Calendar
May 2023
Peabody Commencement Ceremony
Peabody Commencement Ceremony
On Wednesday, May 24th, I will graduate from Peabody Insitute with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice and a Master of Music in Musicology. I am also excited to be a featured performer at the Commencement Ceremony, where I will present two songs by French composer Mel (Mélanie) Bonis (1858-1937).
April 2023
Unearthing a Self-Curated Nachlaß: A General Survey of Luise Adolpha Le Beau's Published Lieder
Unearthing a Self-Curated Nachlaß: A General Survey of Luise Adolpha Le Beau's Published Lieder
This DMA lecture recital will provide an overview of the published Lieder opuses of Romantic-era composer Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927). With the support of a Presser Graduate Award, this research project began over a year ago, as I undertook archival research to explore Le Beau's relationship to song in Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Baden-Baden from March to June 2022. In collaboration with Hui-Chuan Chen (piano), we will perform excerpts from Le Beau's published song repertoire, and I will discus...
March 2023
Acting Art Song: A Workshop
Acting Art Song: A Workshop
Acting Art Song is designed as a general introduction for undergraduate and graduate voice students to develop the necessary research, analytical, and performance skills to confidently engage with art song as a multi-faceted repertoire. In addition to in-class song coachings, Acting Art Song will cover such topics as creating song style maps, analyzing poetic texts, defining clear song protagonists, and physically embodying art song in performance.
Acting Art Song: A Workshop
Acting Art Song: A Workshop
Acting Art Song is designed as a general introduction for undergraduate and graduate voice students to develop the necessary research, analytical, and performance skills to confidently engage with art song as a multi-faceted repertoire. In addition to in-class song coachings, Acting Art Song will cover such topics as creating song style maps, analyzing poetic texts, defining clear song protagonists, and physically embodying art song in performance.
Acting Art Song: A Workshop
Acting Art Song: A Workshop
Acting Art Song is designed as a general introduction for undergraduate and graduate voice students to develop the necessary research, analytical, and performance skills to confidently engage with art song as a multi-faceted repertoire. In addition to in-class song coachings, Acting Art Song will cover such topics as creating song style maps, analyzing poetic texts, defining clear song protagonists, and physically embodying art song in performance.
January 2023
Sauvez-moi de l'amour
Sauvez-moi de l'amour
"Sauvez-moi de l'amour" (Save me from love) explores the complexities of love and human relationships through musical works spanning the Medieval era until today. It is also the final recital of my DMA degree, and I am excited to collaborate with Julie Bosworth (voice), Hui-Chuan Chen (piano), Alix Evans (medieval harp), Bonnie Lander (voice), and Claire Galloway Weber (voice).
December 2022
DMA Exams & Master's Thesis
DMA Exams & Master's Thesis
As I enter the final year of my Doctor of Musical Arts program in Voice at Peabody Institute, I am working towards completing three final exams: Music History, Music Theory, and Major Field (Vocal Repertoire).
November 2022
REQUIEM with IN Series
REQUIEM with IN Series
IN Series intersperses an innovative staged production of Mozart's Requiem, left unfinished at his death, with the music of two brilliant and often ignored 20th-Century composers: French composer Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) and Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983). Performances will take place throughout Washington, DC at the Hand Chapel, First Congregational UCC, The Dupont Underground, and St. Mark's Capitol Hill before traveling to Baltimore at 2640 Space, each night performed in a diff...
REQUIEM with IN Series
REQUIEM with IN Series
IN Series intersperses an innovative staged production of Mozart's Requiem, left unfinished at his death, with the music of two brilliant and often ignored 20th-Century composers: French composer Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) and Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983). Performances will take place throughout Washington, DC at the Hand Chapel, First Congregational UCC, The Dupont Underground, and St. Mark's Capitol Hill before traveling to Baltimore at 2640 Space, each night performed in a diff...
REQUIEM with IN Series
REQUIEM with IN Series
IN Series intersperses an innovative staged production of Mozart's Requiem, left unfinished at his death, with the music of two brilliant and often ignored 20th-Century composers: French composer Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) and Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983). Performances will take place throughout Washington, DC at the Hand Chapel, First Congregational UCC, The Dupont Underground, and St. Mark's Capitol Hill before traveling to Baltimore at 2640 Space, each night performed in a diff...
