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June-August, 2021
Concert
Season
The Chords That Bridge
Making the Music Our Community Deserves for 42 Years
No charge for tickets – Donations welcome!
GreenLakeFestival.org • 920-748-9398
The Chords That Bridge
Making the Music Our Community Deserves for 42 Years
30 – 9:00 p.m.
This year we’ll be requiring all participating musicians be either vaccinated or
regularly tested negative. Audience members will be required to pre-register
Lawrence
online Memorial
in advance Chapel,
and willing 510 temperatures
to have their E. College Avenue, Appleton
taken as we check them
into the performance. Masks covering mouth and nose will be required.
We offer all concerts without charge; we rely on your donations. The Green Lake
Festival of Music is committed to making performances accessible to everyone.
We’re proud that since 2017 we have not charged admittance. Instead, we are
grateful for all donations. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Suggested Donation: Please be as generous as you can. And if you can contribute
more to ‘pay it forward’ for somebody else, that’d be wonderful.
Free-will donations encouraged. You determine the value. Your generosity
enables free concerts. Thank you!
Due to limited seating, reservations are required.
Reserve your tickets at GreenLakeFestival.org
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entertain, inspire, and educate through musical performances and activities of the highest quality. Comments
and questions about the Festival and its programs are always welcome. Please contact the Green Lake Festival of
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The Green Lake Festival of Music, Inc. is a member of Chamber Music America, the Green Lake Area
Chamber of Commerce, the Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce, Arts Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin
Presenters Network. The Green Lake Festival of Music is supported in part by the Arts Midwest Touring Arts
Fund, a program of Arts Midwest, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funding
from the Wisconsin Arts Board, the Crane Group, and General Mills Foundations. Other funding comes from
the Horicon Bank, Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, and private/corporate donations. Wisconsin Public
Radio has provided promotional support.
The Chords That Bridge
Making the Music Our Community Deserves for 42 Years
Table of Contents
Doug Morris, In Memoriam................................................................................................ 2
Welcome from the President............................................................................................. 4
Greetings from the Festival Director ................................................................................. 5
Distinguished Friends of the Festival ................................................................................ 6
2020-2021 Business Sponsors........................................................................................... 9
Thomas E. Caestecker Free Family Concerts.................................................................. 10
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society.............................................................................. 12
Chaeyoung Park Piano Recital......................................................................................... 14
The Songs of Morten Lauridsen....................................................................................... 16
Hearts All Whole – The Music of Morten Lauridsen........................................................ 20
Calendar: Schedule of Events & Performance Locations............................................... 24
Spektral Quartet in Concert............................................................................................. 26
Circle of Sound Barn Concert .......................................................................................... 28
Chamber Music Faculty Concert...................................................................................... 32
Cabaret Gala Remembering Douglas Morris................................................................... 34
Third Lake Brass Quintet.................................................................................................. 38
Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble............................................................................................ 40
Board of Directors, Staff, & Friends of the Festival.......................................................... 42
The Encore Society........................................................................................................... 43
Donors .............................................................................................................................. 44
History of the Green Lake Festival of Music .................................................................... 48
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Douglas Morris — In Memoriam
Tribute by Magda Krance, Associate Board Member
The Green Lake Festival of Music is a thriving musical
garden that perennially refreshes and replenishes
our community. Doug Morris (1941-2020) was the
metaphorical master gardener who dreamed it into being
and sowed its hopeful seeds. With abundant faith, charm,
persuasion, hard work, serendipity, and a steadfast circle
of support, he brought the festival into joyful being in 1979.
Lucky us.
His earlier life and career comprised considerable triumphs
over adversity, gallons of lemonade from life’s lemons. The sixth of seven children, Doug
was born in Greenville, SC, then moved to Oak Ridge and Knoxville, TN. Money was tight;
like his siblings, Doug learned the value of hard work early on. They also learned the
magic of making music together, with their mother at the piano and their father singing
in a beautiful baritone.
For years Doug may have been the friendliest fellow in school because he couldn’t see
who was approaching. Glasses transformed his life as a high-school junior; soon after,
he got involved in church music and choral workshops, and learned how to conduct and
teach music. He earned his B.A. in voice (UT-Knoxville), M.A. in voice and choral music
(UA-Fayetteville), and his D.M.A. in voice performance and musicology (UW-Madison).
A sought-after baritone soloist for Handel’s Messiah, Brahms’s German Requiem,
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and other seminal works, he also performed over the
years with the London Bach Choir, Blossom Festival Chorus, and Robert Shaw Singers.
Along the way he married fellow musician Gailya Finley, with whom he had three
children: Carla, Alison, and Rick.
As a new music professor at Ripon College, Doug built enrollment by recruiting the best
area students. Former opera singer Gail Dobish recalls that meeting him changed “the
entire course of my life.” Doug found financial aid for her, “taught me how to be a better
singer, and opened my eyes to some of the possibilities of a professional career. More
importantly, Doug taught me about life and encouraged me to dream. All the tenacity,
creativity, vision, commitment, and dreaming that I experienced with Doug were exactly
the same qualities he brought to the Green Lake Festival of Music.”
After exhilarating experiences with major festivals and workshops elsewhere, Doug
decided that if he built a lively, accessible summer classical music festival in this area,
we would come. And we did. He recruited the excellent Mirecourt Trio as resident artists
when they became friends after concerts at Ripon College. Similarly, Sir David Willcocks
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said yes immediately when Doug, who’d
spent a sabbatical with him in London,
invited the eminent choral conductor
to lead annual choral workshops and
concerts. Several fine guest artists
enriched the programming each season,
as well. Doug also led five international
tours with the Festival Chorus. New works
were commissioned nearly every season,
and audiences enjoyed performances
of varied repertoire in several venues
throughout our region.
