The Albuquerque Music Teachers Association is proud to present
Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival of New Mexico

Canzonette
Italiane

University of New Mexico | November 17-19, 2023

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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, 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

Performance Times

11:00 - Margot Friedli - Dalager
            Pierrot / DebussyI
             Did Not Speak Out / Heggie
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11:07 - Cameron Smith - Dalager
             Écrin / Chaminade
             Pentecost / Laitman
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11:14 - Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi - Roth
             Nell / Fauré
             Danksagung an den Bach / Schubert
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11:21 - Mitzy Sotelo - Dalager
            Serenade / Gounod
            Asturiana / de Falla

11:28 - Lore Hazard - Dalager
            Au pied de mon lit / Boulanger
             Er is gekommen / C. Schumann
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11:35 - Rafael Salcido-Reyes - Liechty
             Oh quand je dor / Liszt
             Ideale / Paolo
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11:42 - Lauren Rodriguez - Liechty
             Hymne a Eros / Holmes
             Die Mainacht / Brahms
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11:49 - McKenna Brunson - Liechty
             La lune paresseuse / Chaminade
             Sereno! / Guridi
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11:56 - Garrett Medlock - Ryu
             La Dame d’André / Poulenc
             Auf eine Christblume ll
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12:03 - Hope Willenbrink-Marchesi - Sheinberg
             Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie / Boulanger
             Katherine Howard / Larsen
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12:10 - Lydia Raymond - Jackson
             Chanson d’amour / Fauré
             Gretchen am Spinnrade / Schubert

12:25 - Cara DePauli - Bayliyeva
             Nuit d’etoiles / Debussy
             Wasserrose / Strauss

1:00 PM
Young Artist Performances

Vocal Artists age 18-22

Performance Times

1:07 - Nadine Adisho - Dalager
          Les roses d’Ispahan / Fauré
           Poesia di Metastasio / Reichardt

1:14 - Jacqueline Papp - Dalager
           Tout gai / Ravel
           The Lass from the Low Country / Niles

1:21 - Elisandro Reza - Liechty
          Rose, chérie, aimable fleur / Grétry
          Il Zeffiro / Bellini

1:28 - Maurenalinn Frank - Cleaveland
           Les Papillons / Chausson
          Heimkehr / Strauss

1:35 - Julia Glunt - Liechty
           Le son du cor s’afflige / Debussy
           Tu mi chiedi / Donizetti

1:42 - Casey Hennigan - Liechty
           Oh! Quand je dors / Liszt
           Let the Florid Music Praise / Britten

1:49 - Alexandra King - Ryu
         Mandoline / Fauré
          Before My Window / Rachmaninoff

1:56 - Taylor Bassing - Liechty
           Prison / Fauré
           Fussreise / Wolf

3:00 PM
Music Education Division

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

Performance Times

12:30 - Isabella Clarkson - Liechty
             Le Chapelier / Satie
             Ridente la calma / Mozart

12:37 - Cecilia McAfee - Liechty
             L'île inconnue / Berlioz
             Ich trage meine Minne / Strauss

12:42 - Morgyn Gallegos - Liechty
             Hébé / Chausson
             Dolente immagine di fille mia / Bellini

12:49 - Zachary McAlister - Liechty
             Le Charme / Chausson
             Der Tod, das is the kühle Nacht / Brahms

12:55 - Alyssa Carlock - Liechty
             Nuit d'étoiles / Debussy
             Fair House of Joy / Quilter

1:01 - Kaden Weisheit - Liechty
           Chanson Romanesque / Ravel
           It was a Lover and His Lass / Finzi

5:00 PM
Young Artist Master Class

Lynn Helding

Postings for College Divisions after this class

7:30 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

Performance Times

10:00 - Alexandra Raskin - Leichty
             Vieille Chanson / Bizet
             Lachen und Weinen / Schubert
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10:07 - Sofia Chalamidas - Liechty
             L’heure exquise / Hahn
             Chi vuol la Zingarella / Paisiello
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10:14 - Madelynn Patricia Carol Jewell - Liechty
            Fleurs / Poulenc
            The Salley Gardens / Britten

10:21 - Talia Czuchlewski - Fu
             C/Poulenc
             Fêtes Galantes/Poulenc

10:28 - Lily Clark - Roth
             Après un Rêve/Fauré
             Almen se non poss’io/Bellini

10:36 - Cierra Moore - Dalager
             Will there really be a Morning/Gordon
             Oiseaux si tous les ans/Mozart

10:43 - Ally Thompson - Yu
             Charmant Papillon/Campra
             The Last Rose of Summer/Moore

10:50 - Sophia Bonnell - Harder
             Under the Greenwood Tree/Arne
             Nuit d’étoiles/Debussy

10:57 - Juliana Jackson - Roth
             Heidenröslein/Schubert
             Le Charme/Silvestre

11:04 - Avery Ross - Shevitz
             The Mermaid Song/Haydn
             Après un Rêve/Fauré

11:11 - Kaede Carroll - Gao
           Pastorale/Bizet
           Love, I have Won You/Ronald

11:18 - Mareesh Bali - Svyatsky
            Passing By/Purcell
            A Sailor Loved a Lass/Wilson

11:25 - Eliza Sumner - Bayliyeva
            A Chloris/Hahn
            Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht/Mahler

