The
Third Annual Tucson Desert Song Festival (TDSF), Jan. 15–Feb. 1, 2015, will
bring together Tucson’s leading arts groups and internationally celebrated
guest artists to explore the exquisite sorrow and defiant
laughter of life and love, with Tamara Mumford and Anthony Dean Griffey
featured in the rarely performed chamber orchestration of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Susan Graham
singing the neglected Berlioz masterpiece La
Mort d’Ophélie, and Katie Van Kooten, Heidi Grant Murphy and Angela Brower
presenting the final trio from Der
Rosenkavalier. All this, as well as the New York Festival of Song and
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute on Tour, Corinne Winters singing her first
Tatiana in Arizona Opera’s Eugene Onegin, plus Carmina Burana and Poulenc’s Gloria!
Such
leading vocalists as mezzo-sopranos Susan Graham, Tamara
Mumford, and Angela Brower, sopranos Heidi Grant Murphy and Corrine Winters,
and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey will perform with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra,
UApresents, Arizona Opera, Tucson
Chamber Artists, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Tucson Guitar Society and
more.
The
festival includes bookend concerts by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra of
Poulenc’s Gloria and the final trio
from Der Roenskavalier and Don Juan by Richard Strauss, and ending
with the lustrous voice of Tamara Mumford and the virtuosic singing of Anthony
Dean Griffey in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg), preceded by Mozart’s “Haffner” Symphony
.
Highly
acclaimed mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will give a recital of Berlioz, Schubert,
Cole Porter and other composers under the auspices of UApresents, and in its
festival debut Arizona Opera will perform Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin with guest stars Corinne Winters and David Adam
Moore.
Rising
young vocalists from the prestigious Ravinia Steans Music Institute on Tour
will gather for a concert presented by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
with soprano Simone Osborne and world-renowned pianist and Tucson Desert Song
Festival’s Artistic Consultant, Kevin
Murphy.
In a
festival exclusive, the Tucson Guitar Society will bring together guitarist David
Leisner and tenor Rufus Müller to perform the works of Benjamin Britten, Franz
Schubert, David Leisner’s own works and Manuel de Falla.
TDSF
guest artists will join with the University of Arizona School of Music to
conduct master classes. Faculty and students will provide a series of lectures
and recitals. All of these events are open to the public.
For
the third year, the festival will include a songwriting competition for
students in grades K–12. Students are invited to submit original songs with
melody and lyrics. A panel of UA School of Music educators will judge the
submissions, and finalists will be invited to perform their compositions in a
showcase recital at the UA School of Music on January 17, 2015. (The
application deadline is November 24, 2014; materials may be found under the
Education tab at TucsonDesertSongFestival.org.) Cash prizes are given to the
top winners.
Also
for the third year, TDSF is continuing its Adult Education Outreach program
with a series of Preview Concerts that will be performed during November and
December 2014. (*See dates below).
This
year’s Preview Concerts will include University of Arizona School of Music
graduate students, soprano Jenina Gallaway and baritone Seth Kershisnik, will
present a varied program of songs and duets by Schubert, Strauss, Duparc,
Poulenc, Duke, and Chausson as well as new trends in art song with Comic
settings by Tom Cipullo, a haunting lullaby by Leo Edwards and poignant
spirituals set by Moses Hogan. The
concerts are open and free to the public.
Tickets
to festival performances are available through the individual participating
organizations. More information about the 2015 festival is available at
TucsonDesertSongFestival.org, and at 1-888-546-3305.
The mission of the Tucson Desert Song Festival
is to elevate Tucson to a world-class destination for classical voice and music
lovers by presenting three weeks of performances and events celebrating
classical voice at its highest level. In collaboration with Tucson’s
professional performing arts organizations, its annual offerings bring together
local artistry of the highest quality with the world’s most promising vocal
talent. Both synergetic and unique, the festival has merited recognition on a
national level.
2015 TUCSON
DESERT SONG FESTIVAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Opening
Concert and Lecture
Crowder Hall
Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 7:30
p.m.
Kristin Dauphinais, Associate
Professor of Music, UA School of Music, assisted by UA voice students.
Song: From Salon to Stage, the Journey of a Genre
Open and free to the public.
Tucson
Symphony Orchestra
Tucson Music Hall
Friday, January 16, 2015 at 8 p.m. &
Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 2 p.m.
