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Masterclass with Ben Moore
July 20, 2022
Masterclass with Ben Moore and the Opera Conservatory

July 22 at 10:00 AM
Fletcher Music Hall

Join composer Ben Moore and the Opera Conservatory students for a masterclass at Fletcher Music Hall! Masks required for audience members.

Program

Art Songs
I Am in Need of Music (text: Elizabeth Bishop)
Grace Craig, soprano
Shiyu Tan, piano

Requiem (text: Robert Louis Stevenson)
Henry Griffin, baritone
Yueqi Zhang, piano

Lullaby (text adapted from Christina Rossetti)
Jaimie Langner, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Staknys, piano

The Wild Swans at Coole (text: W.B. Yeats)
Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, bass
Yueqi Zhang, piano

Between the Lights (text: Virginia Woolf)
Maya Goell, soprano
Shiyu Tan, piano

Cabaret
I Believe (text: Ben Moore)
Matilda Smolij, mezzo-soprano
Yueqi Zhang, piano

from "Love Remained"
Hope (based on a speech by Harvey Milk)
James Allen, tenor
Yueqi Zhang, piano

from the youth operas "Odyssey" and "Robin Hood"
Homecoming quartert (text: Kelley Rourke)
Maya Goell, soprano
Matilda Smolij, mezzo-soprano
Reed Gnepper, tenor
Henry Griffin, baritone
Christopher Staknys, piano

Lead with Love (text: Kelley Rourke)
Hailey Gutowski, soprano
Christopher Staknys, piano

from "Gene and Tate"
Oh Mio Amor (text: Ben Moore, translated by Marco Rizello)
Reed Gnepper, tenor
Christopher Staknys, piano

Lena's aira (text: Ben Moore)
Jaimie Langner, mezzo-soprano
Shiyu Tan, piano

Fight duet (text: Ben Moore)
Reed Gnepper, tenor
Henry Griffin, baritone
Yueqi Zhang, piano

from "Henry and Company"
Henry, Where're You Going? (text: Ben Moore)
Hailey Gutowski, soprano
Matilda Smolij, mezzo-soprano
Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, bass
Christopher Staknys, piano

Shooting Star (text: Ben Moore)
Grace Craig, soprano
Reed Gnepper, tenor
Henry Griffin, baritone
Shiyu Tan, piano

Early Morning (text: Ben Moore)
Grace Craig, soprano
Jaimie Langner, mezzo-soprano
James Allen, tenor
Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen, bass
Shiyu Tan, piano

Opera Conservatory Faculty

Voice Faculty: 
Marlena Malas - Director, Opera Conservatory
Dominic Armstrong - Resident Faculty 
Jonathan Beyer - Resident Faculty 
Elizabeth Bishop - Resident Faculty
John Giampietro - Resident Stage Director and Instructor
Donna Gill - Coordinator of Voice Scheduling
Rhoslyn Jones - Resident Faculty
Marcus Shields - Stage Director of The Secret Garden

Voice Guest Faculty: 
Claudia Catinia - Diction Instructor 
Maxine Davis - Movement Instructor
Susan Graham - Guest Voice Artist 
Paul Kwak - Otolaryngologist
Ben Moore - Guest Voice Instructor
Craig Rutenberg - Guest Voice Artist
Philip Stoddard - Guest Artist
Brian Zeger - Guest Voice Artist

Opera Conservatory Coaches:
Julius Abrahams - Vocal Coach 
Liza Armistead - Vocal Coach 
Martin Dube - Vocal Coach 
Donna Gill - Vocal Coach 
Kanae Matsumoto - Vocal Coach 
Jinny Park - Vocal Coach 
Chris Staknys - Vocal Coach 
Shiyu Tan - Vocal Coach 
Yueqi Zhang - Vocal Coach