Jane Gowen, voice
Amy Bowman, piano
Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
6. Chorale: Ich, dein betrübtes Kind…
7. Recitative: Ich lege mich in diese Wunden…
8. Aria: Wie freudig ist mein Herz…
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Six Songs on the Hymns of St. Ephraim the Syrian
I. This is the Day
II. The Voice Made Proclamation
III. Be Not Angry
IV. Our King Living
V. He Has Saved Us
VI. Glory to that Voice
Alex Corley (b. 2002)
Love, Let the Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee
I am in Doubt
Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
- brief intermission -
Our Children from Ragtime
Stephen Flaherty (b. 1960)
Lynn Ahrens (b. 1948)
Reese Holahan, tenor
Therapy from Tick Tick Boom!
Jonathan Larson (1960–1996)
Reese Holahan, tenor
Nice from Lucky Stiff
Stephen Flaherty (b. 1960)
Lynn Ahrens (b. 1948)
Reese Holahan, tenor
Stars and the Moon from Songs for a New World
Christmas Lullaby from Songs for a New World
Jason Robert Brown (b. 1970)
Crucified
Jane Gowen (b. 2000)
Oxygen
Steffany Gretzinger (b. 1984)
Amanda Cook (b. 1984)
Holy is the Lamb
Jane Gowen (b. 2000)
L-O-V-E
Bert Kaempfert (1923–1980)
Milt Gabler (1911–2001)
Our recital explores love in its real and raw forms. We set the stage with mournful recognition of human sin and joyful response to Jesus’ redemption. Bach’s Cantata, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, expresses this through poignant, vulnerable text, while Alex Corley’s songs interpret St. Ephraim’s (a fourth-century Syrian Christian) convictions about God’s plan of love.
Love between people is the theme that characterizes the next part of our program. Two songs by Undine Smith Moore juxtapose the visceral feeling of strong love with its inevitable frailty. A zany set of duets from the contemporary musical theater repertoire offers a brief story arc of a young couple through unity, miscommunication, and separation. “Stars and the Moon” offers a woman’s re-telling of various men whose love she dismissed because they weren’t…rich. This set concludes with “Christmas Lullaby:” a young girl’s brave choice to keep her unplanned, unborn child; love for the baby and love for the world surround this decision.
Finally, I conclude with a few songs that are personally meaningful to me.
Thank you for attending today! It has been an honor to share this time with you.
Jane Gowen, soprano, is a versatile musician and most often takes the stage in classical, jazz and contemporary Christian genres. She is a first-year student in the Master of Music in Performance (Voice) program in the studio of Dr. Fotina Naumenko and a graduate assistant at Shenandoah Conservatory. A native of Bismarck, North Dakota, Jane holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Mary, where she studied voice with Melissa McCann and Youna Hartgraves and French horn with Dennis Gowen. Outside of music, she currently mentors youth at Winchester Church of God and serves as parish administrator at Christ Church Millwood.
Jane Gowen is from the studio of Fotina Naumenko. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Music in Performance (Voice).