The festival blossomed and grew,
and became an essential part of this
community and our lives. “He delighted
in the whole thing and was completely
natural about what he was trying to
achieve,” daughter Carla recalls. “He
believed deeply in what the works
expressed and what the composers
intended. The point was to be
transported by music making.”
When Doug turned 50 in 1991, his second
wife Sherry Fitzmorris (also a founding
board member), commissioned Sir David
to compose a piece for baritone and
piano—cleverly composed in 50 measures
to mark the occasion. The Festival also
commissioned Sir David to write
When Music Sounds for Doug’s retirement
in 1998.
“Many people have picked up Doug’s
mantle to expand and sustain the
Festival since its humble beginnings,”
notes Gail Dobish. “They have done
and continue to do incredible work. But
Doug was the visionary who planted all
the seeds that have enriched so many
peoples’ lives.”
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Greetings from the President Dear Green Lake Festival of Music family, I am delighted that you can join us for this year’s season, after the disappointment we all felt having to cancel every one of the in-person events at last year’s Festival. I certainly want to thank Maria Dietrich, Deb MacKenzie, and Sam Handley who worked so hard as a team to keep the Festival going virtually. But I also want to extend the heartfelt thanks from the Board of Trustees to all of you – who have continued to contribute financially to the Festival during these challenging times. Because of your generous backing, we were not only able to keep the Festival afloat, but also to help support all the musicians who had planned to perform for us in 2020. As a result, you will see many of them again this year. Thank you again. During the lockdown, the Board conducted a survey that included questions to help us refine the role that the Festival provides. Not surprisingly our number one goal is to continue to provide high-quality music to Green Lake and the surrounding area. But the second goal is to provide this in friendly, intimate settings where audiences can build their relationships with the musicians, and friendships with each other. So, we are delighted that this year we will be able to resume offering this second benefit. Maybe not quite to the extent that we have been able to do in the past - but just as fast as we can in safety. As always, we welcome your advice, suggestions, and most of all, your continued involvement in this, your Festival. So, Welcome Back! Lloyd Hughes, Festival President 4 GreenLakeFestival.org
Greetings from The Festival Director Welcome to the 42nd Season of your Green Lake Festival of Music—a season full of The Chords that Bridge. Music has been sustaining us through this pandemic, and music is now what brings us back together. This summer we celebrate the unity that music provides as the transcendent force that has continued to bridge us together over the decades, from the beginning of the Festival, through happiness and heartbreak, and into our bright future. One of my great joys this last year has been getting to know so many of you I’d only met briefly before my being named Festival Director. Everyone—each one of you—has been welcoming and encouraging. You have my deepest thanks. Thank you also for your involvement and support. Our Festival has a big mission but a small staff. We rely on the loving labors of the Friends of the Festival—family, really—to accomplish much of what it takes to get from an idea to an experience. Continuing so many experiences free of charge also takes funds. This last year we have been so fortunate in all senses of the word, and it’s because of you—our community—and your support. Vocally, online, emotionally, financially, and physically you have stood behind our mission and the staff and musicians it requires. Though last year’s season was entirely online, there has been nothing “virtual” about what you have done for your Green Lake Festival of Music family, and we are grateful. Though we’ve lost several beloved members of the GLFM family, their memories will enliven this and future seasons. Our Cabaret Gala on July 23 celebrates the memory of founding director Douglas Morris. Jack Penn continues to make his warm smile felt throughout the season, as does Tom Gnewuch—whose visionary words “This Community Deserves Great Music” inspired this season’s tagline. With that in our hearts, let us remember we are a Festival and we can celebrate all we have and all we enjoy together. So let’s do it! Please help us continue providing the music our community deserves by donating what you’re able, including time, energy, and ideas, in addition to funds. Equally important, attend the concerts! We’re delighted to have you join us this year in person by first registering online at GreenLakeFestival.org. However, for those who prefer to join us remotely, we’ll also offer online presentations for almost every event. You may find more information on GreenLakeFestival.Org, or our Facebook and Instagram pages. Certainly feel free to sign up for our emails, too. Be well, and let’s enjoy our Festive 2021 season! Sam Handley, Festival Director Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 5
Distinguished Friend of the Festival
In 1990 we established this award to recognize individuals who have given
outstanding service to the Festival through the donation of their time, expertise,
in-kind, or financial contributions.
The following individuals have received this honor:
• 1990 – Dr. Burton Kilbourne • 2003 – Kirin Nielsen • 2014 – John & Jane Chapman
& Lucile Morton-Grams• 2004 – Constance Koehne • 2015 – J an White-Moon
• 1991 – Virginia Kraut • 2005 – Robert W. Dott • 2016 – Mary Lehwald Lofgren
• 1992 – George Miller • 2006 – Maria Dietrich • 2017 – Thomas E. Caestecker
• 1993 – Nancy Vandervelde • 2007 – Thatcher Peterson • 2018 – Betsey & Larry Miller
• 1994 – Elizabeth Blodgett • 2008 – Jim & Nancy Hynes • 2019 – D avid Woods
• 1995 – Roberta Boismenue • 2009 – Gladys Veidemanis • 2020 – L aura Deming
• 1996 – Sylvia Richards • 2010 – Todd & Betty Berens & Jack Stubbs
• 1997 – Shirley Sather • 2011 – J eannette & Jim • 2021 – Maria & Kurt Dietrich
• 1998 – Douglas Morris Kreston
• 1999 – Sir David Willcocks • 2012 – Julie Ann Lickteig
• 2000 – John Roesch & Tom Gnewuch
• 2001 – Robert House • 2013 – Anthea Kreston
• 2002 – Jonathan Willcocks & Jason Duckles
Distinguished Friend of the Festival
2020: Laura Deming & Jack Stubbs
GLFM is the metaphorical cherry on top of
Laura Deming’s distinguished career as a
musician, music festival director, conductor,
and teacher. An accomplished cellist, Laura
joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra
in 1976 just one week after graduating from
Northwestern University, and enjoyed a
remarkable 44-year career at Lyric, retiring in
June 2020. During five sabbatical years, she
played principal cello with Michigan Opera
Theatre; taught cello and conducted the
symphony/community orchestra at Northern
Michigan University-Marquette and the Upper
Peninsula Youth Orchestra; founded the Pine Mountain Music Festival; taught cello and
conducted the ensembles at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee; and formed the Clarus
Piano Trio with violinist Tim Klabunde and pianist Dr. Eun-Joo Kwak.
