May 5
Chad R. Bowles, piano
American pianist Chad R. Bowles is increasingly
recognized as a master of his instrument and routinely hailed for an
ideal combination of innate musicianship and stunning virtuosity. Equally
at home with lesser-known gems, as well as the standard repertoire,
his performances have brought him to cities across the United States,
Canada, and Europe.
Mr. Bowles is the recipient of several awards in recognition of his
abilities, including the Ivory Classics Earl Wild Teaching Scholarship
(of which he was the first ever recipient), the La Gesse Foundation
Fellowship, and the Peabody Conservatory Career Development Grant. He
holds a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance from the University of
New Hampshire and both a Masters degree and the Graduate Performance
Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland where he
served as a teaching assistant in the Keyboard Studies department. His
primary teachers include Arlene Kies, Frederick Moyer, Alexander Shtarkman,
and legendary American pianist Earl Wild. He makes his home in New Hampshire.
For more information, visit www.chadrbowles.com
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“Noon Music at
Night!” 7:30 p.m. – a reprise of the noontime concert.
Sponsored by The
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May 12
Kenji Bunch, viola (with pianist
Monica Ohuchi)
A versatile musician, Kenji Bunch enjoys
an active performing career as both a classically trained violist and
as an improvising fiddler. Named “a composer to watch” by
the New Times, during this past decade Mr. Bunch has emerged as one
of the most prominent American composers of his generation.
As a founding member of the Flux Quartet, and now with the performing
composer group Ne(x)tworks, Mr. Bunch has become one of New York’s
premiere interpreters of new and experimental music. Recognized for
his own groundbreaking original works for viola, he frequently performs
in recital and in workshops with pianist Monica Ohuchi. He also plays
fiddle in the bluegrass band Citigrass, and performs with many prominent
rock and jam-band musicians
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After early viola studies with Pierre d’Archambeau in his native
Portland, Oregon, Mr. Bunch studied at the Juilliard School in viola
with Toby Appel, and in composition with Robert Beaser. Other composing
mentors include Stanley Wolfe and Eric Ewazen.
Also a dedicated teacher, Mr. Bunch currently teaches viola and composition
at the Juilliard School Pre-College and at the Mark O’Connor Strings
Conference in San Diego. He was a visiting professor in composition
at Bennington College in Vermont in 2002 and frequently conducts master
classes and workshops in viola, composition, improvisation, music appreciation,
and as a consultant in arts education.
Mr. Bunch will perform music from the classical viola repertoire as
well as his own arrangements of Cole Porter tunes. He will be joined
in recital by pianist Monica Ohuchi.
For more information, visit www.kenjibunch.com.
Monica Ohuchi: Japanese-American
pianist Monica Ohuchi has performed to wide acclaim from audiences across
the United States, Canada, Japan, and Europe both as a soloist and chamber
musician and has been hailed as a pianist performing “brilliantly
with clarity, nuance and natural musicality” (Times Argus, July
24, 2009).
As a chamber musician, Ms. Ohuchi frequently performs with acclaimed
violist and composer, Kenji Bunch. Beginning in the 2010-2011 season,
Ms. Ohuchi is engaged in a three-year contract performing the world
premiere of Mr. Bunch’s first Piano Concerto. A project overseen
by Magnum Opus and Meet-The-Composer, Ms. Ohuchi will be soloist with
the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Kahane, the Winnepeg
Symphony Orchestra, and the Marin Symphony, conducted by Alasdair Neale.
Ms. Ohuchi is a frequent performer in the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival
in Corvallis, Oregon, the Craftsbury Chamber Players in Vermont, and
the Five Seasons Chamber Festival of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and New York
City, where she is both performer and a chamber music coach. Ms. Ohuchi
served as Artist-in-Residence at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada,
collaborating with pianist Sarah Rhee in duo-piano repertoire.
