VOCAL ARTISTRY ART SONG FESTIVAL

English & American Art Song

University of New Mexico | October 24-26, 2025

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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, October 24, 2025

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

9:00 AM
Vocal Artistry Division

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

Performance Times

8:50 - Amanda M Porter - Harder
    Mohnblumen / Richard Strauss
    Fleurs / Francis Poulenc

8:57 - Shane Hall - Dalager
    Der verirrte Jäger / Ethel Smyth
    Memories: a. Very Pleasant b. Rather Sad / Charles Ives

9:06 - Sarah Robinson - Dalager
    Gretchen am Spinrade / Franz Schubert
    Almen se non poss’io / Vincenzo Bellini

9:13 - Lauren Rodriquez-Hastings - Ross
    Im Frühling / Josephine Lang
    I Wish You Bliss / Erich Korngold

9:20 - Angela Alei - Ross
    Liebst du um Schönheit / Clara Schumann
    Ouvre ton Coeur / George Bizet

9:27 - Valeria Texeira - Ingraham
    Von ewiger Liebe / Johannes Brahms
    Pampamapa / Carlos Guastavino

9:34 - Lillian Ridout - Dalager
    Cäcilie / Richard Strauss
    Anne Boleyn / Libby Larsen

9:41 - David James Garcia - Ross
    Erlkönig / Franz Schubert
    The Infinite Shining Heaven / Ralph Vaughan Williams

9:55 - Rachel Schneider - Ingraham
    Will There Really Be a Morning? / Lori Laitman
    Die Stille Stadt / Alma Mahler

10:02 - Lucianna Astorga - Dalager
    La Zingara / Verdi
    Die Lorelei / Clara Schumann

10:09 - Karlten Friedrich - Dalager
    Die Stadt / Franz Schubert
    The Roadside Fire / Ralph Vaughan Williams

10:16 - Jorge Aldavaz - Liechty
    Im wunderschönen Monat Mai / Robert Schumann
    La partida / Fermin Maria Alvarez

10:23 - Lore Hazard - Harder
    Die Lorelei / Franz Liszt
    Mattinata / Ruggero Leoncavallo

10:30 - Emma Daves - Harder
    Was Du mir bist? / Erich Korngold
    L’invitation au Voyage / Henri Duparc

10:37 - Santiago Alfonzo Meza - Harder
    Look Down Fair Moon / Richard Danielpour
    Denn es gehet dem Mensch / Johannes Brahms

10:45 - Nadine Adisho - Ingraham
    Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag / Hugo Wolf
    La Partenza / Gioachino Rossini

10:52 - Joseph Sevig - Harder
    Till I Wake / H.T. Burleigh
    Ein Traum / Edvard Grieg

12:00 AM
Young Artist Performances

Vocal Artists age 18-22

Performance Times

11:00 - Quiara Cortez - Ingraham
    Am Strande / Clara Schumann
    Morning Opens / Jennifer Higdon

11:06 - Alexandra Makenko - Ingraham
    Malinconia / Giovanni Bellini
    Lorelei / Clara Schumann

11:12 - Cierra Moore - Ingraham
    If I / Lori Laitman
    Rastlose Liebe / Franz Schubert

11:18 - Aiden Gilbert - Dalager
    Schöne Wiege, meiner Leiden / Robert Schumann
    La Vie antérieure / Henri Duparc

11:24 - Austyn Knecht - Cleaveland
    Love went A-Riding / Frank Bridge
    Meine Liebe ist grün / Johannes Brahms

11:30 - Maria Bollinger - Dalager
    Wiegenlied, op. 26 / Josephine Lang
    C / Francis Poulenc

11:36 - Laurie Fleenor - Dalager
    Nacht / Richard Strauss
    L'abbandono / Giovanni Bellini

11:42 - Zeda Titus - Liechty
    Es muss ein wunderbares sein / Franz Liszt
    Pregúntales a las estrellas / Edward Kileny

11:54 - Hamilton Gillis - Liechty
    Liebesglut / Johannes Brahms
    Il fervido desiderio / Vincenzo Bellini

12:15 - Clayton Thrasher - Liechty
    Blumengruss / Hugo Wolf
    The Sky Above the Roof / Ralph Vaughan Williams