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We can thank Gladys Veidemanis for conscripting Laura and her husband Jack Stubbs (a retired Methodist minister) into the GLFM family, along with their niece, violist Martha Mulcahy, whose participation in the 2014 GLFM Chamber Music Camp was transformational. Laura and Jack attended the festival frequently in support of Martha, and also as chauffeur/guests of Gladys. Laura shared some “improving remarks” concerning the festival with Mrs. V., who in turn shared them with then-board president David Woods. Meetings ensued, David’s persistence paid off, and Laura eventually agreed to serve as a consultant, then interim director, and eventually as director of the festival. Her goals were simple but not easy: build a community for outstanding music; build a culture of generosity and philanthropy, provide personal, welcoming hospitality for visiting artists; develop guest housing in the community for in-kind support and build relationships between community and artists; and nurture artistic excellence while providing a personal, intimate concert experience for performers and audiences — casual, professional, and fun. As Laura recalls, “Audiences had been small. Single concert tickets were expensive enough to discourage some and inexpensive enough to make others wonder if the artistic quality was as excellent as the Festival boasted. It was. It also gave the false impression that the ticket price covered the cost of the concert. It didn’t.” Jack made a radical suggestion: charge nothing for concerts and invite attendees to donate what they could. The board agreed to give it a try; in the first year donations nearly equaled previous ticket revenue, and the audience doubled in size. Seeing more full houses energized performers and audiences alike. Expanding performances to area churches, schools, and retirement communities, in addition to Green Lake’sThrasher Opera House and Ripon College’s Rodman Center for the Arts, helped foster bonds between festival and community. Through generous gifts of all sizes, more than $500,000 was raised over the course of the three-year 40th Anniversary Legacy campaign. The endowment is now nearing $1 million, providing interest income to help support programming. Before concluding her five-year tenure, Laura also oversaw the launching of the composer residency program. Laura credits Jack for having “supported, listened, consoled, counseled, contributed, volunteered, and inspired me, even when he got no recognition for the behind-the-scenes role he played. It’s impossible to measure Jack’s influence. I could not have done this without him. “The nicest thing that can happen in retirement is seeing the Festival thrive under new leadership. Thank you to the board for supporting me during some very challenging times, and thank you to the life-long friends I’ve made through the Festival. How wonderful it will be to come together again and experience the magic, beauty, power, and wonder of music.” Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 7
Distinguished Friend of the Festival
2021: Maria and Kurt Dietrich
Perennially sunny, gracious, and charming,
Maria Dietrich has played essential
leading roles in Green Lake Festival of
Music directly and indirectly. During her
first tenure, as administrative director
of the Festival (1991-2006), she worked
closely with Doug Morris for seven years
and then Jeannette Kreston for eight
years. When Maria first joined the Festival
staff, her sons Paul and Erik were 3 and 7
respectively; luckily, her husband Kurt, a
music professor at Ripon College, handled
much of the child care during the Festival’s high season. Maria remembers summers
“as a gradual crescendo culminating in the choral week with Sir David Willcocks and
Jonathan Willcocks, and later, Stephen Alltop.” Several times, on short notice, she
was cajoled into playing piano for the grand-finale concert — and had the chops to
pull it off beautifully. Maria organized and accompanied the last three GLFM choir
trips to Europe, Ireland, and Canada’s Atlantic provinces. She is grateful for the many
friendships made during those years, many continuing to this day.
As development director and subsequently executive director of the Thrasher Opera
House in Green Lake 2008-2019, Maria continued to work closely with GLFM, warmly
greeting concertgoers to every performance there. She returned to the Festival as
interim executive and artistic director from December 2019 through October 2020,
shepherding GLFM resourcefully and admirably through a virtual season necessitated
by the challenges imposed by the pandemic.
Maria recently retired from Ripon College, where she was an adjunct instructor of
music for more than two decades, teaching piano and serving as accompanist for the
choirs and for musical theatre productions. An accomplished musician and teacher,
Maria operates an independent music studio in Ripon; is an officer of the Oshkosh
Area Music Teachers Association; and is nationally certified with the Music Teachers
National Association. She is organist/pianist at the First Congregational Church of
Ripon. Maria earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Lawrence University.
An accomplished trombonist in a wide range of musical styles, Kurt Dietrich has
been a familiar and sonorous presence in various GLFM choir orchestras and brass
ensembles over the years. In 2019 he retired from Ripon College, where he’d taught
brass instruments and a variety of courses since 1980, and directed the Symphonic
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Kurt was trombonist with Matrix, with which
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Free Family Concerts
This summer the Festival will give three free Green Lake concerts for families!
This decade-old series is endowed by Tom Caestecker to provide outstanding
music to the next generation of music lovers.
THURSDAY, JULY 1 | 10:00 a.m.
Spektral Quartet
Spektral Quartet is known for creating seamless
connections across centuries, drawing in the
listener with charismatic deliveries, interactive
concert formats, an up-close atmosphere, and bold,
inquisitive programming.
See page 26 for more information.
Caestecker Public Library | 518 Hill St., Green Lake, WI
THURSDAY, JULY 29 | 2:00 p.m.
Third Lake Brass Quintet
Third Lake Brass Quintet is a collection of professional
Madison-area brass musicians dedicated to the
performance of new and classic brass quintet
repertoire and the broader mission of sharing that
music with the larger Madison community.