11:32 - Sasha Brigman - Shao
            Si mes vers avaient des ailes/Hahn
            The K’E/Dougherty

11:00 AM
Collaborative Duo Division

Pianists/Singers no age limit

Performance Times

11:48 - Linus Wang - Kirk Landin
            Plaisir d’amour/Martini
            Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal/Quilter
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11:54 - Lily Shevitz - Avery Ross
            The Mermaid Song/Haydn
            Après un Rêve/Fauré
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12:00 - Julia Chen - Johanna Miller-Mutia
             Les Berceaux/Fauré
             Where Corals Lie/Elgar
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12:06 - Akilan Sankaran - Sowmya Sankaran
             She Never Told Her Love/Haydn
             A Chloris/Hahn
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12:12 - Peter Jakiche - Isabel Soroos
            One Spring Morning/Nevin
            By the Waters of Minnetonka/Lieurance
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12:18 - Grace Gao - Kaede Carroll
            Pastorale/Bizet
            Love, I Have Won You/Ronald
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12:24 - David Fu - Talia Czuchlewski
            C/Poulenc
            Fêtes Galantes/Poulenc
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12:30 - Samuel Obermueller - Charlie Groves
            Plaisir d’amour/Martini
            Poor Wayfaring Stranger/arr. by Althaus
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12:36 - Lenya Svyatsky - Mareesh Bali
             Passing By/Purcell
             A Sailor Loved a Lass/Wilson
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12:42 - Jack Yu - Ally Thompson
            Charmant Papillon/Campra
            The Last Rose of Summer/Moore
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12:48 - Hannah Leng - Lauren Lester
             Au bord de l’eau/Fauré
             Glow Worm/Lincke
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12:54 - Kate Shao - Sasha Brigman
             Si mes vers avaient des ailes/Hahn
             The K’E/Dougherty
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1:00 - Ian Marin - Oliver Groves
           Bonne nuit/Massenet
           Beautiful Dreamer/arr. by Hayes
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1:06 - Corbett Thomas - Bonnie Yuxin Li
           Chanson d’amour/Fauré
           Birds in the Night/Sullivan

12:30 PM
Middle School Performances

Young Singers grades 6-8

Performance Times

1:20 - Oliver Groves - Marin
           Bonne Nuit/Massenet
           Beautiful Dreamer/arr.by Hayes
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1:25 - Ty Andrews - Cummings
           Nymphs and Shepherds/Purcell
           Shenandoah/arr. by Althouse
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1:30 - Sowmya Sankaran - Sankaran
           She Never Told Her Love/Haydn
           A Chloris/Hahn
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1:35 - Lauren Lester - Leng
           Au bord de l’eau/Fauré
           Glow Worm/Lincke
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1:40 - Bonnie Yuxin Li - Thomas
           Chanson d’amour/Fauré
           Birds in the Night/Sullivan
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1:45 - Brooklyn Moreno - Echols
           The Sky Above the Roof/Vaughn Williams
           Jeune Fillette/Weckerlin
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1:50 - Erin Gosau - Liechty
           Clair de lune/Saints-Saens
           Two Marionettes/ Cooke
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1:55 - Johanne Miller-Mutia - Chen
           Les Berceaux/Fauré
           Where Corals Lie/Elgar
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2:00 - Charlie Groves - Obermueller
           Plaisir d’amour/Martini
           Poor Wayfarin Stranger/arr. by Althouse
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2:05 - Isabel Soroos - Jakiche
           One Spring Morning/Nevin
           By the Waters of Minnetonka/Lieurance
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2:10 - William Landahl - Liechty
           The Loom/Williams
           Au bord de l’eau/Fauré

2:30 PM
High School Master Class

Christòpheren Normura

4:00 PM
From Memory Palaces to Neural Pathways: Training the Singer's Memory for Performance

Presentation by Lynn Helding and Blake Wilson

6:00 PM
Adult Division Recital

Adult Singers age 30 and over

Performance Times

Renato Estacio - Martha Dalager
      Mandoline / Gabriel Fauré
      Widmung / Robert Schumann
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Tara Frank - Nathan Cleaveland
      Mattinata / Ruggero Leoncavallo
      Nuits d'étoiles / Claude Debussy

Cynthia Hatley - Martha Dalager
      Le Charme / Ernest Chausson
      Le Temps des Lilas / Ernest Chausson

Deborah Lewis - Nathan Cleaveland
      Beau Soir / Claude Debussy
      Chanson Triste / Henri Duparc

Wendy Barker - Martha Dalager
      Morning in Paris / John Duke
      Romance / Claude Debussy

Kirk Landin - Linus Wang
      Plaisir d’amour / Jean Martini
      Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal / Roger Quilter

David McElhaney - Nathan Cleaveland
      Lydia/Fauré
      Sei Mir Gegrüsst/Schubert

Allyssa Pehrson - Martha Dalager
      Le Charme / Ernest Chausson
      Wild Rose / Edward MacDowell

Melissa Montoya - Tatyana Baliyeva
      Violon / Francis Poulenc
      Nocturne / Samuel Barber

7:30 PM
Collaborative Piano and Vocal Artistry Master Classes

Kayo Iwama

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.

Festival Day 3

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico

2:00 PM
Final Awards Performance

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