VOCAL ARTISTRY ART SONG FESTIVAL
Mélodie Française
University of New Mexico | April 22-24, 2022
Awards
The City of Albuquerque joined us through Dr. Shelle Sanchez and Mayor Tim Keller to offer this special new award to two students that will be performing at an upcoming city event!
Congratulations to
Two City of Albuquerque Performance Award
Hope Willenbrink-Marchesi, and Ty Andrews
Jonathan Retzlaff honored the Duo
Talia Czuchlewski and David Fu with the
Jonathan Retzlaff Award
Vocal Artistry Division
Louise Bass Excellence Award - Hope Willenbrink-Marchesi - $1000
Carmoline Grady Award - Lore Hazard - $600
Schubert Award - Cameron Smith - $550
Polyphony Voices of New Mexico Award - Margot Friedl - $500
Cris & Marilyn Barnes Award - Rafael Salcido-Reyes - $450
Young Artist Division
Quintessence, Choral Artist of the Southwest Award - Nadine Adisho - $500
Opera Southwest Award - Casey Hennigan - $350
AV Wall Award - Elisandro Reza - $300
Brahms Award - Jacqueline Papp - $250
Music Education/Choral Division
New Mexico Symphonic Chorus Award - Zachery McAlister - $500
New Mexico Performing Arts Society Award - Morgyn Gallegos - $350
Desca Music Award - Cecilia McAfee - $150 (and Stand)
Collaborative Duo Division
Louise Bass Excellence Award - Jack Yu - $500
Air and Hammers Award - David Fu - $300
Albuquerque Music Teachers Association Award - Kate Shao - $250
Martha Dalager Award - Peter Jakiche - $200
Astrid and Berent Groth Award - Hannah Leng/Lauren Lester - $150
High School Division
Marilyn Thomas Bernard Award - Talia Czuchlewski - $600
Lyda Hendel Award - Sofia Chalamidas - $500
Cris and Marilyn Barnes Award - Cierra Moore - $350
Donna McRae Award - Sasha Brigman - $300
Kathleen Clawson Award - Lily Clark - $275
Albuquerque Institute of Music Award - Ally Thompson - $250
Albuquerque Music Teachers Award - Sophia Bonnell - $150
Fran A’Herrn Smith Award - Avery Ross/Lily Shevitz - $100
Middle School Division
Jack Craig Award - William Landhahl - $300
Louise and Lynn Loomis Award - Ty Andrews - $200
Lewis Savar Award - Isabel Soroos - $150
Barbara and Keith Baltz Award - Charlie Groves/Samuel Obermueller - $100
Elizabeth Bayne Award - Johanna Miller-Mutia - $50
Congratulations to all of our 75 performances. We are proud of YOU!
Watch the Festival LIVE
Friday, April 22
Student performances
Vocal Artistry/Young Artist Masterclass
Choir Concert
Saturday, April 23
High School Division, Collaborative Duo Division, Middle School Division
French Diction Master Classes
Adult Division Sérénade
Mélodie Française Recital
Sunday, April 24
Final Awards Concert
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.
Affiliated with AMTA Albuquerque Music Teachers Association to further the study of Art Song Repertoire
Festival Schedule
Friday, April 22
All events for will be in in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico
Vocal Artistry Division
Advanced Vocal Artists pursuing a classical singing career age 23-30
11:00 - Margot Friedli - Dalager
Pierrot / DebussyI
Did Not Speak Out / Heggie
11:07 - Cameron Smith - Dalager
Écrin / Chaminade
Pentecost / Laitman
11:14 - Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi - Roth
Nell / Fauré
Danksagung an den Bach / Schubert
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
11:35 - Rafael Salcido-Reyes - Liechty
Oh quand je dor / Liszt
Ideale / Paolo
11:42 - Lauren Rodriguez - Liechty
Hymne a Eros / Holmes
Die Mainacht / Brahms
11:49 - McKenna Brunson - Liechty
La lune paresseuse / Chaminade
Sereno! / Guridi
11:56 - Garrett Medlock - Ryu
La Dame d’André / Poulenc
Auf eine Christblume ll
12:03 - Hope Willenbrink-Marchesi - Sheinberg
Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie / Boulanger
Katherine Howard / Larsen
12:10 - Lydia Raymond - Jackson
Chanson d’amour / Fauré