See page 38 for more information.
Caestecker Public Library | 518 Hill St., Green Lake, WI
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble
Paul Dietrich has been described as “an apt bandleader,
an exceptional composer, and a superlative performer”
(All About Jazz) and “a skilled composer” (JazzTrail)
and his music has been praised as “stunningly
beautiful” (Audiophile Audition) and “captivating”
(Chicago Jazz Magazine).
See page 40 for more information.
Thrasher Opera House | 506 Mill St., Green Lake, WI
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Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society
FRIDAY, JUNE 11 | 7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Pre-concert Conversation
Thrasher Opera House | 506 Mill St. | Green Lake, WI
Sponsored by Lynn Grout Paul in memory of Jerry Grout
Jeffrey Sykes, piano; Axel Strauss, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Piano Trio in e-flat minor (1921) Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
I. Moderato ma appassionato
II. Andante molto semplice
III. Allegro vigoroso
Piano Trio in E minor, op. 67 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
I. Andante
II. Allegro non troppo
III. Largo
IV. Allegretto
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Piano Trio in G Major, op. 1, no. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Adagio; Allegro vivace
II. Largo con espressione
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV. Finale: Presto
12 GreenLakeFestival.orgBach Dancing and Dynamite Society Jeffrey Sykes | PIANO Axel Strauss | VIOLIN Jean-Michel Fonteneau | CELLO More bang for your Bach. What Bach would be doing if he were more fun and less dead. However you describe what we do, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society always features great music played with joy, creativity, spontaneity, and a technique that is second to none. BDDS is aimed at people who are curious, open-minded, and up for anything. People who want to have serious fun. One spring day in 1992, Stephanie Jutt and Jeffrey Sykes asked each other over lunch, “What are you doing this summer?” “Not enough playing,” they both agreed. So they set about creating a new chamber music series in Madison. They wanted to play great music with great players. They wanted music hot off the press mixed with the classics. A touch of theater. Artistic challenge. An engaged audience. BDDS is now in its third decade and plays a more diverse mix of repertoire than ever before. It has become abundantly clear that our vision has been enhanced by those who have invested their wisdom and talent in extraordinary measures. Artists visiting the GLFM include the San Francisco Piano Trio, Jeffrey Sykes, piano (UC-Berkeley); Axel Strauss, violin (McGill University, Montreal, Canada); Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello (San Francisco Conservatory). Visit bachdancing.org for more information on our virtual concert series in June. Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 13
Chaeyoung Park Piano Recital
Winner, 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition
TUESDAY, JUNE 15 | 7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Pre-concert Conversation
Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts,
Ripon College | Ripon, WI
Sponsored by Sylvia & Bill Richards † and Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
Sonata in A Major, D. 664 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Firebird Suite Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), arr. Guido Agosti
INTERMISSION
12 Notations Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
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Chaeyoung Park | PIANO
Pianist Chaeyoung Park has been described as a passionate
musician “who does not play a single note without thought or
feeling” (New York Concert Review). Winner of the 2019 Hilton Head
International Piano Competition, she has presented thoughtfully
curated programs on major stages such as Carnegie’s Weill Recital
Hall as well as in intimate house concerts. Most recently, she performed for audiences
worldwide in live-streamed recitals presented by the Gilmore Rising Stars series, the
Carlsen Center, and the Lied Center of Kansas virtual series. She regularly performs
with orchestras around the U.S.
Since winning her first international competition at age 13, Park has been a top
prizewinner in numerous international competitions, including the Gina Bachauer
International Young Artists Competition, the Cleveland International Young Artists
Competition, and the Yamaha USASU International Senior Piano Competition.
Since Park’s first concerto appearance at age 14, she has performed with all major
orchestras in Kansas, including the Kansas City Symphony under the baton of Michael
Stern. Other engagements include the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with Neil
Varon, Utah Symphony Orchestra with Rei Hotoda, New Millennium Symphony with
Francesco Milioto, Canton Symphony Orchestra with Gerhardt Zimmermann, Lake
Forest Symphony with Vladimir Kulenovic, and Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra with
John Morris Russell.
As a dedicated chamber musician, she participated in Ravinia Steans Music Institute,
Kneisel Hall, and Juilliard ChamberFest, and performed at the Greene Space at WNYC/
WQXR, Harvard Club in New York City, First Congregational United Church of Christ
in Sarasota, and Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia. When COVID-19 made in-person
collaborations difficult, she participated in multiple online layering projects to keep
her love of chamber music alive.
South Korean-born, and raised in Kansas from age ten, Park considers Lawrence,
Kansas, her second home. It was in Kansas that she spent eight years studying with
her beloved teacher, Jack Winerock. Partial to intimate gatherings, she performed
more than 60 house recitals in Kansas. She returns frequently to share music with her
community and to visit her family and two cats.
A proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, Park is currently pursuing a Masters of
Music degree at the Juilliard School with Robert McDonald. Her debut recording
features the complete Musica Ricercata by Ligeti and Piano Sonata No. 3 by Brahms on
the Steinway label, and is set to release in 2021.
Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 15The Songs of Morten Lauridsen
SATURDAY, JUNE 26 | 8:00 p.m.
Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts,
Ripon College | Ripon, WI
Sponsored by Justus Paul with additional support from the Willcocks Fund
Sarah Brailey, soprano; Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone; Paula Fan, piano
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen b. 1943
Dirait-on
A Winter Come
1. When Frost Moves Fast
2. As Birds Come Nearer
3. The Racing Waterfall
4. A Child Lay Down
5. Who Reads By Starlight
6. And What Of Love
Ya eres mía
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Contre Qui, Rose
Girl
Where Have The Actors Gone?