A native of Seattle, WA, Ms. Ohuchi began her piano studies at the age
of two with her mother. Ms. Ohuchi holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s
degree in Piano Performance from the Juilliard School where she studied
with Julian Martin. Her past teachers include Marc Durand, Martin Canin,
Bela Siki, and David A. Brown. She has also coached with such distinguished
artists as Murray Perahia, Jacob Lateiner, Robert McDonald, Brian Zeger,
Toby Appel, Bruce Brubaker, and Craig Sheppard. Strongly committed to
music education, Ms. Ohuchi is an active teacher and coach. She served
a four-year tenure as a piano-minor teacher at The Juilliard School,
and currently serves on the piano faculty at Music in Chappaqua, in
Chappaqua, New York. She also maintains an active private studio in
New York City.
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May 19
Elisabeth von Trapp,
vocalist, “Bach to Broadway”
For Elisabeth von Trapp, “the sounds
of music“ are part of her earliest memories.
Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary
Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired The Sound of Music.
Having sung professionally since childhood, she has enthralled audiences
from European cathedrals to Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center.
Building on her famed family’s passion for music, Ms. von Trapp
has created her own artistic style, at once ethereal and earthy, delicate
and powerful. Critics have called her voice ...“hauntingly clear”,
“joyfully expressive”, and “simply beautiful.”
Her program will explore repertoire ranging from Bach to Broadway.
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May 26
Artists from Green
Mountain Opera Festival
Nikki Einfeld, Soprano and Scott Ramsay, Tenor
Operatic arias and duets
Accompanied by Laurie Rogers, Piano
This
concert is presented with additional support by Stowe Area Opera Lovers
 Nikki
Einfeld: Lyric Coloratura soprano, Nikki Einfeld, has been
widely recognized for her “high flying virtuosity”
(New York Times) as well as “a bright,
lithe tone, pinpoint accuracy and a saucy stage demeanor”
(San Francisco Chronicle). A former Adler Fellow with the San Francisco
Opera, this Canadian soprano received further acclaim as a Grand Finalist
in the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Her competition credits include First prize in the internationally recognized
Eckhardt-Gramatee National Music Competition (2002),
which further lead to a tour of Canada’s major music communities
in recital with collaborating pianist Shannon Hiebert. Ms. Einfeld was
also a multiple prize-winner 32nd CBC Radio-Canada National
Competition for Young Performers (2003) and the First
place winner of the Metropolitan Pacific Regional Auditions
(2005).
Ms. Einfeld will sing the lead role in the Green Mountain Opera Festival’s
production of Lucia di Lammermoor in June.
For more information, visit www.nikkieinfeld.com..
Scott Ramsay: Praised by The New York
Times for his “impressive ... bright-voiced tenor”,
Scott Ramsay is highly regarded by opera companies and symphony orchestras
across North America and abroad for his dynamic performances in repertoire
ranging from baroque and bel canto to 20th century opera.
Mr. Ramsay has won the top prizes from the American Opera Society in
2004 and the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation in 2002. Additional
training programs have included Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera,
Central City Opera and The Berkshire Choral Festival.
Mr. Ramsay will appear in the Green Mountain Opera Festival’s
production of Lucia di Lammermoor in June.
For more information, visit www.scottramsay.net.
Laurie Rogers served as Assistant
Conductor for the Opera Company of Philadelphia over the course of 13
seasons, also serving for many years in artistic administration for
the company. She is a New England Conservatory of Music alumna and has
been a coach and accompanist for Green Mountain Opera, Arizona Opera,
the Dallas Opera, Opera New Jersey, Washington National Opera, Wolf
Trap Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Sarasota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera
Theatre of St. Louis, Glimmerglass Opera, and others.
Ms. Rogers has served on the faculties of The Professional Advantage
in Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy; the Lake Placid Institute for the
Arts, the Chautauqua Institution Voice School and the New England Conservatory
Opera Department, and accompanies regularly for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
She was integrally involved in the creation of Richard Danielpour’s
Margaret Garner and David DiChiera’s Cyrano and most recently
helped prepare the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick.
She gives master classes on pianist/singer issues, and has been published
in “Classical Singer” magazine.
Additional
support for this performance is provided by Stowe Area Opera Lovers.
Ms. Einfeld and Mr. Ramsay will perform in the Green Mountain Opera
Festival’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor in June.
For more information visit www.greenmountainoperafestival.com.
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