George Hanson, conductor
Katie Van Kooten, soprano
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano
TSO Chorus, Bruce Chamberlain, director
Poulenc: Gloria.
Strauss: Don Juan;
final trio from Der Rosenkavalier
Tickets:
tucsonsymphony.org
Finalist
Showcase Recital
TDSF
Songwriting Competition
University of Arizona Holsclaw Hall
Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2:30
p.m.
Information: tucsondesertsongfestival.org/education/
Arizona
Friends of Chamber Music
Leo Rich Theatre
Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 3 p.m.
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute on Tour
Simone Osborne, soprano
Kevin Murphy, pianist
Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano
Michael Brandenburg, tenor
Tickets:
arizonachambermusic.org
UA
School of Music
Holsclaw Hall
January 21, Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.
New
Directions in Song
Hosted by Associate Professor of
Music, Kristin Dauphinais, the program will feature works of contemporary
art song with new trends and new discoveries, performed by UA vocal
students. Open and free to the public.
Tucson
Guitar Society
Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 7
p.m.
University of Arizona Holsclaw Hall
David Leisner, guitarist
Rufus Müller, tenor
Works of Benjamin Britten, Franz
Schubert, David Leisner and Manuel de Falla
Tickets:
tucsonguitarsociety.org
Tucson
Chamber Artists
- Friday,
January 23, 2015 at 7:00p.m.
Valley Presbyterian Church, Green
Valley, AZ
- Saturday,
January 24, 2015 at 7:30p.m.
Catalina Foothills High School
- Sunday,
January 25, 2015 at 3:00p.m.
Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Eric Holtan, conductor
Hugh Russell, baritone
Hye Jung Lee, soprano
Edwin Vega,
tenor
Orff: Carmina Burana
Tickets:
tucsonchamberartists.org
Arizona
Opera Hosts the New York Festival of Song
Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 7:00p.m.
Leo Rich Theatre
Corinne Winters, soprano
Steven Blier, pianist
Canción Amorosa: Songs of Spain
Tickets:
azopera.org
UApresents
University of Arizona Crowder Hall
Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 7:30
p.m.
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, pianist
Berlioz: La Mort d’Ophélie; Schubert: Heiss
mich nicht Redden, Op. 62, No. 2; Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire;
Cole Porter: The Physician (from Nymph
Errant)
; Vernon Duke: Ages Ago
;
other works to be announced.
Tickets:
uapresents.org
A
pre-concert talk will be given at 6:30 p.m. by Dr. Matt Mugmon, musicologist in
the UA School of Music, and will cover information about works on the evening’s
program. The talk will be held in Room 146, School of Music building.
Arizona
Opera
Tucson Music Hall
Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. &
Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 2 p.m.
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Steven White, conductor
Tara Faircloth, stage director
David Adam Moore - Eugene Onegin
Corinne Winters - Tatiana
Zach Borichevsky - Lenski
Beth Lytwynec - Olga
Nicholas Masters - Prince Gremin
Robynne Redmon - Madame Larina
Susan Shafer - Filipievna
Andrew Penning - Monsieur Triquet
Calvin Griffin – Zaretski
Tickets:
azopera.org
Tucson
Symphony Orchestra
Catalina Foothills High School
Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 8 p.m.
& Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 2 p.m.
George Hanson, conductor
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”;
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg)
Tickets:
tucsonsymphony.org
*Adult
Outreach Preview Concert Dates:
- Academy Village
Tuesday, November 11, 11:30am—12:30p.m.
- Private home in
Saddlebrooke Community
Wednesday, December 3, 7:00pm—8:00p.m.
- St. Philips in
the Foothills
Sunday, December 7, 2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m.
2015
TDSF GUEST ARTISTS*
Steven Blier
Zach Borichevsky
Angela Brower
Susan Graham
Anthony Dean Griffey
Hye Jung Lee
Malcolm Martineau
David Adam Moore
Rufus Müller
Tamara Mumford
Kevin Murphy
Simone Osborne
Hugh Russell
Katie Van Kooten
Edwin Vega
Corinne Winters
*Additional
artists may be announced at a later date and are subject to change.
Participating Organizations
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music • Arizona Opera •
New York Festival of Song • Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute on Tour •Tucson
Symphony Orchestra • Tucson Chamber Artists • Tucson Guitar Society •
UApresents • UA School of Music
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