Prayer
Sure On This Shining Night
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Sarah Brailey | SOPRANO
Hailed by The New York Times for her “radiant, liquid tone,” and
“exquisitely phrased” singing and by Opera UK for “a sound of
remarkable purity,” soprano Sarah Brailey enjoys a career that
resists specialization. She has sung Handel’s Messiah with The Saint
Paul Chamber Orchestra; recorded cello and vocal soundscapes for
the Fog x FLO public art installation in Boston’s Emerald Necklace; and performed with
Kanye West and alternative-classical vocal band Roomful of Teeth at the Hollywood
Bowl. Recent highlights include serenading the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum with
John Zorn’s Madrigals, singing Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Colorado
Symphony, and recording The Soul in the world premiere recording of Dame Ethel
Smyth’s The Prison, for which she has received a 2021 GRAMMY for Best Classical Solo
Vocal Album.
Sarah is a member of Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage
of their concert fee to organizations they care about. Her designated organizations
include NRDC, Friends of the Boundary
Waters Wilderness, and the Animal
Welfare Institute. Sarah is a co-founder
of Just Bach, a monthly concert series
in Madison, Wisconsin and the Artistic
Director of the Handel Aria Competition.
Learn more at www.sarahbrailey.com.
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Jeremy Huw Williams | BARITONE
The Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams studied at St John’s College,
Cambridge, at the National Opera Studio in London, and with April
Cantelo. He made his debut with Welsh National Opera as Guglielmo
(Così fan tutte) and has since appeared in more than seventy operatic
roles. He has given performances at major venues in North and South
America, Australia, China, India, and most European countries.
In France he has sung the roles of Olivier (Capriccio), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), George
(Of Mice and Men), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov), Baritone
(Hydrogen Jukebox) and title role Till Eulenspiegel by Karetnikov for L’Opéra de Nantes,
and Sebastian (The Tempest) for L’Opéra du Rhin. In Italy he has sung the role of Nixon
(Nixon in China) at the opera house in Verona and Ferryman (Curlew River) at the opera
houses of Pisa and Trento. In Greece he has sung the role of Chou En-lai (Nixon in China)
for Greek National Opera. In Belgium he has sung the role of Marcello (La Bohème) for
Zomeropera. In Norway he has sung the role of Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) for Vest Norges
Opera and Serezha (The Electrification of the Soviet Union) for Opera Vest. In Austria he
has sung the role of Dr Pangloss (Candide) in Vienna, a role that he repeated in Bremen,
Munich, Leipzig, Suhl and London. In the USA he has sung the role of Lukash (The Good
Soldier Schweik) for Long Beach Opera.
He has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in London, and at many
major music festivals. He is renowned as a fine exponent of contemporary music,
frequently recording for BBC Radio 3 (in recital, and with the BBC National Orchestra of
Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and BBC Concert Orchestra), and has made many
commercial recordings, including more than ten solo discs of songs.
He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Glyndŵr University in 2009 for services
to music, and received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music from the University of
Aberdeen in 2011.
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Paula Fan | PIANO
Pianist Paula Fan has performed on five continents, recorded more
than twenty-five commercial albums, and has broadcast for the BBC,
NPR, Radio Television China and international stations from Bosnia to
Australia. As one of the first recipients of the doctorate in Collaborative
Piano, she has lectured on the subject worldwide. She performed and
taught at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music as its first and only Regents’
Professor, and was Principal Keyboardist and soloist with the Tucson Symphony for many
seasons. She also served as Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music for two
years, and has taught at numerous conservatories in the People’s Republic of China, where
she was the first ever accompanist-coach invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture.
As both performer and teacher, one of her greatest interests has been building bridges
between classical music and audiences of all ages and backgrounds, as well as between
disciplines. As founder of the Solar Storytellers – a piano trio playing electric instruments
powered by a golf cart with a solar panel for a roof – with her brother Michael she produced
the Dr Solara Trilogy of children’s solar energy shows performed on the National Mall in
Washington DC, at the Aspen Science Center and in Tucson. She was also part of the team
that founded the University of Arizona’s Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, which not only
brings together traditionally complementary disciplines within the Humanities and
Fine Arts, but also, recognizing that creativity exists within a context, is unique in its
inclusion of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
She is an alumna of the University of Arizona, where she studied with the virtuoso pianist
Ozan Marsh, and of the University of Southern California, where she was mentored by the
legendary teachers of Collaborative Piano, Gwendolyn Koldofsky and Brooks Smith.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 27 | 3:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m. Pre-concert Conversation
Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, Ripon College | Ripon, WI
Sponsored by Justus Paul with additional support from the Willcocks Fund
John C. Hughes, conductor; Sarah Brailey, soprano;
Nicholas Miguel, baritone; Morten Lauridsen, piano; Martin Vajgrt, piano
See page 17 for Sarah Brailey’s biography.
Sure On This Shining Night (James Agee) Morten Lauridsen
from Nocturnes b. 1943
O Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord Morten Lauridsen
Ov’è, Lass’, Il Bel Viso? from Madrigali Morten Lauridsen
Se Per Havervi, Oime from Madrigali Morten Lauridsen
Duets
Prayer (Dana Gioia) Morten Lauridsen
Ya eres mía (Pablo Neruda) Morten Lauridsen
Sarah Brailey, Soprano; Nicholas Miguel, Baritone; and Morten Lauridsen, piano
Slow, Slow, Fresh Fount (Ben Johnson) from Morten Lauridsen
Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts
Soneto de la Noche (Pablo Neruda) from Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses
Dirait-on (Rainer Maria Rilke) Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen
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John C. Hughes | CONDUCTOR
John C. Hughes, D.M.A. enjoys a multifaceted career as a professional
conductor based in Chicago. He is the Music Director of Chicago Master
Singers (CMS), one of the most acclaimed choruses in the Chicago
metro area. He is also the Conductor of the Green Lake Festival of
Music’s Composer Residency. Through this program, he has hosted and
collaborated with Ola Gjeilo, Shawn Kirchner, Elaine Hagenberg, and Morten Lauridsen.
