatesta)
Un foco insolito (Don Pasquale)
Quel quardo, il cavaliere (Norina)
Buona nuove, Norina (Norina and Malatesta)
Let’s see now (Norina and Pasquale)

A Man and a Woman (110 In The Shade) by Harvey Schmidt (1929-2018)

THE ARTISTS
Adina Martin, soprano, graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a B.A. in Music Education in May 2018. During her time at Fredonia, she played Angelina (Trial by Jury) in the Student Opera Theatre Association’s Opera Scenes, she was selected to be a student conductor for the University Chorus, and performed as a soloist in the Western New York Chamber Orchestra’s Mozart Concert in 2016. Martin attended the Rocky Ridge Young Artist Seminar in 2017, and Resonanz Opera’s Big Voices Program in 2018. Martin covered the role of Ann in the Astronaut’s Tale with the Society for New Music for their performance in March. She is a proud student of Julie Newell. Martin plans to pursue an M.M. in vocal performance next year.

Phil Eisenman has performed leading and supporting roles in opera, musical theatre, oratorio and choral ensembles. He has worked with Syracuse Opera, Cleveland Opera, Western New York Opera Theatre, Oswego Opera, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Society for New Music and most recently with CRS Barn Studio in Ithaca. A Syracuse Post Standard review noted, “Eisenman… has a rich baritone voice, clear diction, dashing good looks and stage presence!”

Phil serves as a board member of Syracuse’s Civic Morning Musicals Inc., the third oldest musical organization in the country. He is membership chairman for the Central New York Association of Music Teachers and serves on the board of the Syracuse Country Dancers.

Robbie Padilla plays solo and collaborative piano throughout the Central New York Region and beyond. His keyboard experiences include both solo and collaborative recitals, large ensemble concerts, jazz ensembles, opera and musical theatre pits, and church organist.

Recent performances by Padilla include Little Shop of Horrors, The Addams Family, Singin’ in the Rain, and Die Fledermaus. Padilla played with with both Syracuse University and Fredonia Wind Ensembles and in a number of other groups. In 2017, Padilla premiered Valzer tristi, nobili et sentimentali by emerging composer Marco Giusto.

Padilla was the sole recipient of the 2016 Civic Morning Musicals Performance Award for “outstanding contribution to the Syracuse University music community”. Since the few years he has lived in the Syracuse area, he has been both a collaborator and solo artist in the Wednesday Recital Series presented by Civic Morning Musicals. Padilla has also served as a collaborative pianist in the CMM Competitions for Singers.

Padilla earned his Master of Music and studied Piano Performance with Ida Trebicka at Syracuse University. His undergraduate studies were in Music Education at SUNY Fredonia where he studied piano with Dr. Anne Kissel.

Padilla maintains a private piano studio at his home in Liverpool, NY, and teaches elementary music in the Fulton City School District.

This recital is 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.

Bridge of Song

Bridge of Song

Bridge of Song

Finnish violinist Frida Backman, American-Finnish pianist Collin Hansen, and American soprano Kathleen Roland-Silverstein will offer a concert of American and Scandinavian chamber music. Bridge of Song is supported by grants from the Svenska Vänner Foundation and Syracuse University. FREE!

Ivy Walz, voice; Margaret Reitz, piano

CMM Concert Series Piano

Winter Serenade featuring Ivy Walz, mezzo-soprano, and Margaret Reitz, piano.

Music of John Jacob Niles, Menotti, Milhaud and Mozart.
A touch of de Falla, Obradors and Granados.
A taste of Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof, Lost in the Stars, and more.

Free and open to the public!

Ivy Walz, DMA, an opera, concert and recital singer, has performed with Spoleto Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Syracuse Opera, and Tri-Cities Opera. As a concert soloist she has enjoyed performing a variety of alto/mezzo roles. Recently she has appeared with Akron Symphony, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, Symphoria Syracuse, Binghamton Philharmonic and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Ivy has collaborated with Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, SongFest, Cincinnati Art Song Initiative, Denver Art Song Project and Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar. Ivy teaches a vibrant community of developing singer musicians at Ithaca College School of Music.

Margaret Reitz, pianist, earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano performance with accompanying emphasis from Boston University, the New England Conservatory, and Binghamton University. She studied piano with Jean Casadesus, Victor Rosenbaum, Seymour Fink and Walter Ponce and accompanying with Allen Rogers. She has accompanied throughout the United States, in England, South America, and at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Reitz has been on the faculty at Binghamton University since 1991 and Ithaca College School of Music since 1999. She maintains a private piano studio in Vestal, New York. A member of the Executive Board of the New York District MTNA organization, she is also past President of the local Southern Tier Music Teachers Association and is an active adjudicator for the National Piano Guild Organization.