Gretchen am Spinnrade / Schubert
12:25 - Cara DePauli - Bayliyeva
Nuit d’etoiles / Debussy
Wasserrose / Strauss
Music Education Division
Singers enrolled in a University Choral or Music Education Program no age limit
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
Young Artist Performances
Vocal Artists age 18-22
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
Vocal Artistry/Young Artist Masterclass
Jonathan Retzlaff
Postings for College Divisions after this class
UNM Choral Concert
Saturday, April 23
All events will be in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico
High School Division
High School Singers grades 9-12
10:00 - Alexandra Raskin - Leichty
Vieille Chanson / Bizet
Lachen und Weinen / Schubert
10:07 - Sofia Chalamidas - Liechty
L’heure exquise / Hahn
Chi vuol la Zingarella / Paisiello
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
Collaborative Duo Division
Pianists/Singers no age limit
11:48 - Linus Wang - Kirk Landin
Plaisir d’amour/Martini
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal/Quilter
11:54 - Lily Shevitz - Avery Ross
The Mermaid Song/Haydn
Après un Rêve/Fauré
12:00 - Julia Chen - Johanna Miller-Mutia
Les Berceaux/Fauré
Where Corals Lie/Elgar
12:06 - Akilan Sankaran - Sowmya Sankaran
She Never Told Her Love/Haydn
A Chloris/Hahn
12:12 - Peter Jakiche - Isabel Soroos
One Spring Morning/Nevin
By the Waters of Minnetonka/Lieurance
12:18 - Grace Gao - Kaede Carroll
Pastorale/Bizet
Love, I Have Won You/Ronald
12:24 - David Fu - Talia Czuchlewski
C/Poulenc
Fêtes Galantes/Poulenc
12:30 - Samuel Obermueller - Charlie Groves
Plaisir d’amour/Martini
Poor Wayfaring Stranger/arr. by Althaus
12:36 - Lenya Svyatsky - Mareesh Bali
Passing By/Purcell
A Sailor Loved a Lass/Wilson
12:42 - Jack Yu - Ally Thompson
Charmant Papillon/Campra
The Last Rose of Summer/Moore
12:48 - Hannah Leng - Lauren Lester
Au bord de l’eau/Fauré
Glow Worm/Lincke
12:54 - Kate Shao - Sasha Brigman
Si mes vers avaient des ailes/Hahn
The K’E/Dougherty
1:00 - Ian Marin - Oliver Groves
Bonne nuit/Massenet
Beautiful Dreamer/arr. by Hayes
1:06 - Corbett Thomas - Bonnie Yuxin Li
Chanson d’amour/Fauré
Birds in the Night/Sullivan
Middle School Performances
Young Singers grades 6-8
1:20 - Oliver Groves - Marin
Bonne Nuit/Massenet
Beautiful Dreamer/arr.by Hayes
1:25 - Ty Andrews - Cummings
Nymphs and Shepherds/Purcell
Shenandoah/arr. by Althouse
1:30 - Sowmya Sankaran - Sankaran
She Never Told Her Love/Haydn
A Chloris/Hahn
1:35 - Lauren Lester - Leng
Au bord de l’eau/Fauré
Glow Worm/Lincke
1:40 - Bonnie Yuxin Li - Thomas
Chanson d’amour/Fauré
Birds in the Night/Sullivan
1:45 - Brooklyn Moreno - Echols
The Sky Above the Roof/Vaughn Williams
Jeune Fillette/Weckerlin
1:50 - Erin Gosau - Liechty
Clair de lune/Saints-Saens
Two Marionettes/ Cooke
1:55 - Johanne Miller-Mutia - Chen
Les Berceaux/Fauré
Where Corals Lie/Elgar
2:00 - Charlie Groves - Obermueller
Plaisir d’amour/Martini
Poor Wayfarin Stranger/arr. by Althouse
2:05 - Isabel Soroos - Jakiche
One Spring Morning/Nevin
By the Waters of Minnetonka/Lieurance
2:10 - William Landahl - Liechty
The Loom/Williams
Au bord de l’eau/Fauré
French Diction for Beginners: Don't Be Scared!
Sylvie Beaudette
French Diction Masterclass: How to Sound Like a Native Speaker
Sylvie Beaudette
Adult Division Sérénade
Adult Singers age 30 and over
Renato Estacio - Martha Dalager
Mandoline / Gabriel Fauré
Widmung / Robert Schumann
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
Mélodie Française Recital
Mezzo Soprano Reveka Mavrovitis, Tenor Jamie Flora, Pianists Russel Miller, Nathan Salazar
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, April 24
Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico
Final Awards Concert
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