Accompanying his busy performance schedule, Hughes is passionate about choral literature
and scholarship. His research interests include Lutheran music before 1600 and trends in
contemporary choral composition. His peer-reviewed, book-length modern edition of Leonhard
Lechner’s Passion setting (1593) with critical commentary will be published in the coming months.
He has also authored peer-reviewed articles in the Choral Journal, The Choral Scholar, and The
Diapason, as well as numerous reviews of choral music, books, and recordings.
Hughes is actively involved in many professional organizations. He currently serves as
Associate Editor of Score Reviews for The
Choral Scholar and is a national board
member of the National Collegiate Choral
Organization. For several years, he hosted
Choir Chat, a weekly podcast of interviews
with conductors and composers.
Prior to joining CMS in 2020, Hughes taught
at Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he
served as Director of Choral Activities and
Chair of the Music Department. His previous
experience is as a K-12 music teacher and
church musician.
Hughes earned his undergraduate
degree from Augustana College, M.M.
from Northern Illinois University, and
D.M.A. from the University of Iowa.
He is grateful to his teachers Timothy
Stalter, Eric Johnson, Jon Hurty, and
Michael Zemek.
For more information, please visit his
website: www.johnchughes.com.
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Nicholas Miguel | BARITONE
Dr. Nicholas Miguel is active as a baritone soloist and chorister,
having created a reputation as a versatile and intelligent singer in
diverse genres. Miguel sings with the professional choirs GRAMMY-
nominated True Concord in Tucson, AZ; Vox Humana in Dallas, TX;
and CORO in Indianola, IA. In 2018, Miguel traveled to Germany to
sing with Helmuth Rilling in the Weimar Bach Cantata Academy. A regular soloist in
Iowa, Miguel’s concert appearances include Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical
Songs, Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard, J. S. Bach’s BWV 129, 131,
34, 18, 172, 82, 4, 140, 74, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Theresienmesse, Mozart’s
Requiem and Mass in C minor, Durufle’s Requiem, Pärt’s Passio, Handel’s Esther and
Messiah, and Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers. Miguel is also known for his engaging stage
presence in recitals and in operatic productions. Stage credits include Don Alhambra
in The Gondoliers, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, Sir Joseph in HMS Pinafore, and Comte
Capulet in Romeo et Juliette.
In 2018, Miguel received his DMA in voice performance from the University of Iowa in Iowa
City, where he also received his MA in 2013. He received his BM with Distinction from St.
Olaf College in Northfield, MN in 2010. Miguel’s dissertation on an influential Venezuelan
composer, The Art Songs of Modesta Bor (1926-1998), demonstrates Miguel’s fluency in
various academic disciplines including musicology, music theory, and phonetics. Miguel
received the 2013-2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for his work at the University
of Iowa serving as a TA in applied voice, diction, and voice science. At UI, Miguel served as
a TA for the renowned vocologist Ingo Titze. Miguel continues to study voice science and
incorporate its principles into his teaching.
Dr. Miguel teaches full time as an Adjunct
Music Associate at Grinnell College, one
of the nation’s leading undergraduate
liberal arts colleges, in Grinnell, IA,
where he has worked since 2014. His
passion for effective and informed
pedagogy has left him in high demand
as a teacher of Classical, Musical Theater,
and Contemporary Commercial voice.
His students are accepted into graduate
programs, win concerto and scholarship
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competitions, perform in musical productions, and present significant works in recital
including Schubert’s Die Schöne Mullerin, and Schumann’s Frauenliebe und leben and
Dichterliebe. Miguel’s students’ recitals are recognized for their high quality of performance
across a wide variety of genres.
During the summer, Dr. Miguel teaches as an Adjunct Instructor at Simpson College for the
Three-Summer Masters in Choral Conducting Program. There he teaches Lyric Diction, Vocal
Pedagogy in the Choral Setting, and Applied Voice.
Miguel is also a casual composer/arranger of art song and choral music, an amateur
piano accompanist, and an dilettante jazz pianist. He enjoys learning the guitar,
collecting bikes, acquiring foreign languages, helping his wife in the garden, and
spending time with his two children.
Morten Lauridsen | PIANO
The music of Morten Lauridsen occupies a permanent place in the
standard vocal repertoire of the Twenty-First Century. His eight vocal
cycles (Lux Aeterna, Les Chansons des Roses, Madrigali: Six ‘FireSongs’
on Italian Renaissance Poems, A Winter Come, Cuatro Canciones, A
Backyard Universe, Nocturnes and Mid-Winter Songs on Poems by
Robert Graves), instrumental works, art songs and series of motets (including O Magnum
Mysterium) are performed throughout the world and have been recorded on over two
hundred CDs, including several that received Grammy nominations.
Mr. Lauridsen (b. 1943) served as Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
from 1995-2001 and is currently Distinguished Professor of Composition at the University of
Southern California Thornton School of Music. An award-winning documentary by Michael
Stillwater, Shining Night – A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, was released in 2012
(songwithoutborders.net).
In 2006, Morten Lauridsen was named an “American Choral Master” by the National
Endowment for the Arts, and in 2007 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest
artistic award in the United States, by the President in a White House ceremony “for his
composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth.”
Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 23Schedule of Events
JUNE 2021
Sun. Mon. Tuesday Wednesday Thurs Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bach Dancing and
Dynamite Society
7:30 pm
Thrasher Opera
House, Green Lake
13 14
Chaeyoung Park 15 16 17 18 19
Piano
7:30 pm
Demmer Recital
Hall, Ripon
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
The Songs of
Morten Lauridsen
8:00 pm
Demmer Recital
Hall, Ripon
Hearts All Whole 27 28 29 Spektral Quartet 30
3:15 pm 7:30 pm
Great Hall, First Congregational
Harwood Memorial Church, Ripon
Union, Ripon
JULY 2021
Sunday Monday Tues. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Spektral Quartet 1 2 3
10:00 am
Caestecker Public
Library, Green Lake
4 5 6 7 8 9 Circle of Sound 10
Barn Concert
7:30 pm
Boston Barn,
Green Lake
11 12 13 14 Chamber Music 15 16 17
Faculty Concert
7:30 pm
Thrasher Opera
House, Green Lake
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Cabaret Gala
Remembering
Douglas Morris
7:30 pm
Thrasher Opera
House, Green Lake
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Third Lake Brass Third Lake Brass
Quintet Quintet
10:00 am 10:00 am
Fond du Lac Library Appleton Library
12:15 pm
Ripon Library
2:00 pm
Caestecker Public
Library, Green Lake
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 Paul Dietrich 5 6 7
Jazz Ensemble
7:30 pm
Thrasher Opera
House, Green Lake
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 28 29 30 31
Performance Locations
Appleton Public Library – 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI 54911
Caestecker Public Library – 518 Hill St., Green Lake, WI 54941
Demmer Recital Hall – C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College
Union St. and West Thorne St., Ripon, WI 54971
First Congregational Church – 220 Ransom St., Ripon, WI 54971
Fond du Lac Public Library – 32 Sheboygan St., Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union – Ripon College, Ripon, WI 54971
Ripon Public Library – 120 Jefferson St., Ripon, WI 54971
The Boston Barn – W3320 State Road 23, Green Lake, WI 54941
Thrasher Opera House – 506 Mill St., Green Lake, WI 54941
Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 25Spektral Quartet in Concert
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 | 7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Pre-concert Conversation
First Congregational Church | 220 Ransom St. | Ripon, WI
Thomas E. Caestecker Free Family Concert
THURSDAY, JULY 1 | 10:00 a.m.
Caestecker Public Library | 518 Hill St., Green Lake, WI
Sponsored by Thomas E. Caestecker
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Claude Debussy (1862-1791)
I. Animé et très décidé
II. Assez vif et bien rhythmé
III. Andantino, doucement expressif
IV. Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé avec passion
Ainsi la Nuit Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
I. Introduction
II. Nocturne
III. Miroir d’espace
IV. Litanies
V. Litanies II
VI. Constellations
VII. Nocturne II
VIII. Temps Suspendu
26 GreenLakeFestival.orgSpektral Quartet in Concert Clara Lyon | VIOLIN Maeve Feinberg | VIOLIN Doyle Armbrust | VIOLA Russell Rolen | CELLO Multi-Grammy nominees, the Spektral Quartet actively pursues a vivid conversation between exhilarating works of the traditional repertoire and those written this decade, this year, or this week. Since its inception in 2010, Spektral is known for creating seamless connections across centuries, drawing in the listener with charismatic deliveries, interactive concert formats, an up-close atmosphere, and bold, inquisitive programming. With a tour schedule including some of the country’s most notable concert venues such as the Kennedy Center, Miller Theater, Library of Congress, and NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, the quartet also takes great pride in its home city of Chicago: championing the work of local composers, bridging social and aesthetic partitions, and cultivating its ongoing collaborations and residencies in the Chicago region. For the 20/21 Season, Spektral is pleased to announce it’s Digital Artist Residency at University Musical Society (UMS) with Lebanese-born Afro-Tarab/jazz innovator Tarek Yamani. Named “Chicagoans of the Year” by the Chicago Tribune in 2017, Spektral Quartet is most highly regarded for its creative and stylistic versatility: presenting seasons in which, for instance, a thematic program circling Beethoven seamlessly coexists with an improvised sonic meditation at sunrise, a talent show featuring Spektral fans, and the co-release of a jazz album traversing the folk traditions of Puerto Rico. Green Lake Festival of Music | June - August 2021 27
Circle of Sound Barn Concert
SUNDAY, JULY 10 | 7:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Food & beverages available for purchase
7:00 p.m. Pre-concert Conversation
Boston Barn | W3320 State Rd. 23 | Green Lake, WI
Sponsored by the David Woods Family Fund with special thanks to Jeannette
& Jim Kreston for welcoming us back to the Barn
Salley Koo, violin; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Andrew Armstrong, Piano
Salley Koo | VIOLIN
A violinist of great range and energy, Salley Koo has performed
internationally as a solo and chamber musician. Hailing from Chicago,
where she studied with Almita and Roland Vamos at the Music Center
of the North Shore (now Music Institute of Chicago), Ms. Koo then
earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University in English
and American Literature, continuing her violin studies with Lynn Chang. She subsequently
received a Master of Music and pursued Artist Diploma work from the Yale School of Music
under the tutelage of Peter Oundjian. Ms. Koo completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin
performance at Stony Brook University under Pamela Frank and Philip Setzer. Over the
course of her extensive training, she has studied with numerous other luminaries, including
David Taylor, Sylvie Koval, and Dorothy Kitchen.
Ms. Koo has cultivated an active concert presence, appearing as both soloist and orchestral
performer with many notable groups across the country. Recent performances include
appearances at the Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Central Park, Music from
Salem, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the National Cathedral and National Gallery in
Washington D.C., Columbia Museum of Art, the Harris Theater in Chicago, the Nasher Series
in Dallas, the Peoples Symphony Concerts, the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Skaneateles, and
Caramoor Festivals, and on tour alongside artists ranging from Bela Fleck to Dawn Upshaw
to Gil Shaham. Salley recently soloed with the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra last season;
she returns to Lebanon this season for the third time. Salley is currently an artist in residence
with the IMAGINE Workshop and Concert Series at the Lebanese American University in
Beirut, Lebanon, where she has served as performer, panelist, presenter, and instructor. She
is regularly invited as a guest artist with groups such as the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra
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of St. Luke’s, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the International
Contemporary Ensemble, and the Knights.