12:21 - Jaylord J. Lobaton - Liechty
    Röslein dreie in der Reihe / Johannes Brahms
    L’heure exquise / Regine Poldowski

12:27 - Enrique A Soto - Liechty
    Tu lo sai / Giuseppe Torelli
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Franz Liszt

12:33 - Satriana Romero - Liechty
    Wiegenlied / Richard Strauss
    How Fair This Spot / Rachmaninoff

12:39 - Justin Marrufo - Secrest
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Robert Schumann
    Canción de cuna / Anonymous

12:45 - Elisandro Reza - Liechty
    Breit’ über mein Haupt / Richard Strauss
    Júrame / María Grever

12:51 - Jeremiah Vigil - Liechty
    Du bist die Ruh / Franz Schubert
    Follow the Drinking Gourd / Arr. Jay Althouse

12:57 - Anthony Zephirin - Dalager
    Deep River / Moses Hogan
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Robert Schumann

2:30 PM
Music Education Division

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

Performance Times

1:30 - Emmalee Zila - Liechty
    Die Forelle / Franz Schubert
    Caro mio ben / Tommaso Giordani

1:35 - Mackenzie King - Liechty
    Lachen und Weinen / Franz Schubert
    Tu lo sai / Giuseppe Torelli

1:40 - Zoe Medrano - Liechty
    Heidenröslein / Franz Schubert
    Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow / Anonymous

1:45 - Emme Gomez - Liechty
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Robert Schumann
    Malia / Paolo Tosti

1:50 - Nicole Martinez Cumba - Liechty
    Der Blumenstrauss / Felix Mendelssohn
    Après un rêve / Gabriel Fauré

1:55 - Dianna Avitia - Liechty
    Serenata Mexicana / Manuel Ponce
    Minnelied / Felix Mendelssohn

2:00 - Mackenzie Baker - Liechty
    Sehnsucht / Ludwig van Beethoven
    Souhait / Cécile Chaminade

2:05 - Adele Baum - Liechty
    Silent Noon / Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:10 - Kimberly Burgos - Dalager
    Widmung / Robert Schumann
    Moonlight / Roger Quilter

2:15 - Carmen Herrera - Dalager
    Der Tod und das Mädchen / Franz Schubert
    The Blue Bell / Edward MacDowell

2:40 - Keilana Woznick - Liechty
    Ich liebe Dich / Ludwig van Beethoven
    The Cherry Tree / Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

2:45 - Riley Hailer - Liechty
    Dein blaue Augen / Johannes Brahms
    Weep You No More / Roger Quilter

2:50 - Morgyn Gallegos - Liechty
    Haï Lui! / Pauline Viardot
    Hans und Grethe / Gustav Mahler

2:55 - Raul Juarez - Dalager
    Tränenregen / Franz Schubert
    Marchita El Alma / Manuel Ponce

3:00 - Grace Garcia - Dalager
    Die Soldatenbraut / Robert Schumann
    To Daisies / Roger Quilter

3:05 - Daisha Rivera - Liechty
    Nuit d’étoiles / Claude Debussy
    Das Veilchen / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:10 - Lindy Sledge - Liechty
    Gia la notte s’avvicina / Isabella Colbran
    Liebst du um Schönheit / Gustav Mahler

3:15 - Ximena Torres - Liechty
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Robert Schumann
    El majo discreto / Enrique Granados

3:20 - Eliseo Cerecerez - Dalager
    Mondnacht / Robert Schumann
    Bright is the Ring of Words / Ralph Vaughan Williams

3:25 - Olivia Chavez - Dalager
    Die Mainacht / Johannes Brahms
    There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden / Liza Lehmann

3:30 - Mario Zavala - Liechty
    La Serenata / Paolo Tosti
    Dein blaues Augen / Johannes Brahms

3:35 - Lydell Hogue Jr. - Liechty
    Sento nel core / Stefano Donaudy
    Die Post / Franz Schubert

4:30 PM
Music Education/Choral Division Master Class with Marilyn Bulli
7:00 PM
Opening Night Recital - American Song!

