This three-month Teaching Artist Residency with composition students at Amherst College spotlights collaboration between performers and composers and centers composition of scenes and duos for two voices. Residency culminates in a recital featuring soprano Ann Moss, baritone Liam Shannon and pianist Yu-Mei Wei.
Ann Moss, soprano
Hillary Nordwell, piano
Experience love and longing through two of the great German song cycles, Robert Schumann's Liederkreis Op. 39 and Beethoven's An die Ferne Geliebte
PROGRAM
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (Jeitteles)
R. Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17, Mvt. 1
R. Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39 (Eichendorff)
Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. While the genre came into its own in 19th century Europe, it has flourished in the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries, with many fine examples from famous and lesser-known American composers. This guided listening workshop briefly familiarizes participants with the Art Song genre before delving into the poetry of three American women – Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Lisa DeSiro – whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music.
Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.
Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.
Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.
Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.
Zeke Fetrow, Conductor
Pre-concert conductor talk - 7:15PM
PROGRAM
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 4
Zeke Fetrow, Conductor
PROGRAM
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 4
Ann Moss — vocals
Justin Ouellet — violin, viola, guitar
Mystics and Visionaries brings together works by composers and songwriters spanning ten centuries — artists who used the medium of music to broadcast bold new ideas into the world that inspired them, and in doing so, transmuted the very medium in which they worked. Husband-wife team Ann Moss and Justin Ouellet create living, breathing arrangements that offer a modern perspective on sounds and stories from our collective past. Mystics and Visionaries celebrates artists across the ages who inspire us to examine in new ways the enduring elements of our ancient world.
This program was originally designed for the Farnsworth Museum’s 2024 Momentum exhibition series and was crafted in response to paintings by Maine-based artist Emilie Stark-Menneg.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.
Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.
David Feltner, Conductor
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn — Son and Stranger Overture
Steve Heitzeg — Flower of the Earth (Homage to Georgia O’Keeffe) | Rick Bolling - trumpet
Brahms — A German Requiem, Part 2 | Ann Moss - soprano
with special guests
The Nashua Choral Society
Brian Dukeshier, Music Director
David Feltner, Conductor
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn — Son and Stranger Overture
Steve Heitzeg — Flower of the Earth (Homage to Georgia O’Keeffe) | Rick Bolling - trumpet
Brahms — A German Requiem, Part 2 | Ann Moss - soprano
with special guests
The Nashua Choral Society
Brian Dukeshier, Music Director
Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.
Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.
Beethoven – Mass in C
Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb
Nashoba Valley Chorale 50th Anniversary Concert
Anne Watson Born - director