Ms. Koo’s engagement with the chamber music community in particular has yielded
collaborations with world-renowned musicians including Peter Frankl, Yo Yo Ma, and
Colin Carr, as well as with members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Peabody Trio,
Emerson Quartet, and Takacs Quartet. Her expansive musical interests range from
early music to contemporary compositions. In the former vein, she has performed
in period groups and recorded for Centaur; in the latter, she has worked closely with
composers like Julia Wolf, Mario Davidovsky, Steven Mackey, Osvoldo Golijov, as well
as members of the So Percussion Quartet. Salley is also a familiar face at numerous
festivals including the Silicon Valley Music Festival, Yellow Barn Music Festival,
Taos School of Music, the Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, and Thy
Chamber Festival in Denmark.
Despite a performance itinerary that has covered North America, Europe, the Middle
East, and East Asia, Ms. Koo has established a thriving teaching career. She is currently
the violin professor at Adelphi University in NY, and has served as the violin professor
and coordinator of chamber music at the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, CT; other
faculty appointments include the Green Lake Chamber Music Festival in WI, Apple
Hill Center for Chamber Music in New Hampshire, Dwight-Englewood String Society
in New Jersey, Vermont’s Chamber Music Intensive Program at Yellow Barn, the Opus
118 We Want Music! program in East Harlem, New York, Elm City ChamberFest, and
the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, Connecticut. Ms. Koo also maintains a
limited private studio in New York City.
When she’s not playing the violin, she’s likely to be found cooking or planning where
to eat next with her husband, Alex, or playing with their dogs, Nanook and Sherlock, in
Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
Ms. Koo currently performs on a violin
made for her by Mario Miralles.
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Gabriela Diaz | VIOLIN
Georgia native Gabriela Diaz began her musical training at the age of
five, studying piano with her mother, and the next year, violin with
her father.
As a childhood cancer survivor, Gabriela is committed to supporting
cancer research and treatment in her capacity as a musician. In
2004, Gabriela was a recipient of a grant from the Albert Schweitzer Foundation, an
award that enabled Gabriela to create and direct the Boston Hope Ensemble. This
program is now part of Winsor Music. A firm believer in the healing properties of music,
Gabriela and her colleagues have performed in cancer units in Boston hospitals and
presented benefit concerts for cancer research organizations in numerous venues
throughout the United States.
A fierce champion of contemporary music, Gabriela has been fortunate to work closely
with many significant composers on their own compositions, namely Pierre Boulez,
Magnus Lindberg, Frederic Rzewski, Alvin Lucier, Unsuk Chin, John Zorn, Joan Tower,
Roger Reynolds, Chaya Czernowin, Steve Reich, Tania León, Brian Ferneyhough, and
Helmut Lachenmann. Gabriela is a member of several Boston-area contemporary
music groups, including Sound Icon, Ludovico Ensemble, BMOP, Dinosaur Annex,
Boston Musica Viva, and Callithumpian Consort. She plays regularly with Winsor
Music, Castle of our Skins, Radius Ensemble, and Emmanuel Music and frequently
collaborates with Alarm Will Sound, the International Contemporary Ensemble
(ICEensemble), and A Far Cry.
In 2012 Gabriela joined the violin faculty of Wellesley College. Gabriela is co-artistic
director of the much beloved Boston-based chamber music and outreach organization
Winsor Music. Please visit winsormusic.org for more information!
Gabriela’s recording of Lou Harrison’s Suite for Violin and American Gamelan was highlighted
in the New York Times Article “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music.”
Critics have acclaimed Gabriela as “a young violin master,” and “one of Boston’s most
valuable players.” Lloyd Schwartz of the Boston Phoenix noted, “…Gabriela Diaz in a
bewitching performance of Pierre Boulez’s 1991 Anthèmes. The come-hither meow
of Diaz’s upward slides and her sustained pianissimo fade-out were miracles of color,
texture, and feeling.” Others have remarked on her “indefatigably expressive” playing,
“polished technique,” and “vivid and elegant playing.”
Gabriela can be heard on New World, Centaur, BMOPSound, Mode, Naxos,
and Tzadik records.
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Gabriela plays on a Vuillaume violin generously on loan from Mark Ptashne and a viola
made by her father, Manuel Diaz.
Gabriela is proud to be a core member of the team that created Boston Hope Music,
bringing music to patients and frontline workers during the pandemic. More info can be
found at bostonhopemusic.org
Andrew Armstrong | PIANO
Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique,
pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences across Asia, Europe,
Latin America, Canada, and the United States, including performances
at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Hall of
the Moscow Conservatory, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic.
Andrew’s orchestral engagements across the globe have seen him perform a sprawling
repertoire of more than 55 concertos with orchestra. He has performed with such
conductors as Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, Günther Herbig, Stefan Sanderling,
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and has appeared in chamber music
concerts with the Elias, Alexander, American, and Manhattan String Quartets, and also as a
member of the Caramoor Virtuosi, Boston Chamber Music Society, Seattle Chamber Music
Society, and the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.
The 2019-2020 Season takes Andrew across the globe with concerts in London, Glasgow,
Amsterdam, Bergen, Dresden, Copenhagen, Prague, and across the US, Canada, and
Australia. Also this season, Andrew and violinist James Ehnes team up to release the
complete cycle of 10 Beethoven Violin Sonatas to celebrate the master’s 250th birthday in
2020. The duo performs the cycle in cities around the world this year.
In addition to directing Chamber Music on Main at the Columbia Museum of Art (SC)
and the Chamber Music Camp at Green Lake Festival of Music (WI), Andrew is devoted
to outreach programs and playing for children. In addition to his many concerts, his
performances are heard regularly on National Public Radio and WQXR, New York City’s
premier classical music station.
Mr. Armstrong lives in Massachusetts, with his wife Esty, their three children Jack (14),
Elise (9), and Gabriel (2), and their two dogs Comet & Dooker.
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