Soprano Amy Owens, Piano Robert Tweten

Festival Day 2

Saturday, October 25, 2025

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

9:00 AM
High School Division

High School Singers grades 9-12

Performance Times

10:00 - Sarah E. Garren - Gan
    Amarilli / Giulio Caccini
    Romanze / Felix Mendelssohn

10:05 - Elsa Dhonau-Egan - Gan
    Sonntag / Johannes Brahms
    Mein Schöner Stern / Robert Schumann

10:10 - Peyton Jackson - Gan
    Ständchen / Johannes Brahms
    Se tu m’ami / Alessandro Parisotti

10:15 - William Landahl - Roth
    Du bist die Ruh / Franz Schubert
    The Vagabond / Ralph Vaughan Williams

10:20 - Gavin Lopez - Roth
    Vergin, tutto amor / Giulio Caccini
    Silent Noon / Ralph Vaughan Williams

10:25 - Nicolas Taccetti - Roth
    O del mio amato ben / Stefano Donaudy
    Die Forelle / Franz Schubert

10:30 - Griffin Wells - Secrest
    Cita / Carlos Guastavino
    Liebst Du um Schönheit / Gustav Mahler

10:35 - Brooklyn Moreno - Roth
    Lachen und Weinen / Franz Schubert
    Sull’onda cheta e bruna / Gaetano Donizetti

10:40 - Ava Mitchie - Roth
    A Pastoral Song / Franz Josef Haydn
    Donna, vorrei morir / Paolo Tosti

10:45 - Alexander Neas - Roth
    Chi vuol la Zingarella / Giovanni Paisiello
    The Vagabond / Ralph Vaughan Williams

10:50 - Landen Kessler - Roth
    Ici bas / Gabriel Fauré
    The Green Dog / Herbert Kingsley

10:55 - Eleanor Lucas - Roth
    Il Zeffiro / Vincenzo Bellini
    All the Pretty Little Horses / Aaron Copland

11:00 - Ty Andrews - Liechty
    Die Lotosblume / Robert Schumann
    Amarilli / Giulio Caccini

12:30 PM
Collaborative Piano Division

Pianists/Singers no age limit

Performance Times

11:25 - Sophia Bonnell - James Si
    Das Verlassene Mägdlein / Hugo Wolf
    A Pastoral / Henry Carey

11:30 - Eleanor Anderson - Kate Shao
    Mondnacht / Robert Schumann
    The Piper / John Duke

11:35 - Alexandra Raskin - Ida Shelton
    Zabyt tak Skoro / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Als die alte Mutter / Antonin Dvorak

11:40 - Bonnie Li - Anna Kalugin
    Die Lotosblume / Robert Schumann
    The Cherry Tree / Armstrong Gibbs

11:45 - Nayeli Solis - Hannah Taylor
    Der Jungling an der Quelle / Franz Schubert
    Bluebird / Rudolph Schirmer

11:50 - Isabel Soroos - Ashmi Penumatsa
    Nacht und Träume / Franz Schubert
    Meine Liebe ist Grün / Johannes Brahms

11:55 - Kadiah Dragone-Gutierrez - Jack Yu
    Ganymede / Franz Schubert
    The Bird / John Duke

12:00 - Johanna Miller-Mutia - Peter Jakiche
    Die Junge Nonne / Franz Schubert
    The Song of the Mad Prince / Richard Rodney Bennett
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1:30 PM
Middle School Division

Young Singers grades 6-8

Performance Times

12:30 - Kailey Shao - Andrea Yu
    Heidenröslein / Franz Schubert
    Should He Upbraid / Henry Rowley Bishop

12:35 - Jo Christopher - Sophia Romo
    Sehnsucht / Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Homeward Bound / Marta Keen

12:40 - Claire Anderson - Natan Svyatsky
    Ich liebe Dich / Ludwig van Beethoven
    Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven? / Aaron Copland

12:45 - Gianna Clay - Roth
    Per Pieta bel idol mio / Vincenzo Bellini
    Sure on this Shining Night / Samuel Barber

12:50 - Mira Thompkins - Bradley
    Children’s Game / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Swinging / Cecile Hartog

12:55 - Aspen Boswell - Dalager
    Die Lotosblume / Robert Schumann
    Early One Morning / English Folksong

