Thursday Musical Artist Series
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Complimentary Coffee and Donuts at 10:00 am
Tickets $15, $10 (groups of 8+), $6 students, sold at the door, general seating
Program
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
“The Barber of Seville”
Arr. By Joseph Küffner (1776-1856)
Overture
The Barbershop Quartet
Polly Meyerding, flute
Elizabeth Ericksen, violin
Stella Anderson, viola
Faith Farr, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Abendempfindung an Laura"
Mozart
"Ah, fuggi il traditor!" from Don Giovanni
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
“Stornello”
Verdi
“Non so le tettre immagini” from Il corsaro
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
“Ich schwebe”
Strauss
“Das war sehr gut, Mandryka” from Arabella
Colleen O’Shaughnessy, soprano
Kathleen Borgen, piano
Giuseppe Verdi
“Stride la vampa” from Il Trovatore
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
“Afraid am I afraid” from The Medium
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
“Va! Laisse couler mes larme” from Werther
Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)
“I went down to the spring well. “from Riders to the Sea
Engelbert Humperdinck (b. 1936)
“The Witch’s Ride” from Hansel and Gretel
Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
“The Last Midnight” from Into the Woods
April Hanson, mezzo-soprano
Dr. Marc Jaros, piano
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911)
Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
“Three Little Maids from School” from The Mikado
April Hanson, mezzo-soprano
Tara Priolo, soprano
Colleen O’Shaughnessy, soprano
Please note that Jennifer Sylvester, soprano has cancelled.
Performer Information
The Barbershop Quartet
Elizabeth Ericksen, violin; Polly Meyerding, flute; Stella Anderson, viola; Faith Farr, cello
The Barbershop Quartet
Elizabeth Ericksen, violin; Polly Meyerding, flute; Stella Anderson, viola; Faith Farr, cello
Elizabeth Ericksen is a Senior Lecturer in Music at Carleton College and teaches violin and viola at MacPhail Center for Music. In the summer, she coaches string quartets at the Sartory String Quartet Institute at MacPhail. A founding member of the Sartory String Quartet, she is now in her eleventh year with Ensemble L'Autumno. Elizabeth is Past-President of MNSOTA (Minnesota String and Orchestra Teachers' Association). Her mentors include Paul Rolland, Mary West, and Joseph Gingold.
Polly Meyerding teaches in her home and is the Director of the Summer Flute Intensive and Fling. She has taught flute and conducted the Falcon Flute Choir at UW-River Falls. Formerly President of the Upper Midwest Flute Association, she has conducted the Honors Flute Choirs at Flute Fests.
Among other things, she has performed in festivals in Europe and played with the Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Minnesota Dance Theatre, and many other organizations locally. She and her husband are the Dedrick Flute Duo and play with cello as the Monarch Trio. She is also a member of the Arabesque Trio which is flute, cello and harp.
After more than 30 years teaching at MacPhail Center and performing with the Minnesota Sinfonia, cellist Faith Farr now teaches exclusively in her home studio and performs with Ensemble l’Autumno and as a free-lancer. In addition, she self-publishes Foundations for Music Reading, a string-based theory curriculum for violin, viola and cello. With Brian Wicklund, she co-authored The American Fiddle Method for Cello, published by Mel Bay. As long-time editor of MNSOTA’s String Notes magazine, she has won seven consecutive national ASTA awards for Best State Newsletter.
April Hanson, mezzo-soprano
Mezzo-soprano April Hanson has appeared most recently as Maurya in Riders to the Sea at the MN Fringe Festival. She also has performed in the University of Minnesota’s productions L’incornazione di Poppea as Arnalta, Suor Angelica as Principessa, Street Scene as Emma Jones, Le Nozze di Figaro as Marcellina, Turn of the Screw as Mrs. Grose and Gianni Schicchi as Zita, Iolanthe as the Fairy Queen with the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company, and Margot in SkyLark’s production of The Vagabond King. In concert, Hanson has performed as mezzo soloist in the Mozart Requiem with the University of Minnesota’s Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Dakota Valley Symphony and performed Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater. Also, as a young artist with Pine Mountain Music Festival, Hanson covered the role of Dame Quickly in Falstaff and performed the role of Mama Lucia in Cavelleria Rusticana.
Colleen O'Shaughnessy, soprano
Colleen O'Shaughnessy, soprano, is thrilled to be performing in her home state of Minnesota after a decade-long singing career in New York. During the past season, Ms. O'Shaughnessy performed roles locally with Garden of Song Opera and Twin Cities Opera on Tap. She is a soprano soloist with Holy Childhood Schola, and worked on Micaela with the Lakes Area Music Festival in August. Other recent career highlights include a Liederabend collaboration with the Norwalk Symphony conductor, Jonathan Yates; the role of Guillot in Offenbach's opera, Le Mariage aux Lanternes with NY's Apollo Opera; and soloing Handel's Messiah with Connecticut's St. Philip Orchestra. Ms. O'Shaughnessy finished in the finals of the Amici Competition and placed in the Eleanor Lieber Awards and Jenny Lind Competition. She has sung with companies such as Hartford Opera Theatre, Empire Opera, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, Opera Company of Brooklyn, and the Schubert Club of Connecticut. Ms. O'Shaughnessy received vocal performance degrees from Boston University and St. Olaf College.
Kathy Borgen is currently the Director of Music at St. Hubert Catholic Community in Chanhassen, MN. Her duties as part of administering the liturgical music program there include the direction of the Adult choir, the handbell choir, and serving as organist and pianist for liturgies. Kathy earned her BA in piano performance and music education from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN. Further piano study was part of her M.A. program at the University of Minnesota, resulting in an M.A. degree in vocal music education. Post graduate studies include further coursework in music education and studies in liturgical music and organ performance. Her piano teachers were Sr. Florentine Goulet, Dr. Mary Ann Hanley, Dr. James Callahan, Paul Freed, and Dr. Duncan McNab. Her organ teachers have been Sr. Florentine Goulet, Thomas Allen, Mark Kieffer, Dr. Lynn Trapp and Dr. David Jenkins.
For over 30 years she taught vocal music to various age groups spanning K-12. Other musical endeavors have included directing community children’s choirs, working with children in music camps, accompanying vocal and instrumental musicians, and teaching private piano lessons.