Ms. Montalbano will be performing the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi’s Requiem with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra in Lancaster, PA.
When:
November 12, 13 and 14, 2010
Opening Night Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 3 and 8 pm
Sunday at 7:30 pm
Where:
At the historic Fulton Opera House
12 N. Prince St., Downtown Lancaster
Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
Dr. William Wright, chorusmaster
Lancaster Symphony Chorus comprised of audition singers from the community, members of the Franklin & Marshall College Chamber Singers, The Millersville University Keystone Singers under the direction of Dr. Mark A. Boyle, and The Elizabethtown College Concert Choir directed by Dr. Matthew Fritz
Julie-Ann Whitely Green, soprano
Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Halili, tenor
Zeffin Quinn Hollis, baritone
For those of you who missed Ms. Montalbano’s recital on March 20, there will be another chance to hear Jeremy Gill‘s Helian and Benjamin C.S. Boyle‘s Le passage des rêves on the New Music Philadelphia Webcast this Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
Both composers will be discussing their works immediately before the webcast, so tune in!
Listen online HERE (don’t forget to hit “play” once you get to the page).
You can also listen to the webcast on iTunes radio! Open the iTunes player, click on the radio icon, select Classical, and then New Music Philadelphia.
The recital was also mentioned in the Broad Street Review on April 13, and April 27, 2010 as a greater discussion about new music in Philadelphia. You can read those articles here and here.
Ms. Montalbano recorded some demos of a new opera project by London composer Pete Wyer for the Royal Opera House in London earlier in March, and the recordings are up on his MySpace page.
Tracks featuring Maren:
- Green Tara Mantra
- Walking Towards Freedom
- Ga Sho (May You Be Loved)
- Tsenjol (Exile)
Pete writes about this project on his blog, Numinous City.
Ms. Montalbano will join budding early music ensemble, The Buxtehude Consort, in its third concert program. This concert will feature Membra Jesu Nostri, Dietrich Buxtehude’s monumental cycle of seven cantatas devoted to the body of Christ. Performance dates are April 9 and 10, 2010.
April 9, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Church of the Resurrection
620 South 8th Street, Philadelphia
Purchase tickets for this event here
AND
April 10, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
St. Paul’s Church
22 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Philadelphia
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On 20 March 2010 at St. Mark’s Church in Philadelphia, mezzo-soprano Maren Montalbano will join composers/pianists Benjamin C. S. Boyle and Jeremy Gill in presenting two new song cycles in recital. Le passage des rêves (Boyle, 2007) sets poetry by the great French poet and philosopher Paul Valéry, and Helian (Gill, 2009) sets the Austrian Georg Trakl’s longest and finest poem. The composers will each accompany Ms. Montalbano for their own works.
There is a $10 suggested donation.
Where:
St. Mark’s Church
1625 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA
When: Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Ms. Montalbano will be performing the Alto Solo in Franz Joseph Haydn’s Theresienmesse with the Drexel University Chorus.
When: Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Where:
Drexel University
Main Auditorium
32nd & Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA
Join The Philadelphia Singers and new music ensembles Relâche and Orchestra 2001 for the premiere of Persephone by Phillip Glass, whose music and impact reaches from the concert hall and opera house, to the dance world, Academy Award winning films, and popular music. The program also features the Philadelphia premiere of Steve Reich’s You Are (Variations). Reich is the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in music. The concert concludes with the Philadelphia premiere of two Laude for female chorus from British composer Gavin Bryars’ Cycle Laude Cortonese.
As a member of The Philadelphia Singers, I receive a 10% discount on tickets to this concert and I am happy to be able to extend that offer to you! Groups of 10 or more receive even greater discounts. To purchase tickets Click Here and enter the promo code “SINGERS” at checkout or call 215-898-3900 and mention the promo code “SINGERS”. I have included more information about the concert below. I look forward to seeing you on March 6!
Where:
The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
3680 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
When: Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8:00 PM