2:15 PM
All Singers Performance Techniques Master Class with Ann Baltz
3:00 PM
Dramatic Expression in Song Master Class with Ann Baltz
4:30 PM
Adult Serenade

Before moving to New York City, Reveka Mavrovitis attended the young artist program at the San Francisco Opera (Merola Program) She toured with the Western Opera Theater Production of Madama Butterfly (Suzuki) and sang the same role when the SF Opera Center toured Japan. She was thrilled to return to Japan with the SFOC once again to sing the title role in Carmen. Highlights at the San Francisco Opera include productions of Boris Godunov (Fyodor) and L’Amour de Trois Oranges (Linette), with the company of Opera de Lyons, Kent Nagano, conductor.No stranger to contemporary music, Ms. Mavrovitis sang a concert of Milhaud songs with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and sang Crumb’s Night of the Four Moons with Long Beach Opera. While engaged to sing the Madrigal Singer in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Spoleto Festival, Charleston, she also performed, “Three Songs to the Poems by Carl Sandburg”, music by Ruth Crawford Seege.

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Jamie Flora is an American tenor hailed for his "resonant, impeccably-trained voice and fearlessness to his singing". He has sung with companies including Washington Concert Opera, Arizona Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Company Middlebury, Opera Columbus and others. Equally at home on the symphonic stage, he's sung with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Reno Philharmonic, Erie Chamber Orchestra, and Buffalo Philharmonic.

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Pianist Russel Miller has been a coach and teacher of vocal repertoire at Eastman since 1995. Notable collaborations with vocalists include recitals with Jan Opalach, Jonathan Retzlaff, Frederica von Stade, Julia Broxholm, Robert Swensen, and Marilyn Horne. For twelve years he was the musical director for the vocal quartet "SATB", which performed a wide variety of repertoire from classical chamber pieces to Broadway.

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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.

6:00 PM
Albuquerque Museum Student Banquet!
Performance Times

Juanita Evans - Nathan Cleaveland
    Im wunderschönen Monat Mai / Robert Schumann
    San Basilio / Ildebrando Pizzetti

Asher Barreras - Martha Dalager
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Robert Schumann
    Lydia / Gabriel Fauré

Mary Petrak de Ávila - Martha Dalager
    Morgen! / Richard Strauss
    El Majo Celoso / Fernando Obradors

Keri Sutter - Martha Dalager
    Nachtviolen / Franz Schubert
    Die Nachtigall / Alban Berg

David McElhaney - Nathan Cleaveland
    Bright is the Ring of Words / Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Erlkönig / Franz Schubert

Elizaveta Debelak - Nathan Cleaveland
    Die Bekehrte / Hugo Wolf
    Katerina / Sergei Prokofiev

Marcos Vigil - Nathan Salazar
    Ruhe, meine Seele! / Richard Strauss
    Cäcilie / Richard Strauss

7:00 PM
Art Songs and Folk Songs Music from Britain, Canada and America
Performance Times

Juanita Evans - Nathan Cleaveland
    Im wunderschönen Monat Mai / Robert Schumann
    San Basilio / Ildebrando Pizzetti

Asher Barreras - Martha Dalager
    Du bist wie eine Blume / Robert Schumann
    Lydia / Gabriel Fauré

Mary Petrak de Ávila - Martha Dalager
    Morgen! / Richard Strauss
    El Majo Celoso / Fernando Obradors

Keri Sutter - Martha Dalager
    Nachtviolen / Franz Schubert
    Die Nachtigall / Alban Berg

David McElhaney - Nathan Cleaveland
    Bright is the Ring of Words / Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Erlkönig / Franz Schubert

Elizaveta Debelak - Nathan Cleaveland
    Die Bekehrte / Hugo Wolf
    Katerina / Sergei Prokofiev

Marcos Vigil - Nathan Salazar
    Ruhe, meine Seele! / Richard Strauss
    Cäcilie / Richard Strauss

Edmund Connolly baritone, Maxine Thevenot, piano

Festival Day 3

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico

2:00 PM
Final Awards Concert: Robert Tweten, Marilyn Bulli, Ann Baltz

The 2025 Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival of New Mexico will be held at the University of New Mexico from October 24th to 26th.  Specific event order and times have yet to be determined.

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