VOCAL ARTISTRY ART SONG FESTIVAL

Canzonette
Italiane

University of New Mexico | November 17-19, 2023

Upcoming Events

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Located in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico.

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7:00 PM

The Temptation of Song

Mezzo Soprano Jacqueline Zander-Wall and Pianist James Harder invite you to join in a celebration of fourteen years of the VAASF in a recital of enticing works by Rossini, Colibran, Viardot, Mahler, Schubert, Harbison and Villa Lobos. Come and enjoy a tasting of Song.

Recital credits include the Stuttgart Hugo Wolf Gesellschaft, the Hamburg Mahler Verein, the Villa Lobos Ensemble, the Goethe Institute in Moscow and Boston, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Jacqueline Zander-Wall has performed Chamber Music with the New York Skaneateles Music Festival, the Hamburg Opera, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Montage Music Society, the Aspen Music Festival, the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival in Vermont and throughout Germany. A proponent of new music Ms. Zander-Wall has sung with L’art pour l’art in Frankfurt, Chaosmas in Moscow and Boston, and Hamburgs improvisatory Scala Theater.

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After a dual career as a collaborative pianist and psychotherapist in New York City, James Harder relocated to Albuquerque in 2021. He joined the UNM Department of Music Faculty as a Part-Time Vocal Coach in fall 2022. An alumnus of California State University Fresno and Hunter College School of Social Work of The City University of New York, Mr.Harder is thrilled to be working with young artists at a collegiate level.

Festival Schedule

Festival Day 1

Friday, November 17, 2023

All events for will be in in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico

11:00 AM

Vocal Artistry Division

Advanced Vocal Artists pursuing a classical singing career age 23-30

1:00 PM

Young Artist Performances

Vocal Artists age 18-22

3:00 PM

Music Education Division

Singers enrolled in a University Choral or Music Education Program no age limit

5:00 PM

Young Artist Master Class

Conducted by Lynn Helding

7:00 PM

Canzonette Italiane Concert

Festival Day 2

Saturday, November 18, 2023

All events will be in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico

8:00 AM

High School Division

High School Singers grades 9-12

11:00 AM

Collaborative Duo Division

Pianists/Singers no age limit

12:30 PM

Middle School Performances

Young Singers grades 6-8

2:30 PM

High School Master Class

Conducted by Christòpheren Normura

4:00 PM

Remembering Canzonette

Presentation by Lynn HeldingLynn HeldingBlake Wilson

6:00 PM

Adult Division Recital

Adult Singers age 30 and over

7:30 PM

Collaborative Piano and Vocal Artistry Master Classes

Conducted by Kayo Iwama

Nathan Salazar has performed in England, Scotland, Italy, Russia, and in major performance venues throughout the United States. He performed in the International Festival of Spanish and Latin American Music with mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza. In 2014, he was invited to be part of Marilyn Horne's 80th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. Most recently, Nathan was coach and pianist for the company's production of Moravec and Campbell's "The Shining".

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Nathan Salazar is a native of Santa Cruz, New Mexico, and holds a master's degree in collaborative piano from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Martin Katz. He received his vocal and piano performance degrees from the University of Kansas, where he studied with Julia Broxholm and Jack Winerock. Salazar has performed in England, Scotland, Italy, Russia, and in major performance venues throughout the United States. He performed in the International Festival of Spanish and Latin American Music with renowned mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza and has been featured at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Boston’s Symphony Hall, and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
He received a fellowship to Songfest in Los Angeles where he studied with pianists Margo Garrett and Graham Johnson. Salazar has worked with composers Jake Heggie, John Musto, Libby Larsen, and William Bolcom. In 2014, he was invited to be part of Marilyn Horne’s 80th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall, where he worked with Ms. Horne, Martin Katz, and the legendary Christa Ludwig. Salazar has worked with such singers and teachers as Julia Faulkner, Maria Zifchak, Stephen King, Susanne Mentzer, Luis Ledesma, Wolfgang Brendel, Joyce Castle, Neil Shicoff, Stanford Olsen, George Shirley, Angela Meade, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Cecilia Lopez, Kelly Kaduce, Edward Parks, and Susan Graham. He has worked and performed with Serenata of Santa Fe, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Santa Fe Opera, The Handel and Haydn Society, The Boston Symphony, and the Boston Lyric Opera, where he most recently worked on the company’s monumental 2019 production of Poul Ruders’ “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
Most recently, Salazar performed with soprano Cecilia Violetta Lopez in recital for Austin Opera, Opera Idaho, Orlando Opera, Opera Las Vegas, Opera Southwest, Opera America, Madison Opera, and Opera Colorado, where he serves as Principal Coach for the Artists in Residence. Most recently, Nathan was coach and pianist for the company’s production of Moravec and Campbell’s “The Shining”. Up next is a performance of MacArthur Fellow Matt Aucoin’s opera “Second Nature”.
Salazar has also served as a voice faculty member at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and at the University of New Mexico. Nathan is currently based in Santa Fe, where he enjoys taking care of several chickens and goats.

Festival Day 3

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico

2:00 PM

Final Awards Performance

2023 Guest Faculty

We are thrilled to be able to host these talented, wonderful artists.

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Kayo Iwama

Associate Director of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory of Music

Blake Wilson

Professor Emeritus of Music at Dickinson College

Lynn Helding

Professor of Practice in Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at USC’s Thornton School of Music

Christópheren (Chris) Nomura

Vocal Arts Faculty at the Manhattan School of Music

Olga Perez Flora

Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of New Mexico

Affiliated with AMTA Albuquerque Music Teachers Association to further the study of Art Song Repertoire

From the Community,
For the Community

Vocal Artistry’s Art Song Festival is an annual festival open to all students, singers, and pianists living in the state of New Mexico. Our goal is to encourage the further study, exploration and enjoyment of Art Song repertoire. Open performances by singers and pianists from all over the state are held throughout the weekend before a guest faculty, including international artists and representatives from the best music conservatories. Master Classes and open performances for all levels of singers and collaborative pianists are open to the public. Scholarship Winners are then chosen based on talent and artistic achievement. A final Concert and Reception, open to the public, is held to distribute Scholarship Awards from the Community. From the Community, For the Community.

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