Women in Music Festival
2005 Schedule and Repertoire
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2005 Press Release
2005 Schedule and Repertoire
2005 Composer Biographies
Festival Schedule and Repertoire
Monday, March 21 — Poetic Women
Eastman School of Music Main Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Dualities (percussion solo) (8′) — Aïko Miyamoto
Ruth Cahn, percussion
I Never Saw Another Butterfly (4′) — Lori Laitman
1. The Butterfly
Laura Rosen Puzio, soprano
Kristin Rarick, alto saxophone
Feverish Sleep (4′) — Rachel Kincaid
Halie Silverman, Brad Hogarth, Rachel Kincaid, trumpets
Men I have known (6′) — Elizabeth Raum
1. J.D.
2. T.S.
Pamela Terry, mezzo-soprano
Min-Kuei Yang, piano
Kokopeli (4′) — Katherine Hoover
Heather Zinninger, flute
Lorelei (3′) — Clara Schumann
Erin Matson, soprano
Sophia Ahmad, piano
Prelude no. 1 (3′) — Beata Golec
Beata Golec, piano
Phobia (5′) — Beata Golec
Eric Siepkes, piano
Three Browning Songs (8′) — Amy Beach
1. The Year’s at the Spring
2. Ah Love, but a day!
3. I send my heart up to thee
Catherine Greer, soprano
Johnandrew Slominski, piano
En cherchant mes souvenirs (6′) — Lavinia Kell Parker
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Kate Carter, violin
Bradley Parker, piano
Kurtis Gruters, percussion
Tuesday, March 22 — Dramatic Women
Miller Center Atrium | Noon-1 p.m.
Sonata for Piano (10′) — Sofiya Gubaydulina
1. Allegro
Daniella Mineva, piano
Two Sketches (6′) — Abigail Aresty
1. Interference
2. Contrasting Imitations
Daria Binkowski, flute and alto flute
Ah, Love, but a day! (from Three Browning Songs) (4′) —
Amy Beach
Evangelina Leontis, soprano
Jenneke Britts, piano
Willow weep for me (3′) — Ann Ronell
Reggie Berg, piano
Impromptu no. 2 (10′) — Thea Musgrave
Tabatha Easley, flute
Alyssa McKeithen, oboe
Nick Siedentop, clarinet
She Breaks Down Sobbing (from Music for Our Town) (2′) —
Sally Lamb
Zuzanna Szewczyk, piano
Sonata for Viola and Piano (3′) — Rebecca Clarke
1. Impetuoso – Poco agitato
Elizabeth Ristow, viola
Cory Bonn, piano
Nimble Feet (from Dances of the Canebrakes) (6′) —
Florence Beatrice Price
Tony Caramia, piano
Kute’n’Kunning (3′) — Raie Da Costa
Tony Caramia, piano
Wednesday, March 23 —
The Music of Roxanna Panufnik:
2005 Featured Composer
Eastman School of Music Main Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Olivia (15′) — Roxanna Panufnik
Eastman Women’s Choir and Susan Conkling, conductor
Grace Lee and Kitty Cheung, violins
Jennifer Volmer, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Four Variations for Two (10′) — Vera Ivanova
Daria Binkowski, flute
Melanie Sehman, percussion
If I Didn’t Know (25′) — Roxanna Panufnik
1. After Lunch*
2. Being Bored*
3. Bloody Men**
4. If I Don’t Know***
5. An Unusual Cat Poem*
6. By the Round Pond***
7. The Uncertainty of the Poet**
Julia Foster*, Brittany Palmer**, Michelle Murphy DeBruyn***, sopranos
Yoko Oka, piano
Thursday, March 24 —
When Yesterday Meets Today
Eastman School of Music Main Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Per un baccio (7′) and Tradimento (3′) — Barbara Strozzi
Rebecca Broberg, soprano
Josephine Gaeffke, harpsichord
Christel Thielman, viola da gamba
Three Piece Suite for Oboe and Piano (10′) — Madeleine Dring
1. Showpiece
2. Romance
3. Final
Robin MacMillan, oboe
Bradley Parker, piano
Prelude no. 2 (3′) — Beata Golec
Beata Golec, piano
Cowboy Songs (7′) — Libby Larsen
1. Bucking Bronco
2. Lift me into heaven
3. Billy the Kid
Kathyrn Davis, soprano
Hyery Hwang, piano
A Solo Bassoon Piece for Friendship (7′) —
Tzu-Ling Sarana Chou
Matthew Barber, bassoon
Man Dreaming Butterfly Dreaming Man (8′) — Bonnie Miksch
Pia Liptak, violin
Sylvie Beaudette, piano
God Bless the Child (4′) — Billie Holiday
Jeremy Siskind, piano
Friday, March 25 — Worldly Women
Miller Center Atrium / Schmitt Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Prelude no. 3 (2′) — Beata Golec
Beata Golec, piano
Rain (5′) — Abigail Aresty
Alison Lowell, oboe
Juliet Grabowski, clarinet
Daniel Pesca, piano
From Clairières dans le ciel (6′) — Lili Boulanger
1. Elle était descendue en bas de la prairie
2. Elle est gravement gaie
8. Vous m’avez regardé avec toute votre âme
Janna Kysilko, soprano
Katja Sattler, piano
Flute & Piano Piece (4′) — Winnie Cheung
Daria Binkowski, flute
Winnie Cheung, piano
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (2001) (5′) — Ching-Mei Lin
2. Elegy
Jin Joo Yoon, violin
Caroline Bean, cello
Seo Jin Yoo, piano
From Three Browning Songs (6′) — Amy Beach
1. The Year’s at the Spring
2. Ah Love, but a day!
Lindsey O’Neil, soprano
Jane Park, piano
Ivory Tips (3′) — Pauline Alpert
Lauren Woodward, piano
Five Songs with Texts by Frederico García Lorca (6′) —
Elisenda Fábregas
1. El silencio
2. La mano impossible
3. La luna negra
4. Las seis cuerdas
5. Clamor
Eileen Strempel, soprano
Sylvie Beaudette, piano
—Concert continues across the street in Schmitt Hall—
Te Deum op. 11 (6′) — Jeanne Demessieux
Michelle Rae Martin, organ
Yay Be (premiere version for organ) (7′) — Hilda Paredes
Angélica Carrasco Curíntzita, organ
Dr. Sylvie Beaudette, Festival Director | Sophia Ahmad, Assistant Director
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