Concerts & Events: Evening Concerts
2007 VISI Song: The Audible Soul
VISI Noon-Hour Concert Series
“Inner Spa” – 12:15 pm
Take a revitalizing break from the stress of your workday with 45 minutes of breathtaking voices, heart-stirring poetry, and spine-tingling pianism.
Monday June 18 | ONE HOUR OF MADNESS AND JOY: Walt Whitman in Song
Walt Whitman’s words have been a creative inspiration for composers across the globe. In this evocative program, VISI showcases musical settings of Whitman, that "democratic poet" who sang of himself, his community and his young, optimistic country in an exuberant poetic voice that continues to influence us today. Includes songs by Ned Rorem, Leonard Bernstein, and Canadian composer James Rolfe. The program concludes with "Walt Whitman in 1989" from The AIDS Quilt Songbook, which invokes Whitman's presence on a more contemporary battlefield.
VISI Faculty: Lynne McMurtry and Alison d’Amato
Tuesday June 19 | SONGS OF JOY: North American Stories
North American art songs have come from a rich history of musical traditions. Enjoy this sampling of early American and Canadian song styles, including the romanticism of Amy Beach, the radically interesting Charles Ives, and folk songs arranged by Canadian and American composers.
VISI Faculty: Tyler Duncan, Laura Loewen, Lambroula Maria Pappas, Erika
Switzer
Guest Artist: Mel Braun
Wednesday June 20 | ANIMAL PASSIONS: Romping the Romantic Realms
Laugh out loud at lunch! Follow VISI performers on a romp through the agonies and the ecstasies of love.
VISI Faculty: Phoebe MacRae and Rena Sharon
Thursday June 21 | WITH HER COLOURS FLYING: Stories of Girls and Women
What do Anne Frank, Virginia Woolf, and a precocious little girl have in common? Hear their stories resonate in these songs of timeless experience. Features selections from Dominick Argento’s The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Leonard Bernstein’s adorable cycle I Hate Music, and the Canadian premiere of Jose Bowen’s settings of Anne Frank’s diary, The Annex.
VISI Faculty: Tracy Dahl, Alison d’Amato, Laura Loewen,
Guest Artist: Gayle Shay
Friday June 22 | THE VOICE OF DESIRE: English Songs of Love
While away some time with thoughts of love in an English parlour, as VISI artists perform songs by Roger Quilter, Michael Head, Judith Weir, and Benjamin Britten.
VISI Faculty: Alison d’Amato, Terence Dawson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Lynne McMurtry, Lambroula Maria Pappas, Erika Switzer
Monday June 25 & Tuesday June 26 | VISI’s EMERGING ARTISTS
Come and see the next generation of singers and pianists in recital!