presents
Edgar Allan Poe in Song & Story
Suzanne DuPlantis, curator and narrator
Laura Ward, piano
Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
Hear the Sledges with the Bells
Judith Cloud (1954–2023)
John Tuvera Lim, voice
Laura Ward, piano
Alone
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
Read by MiKayla Hatfield
Un rêve
Déodat de Séverac (1872–1921)
Sally McGrath, voice
Laura Ward, piano
Thou wouldst be loved
Daron Hagen (b. 1961)
Jose Barrera, voice
Zoie Foster, piano
No more, no more from To One in Paradise
Benjamin C. S. Boyle (b. 1979)
Bixiao Wang, voice
Laura Ward, piano
Lines on Ale
Derek Healey (b. 1936)
Kaitlyn Flebbe, voice
Cameron Edmiston, piano
Israfel
Bruno Huhn (1871–1950)
Sofia Stankiewicz, voice
Sarah Morris, piano
Eldorado
Bertram Shapleigh (1871–1940)
Jewel Moore, voice
Laura Ward, piano
Come Rest in the Bosom from Moore’s Irish Melodies
M. W. Balfe (1808–1870)
Shannon Fowler, voice
Cameron Edmiston, piano
Serenade
Nicholas White (b. 1967)
Grace Ashby, voice
Carter Perryman, piano
To Helen
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
Jane Gowen, voice
Laura Ward, piano
Fair River
Bertram Shapleigh (1871–1940)
Serenity Flores, voice
Laura Ward, piano
To One in Paradise
Ellen Mandel (b. 1957)
Cassidy Holmes, voice
Laura Ward, piano
the greatest evil
Joel Puckett (b. 1977)
Emanuel Singletary, voice
Sarah Morris, piano
A Dream Within a Dream
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
MiKayla Hatfield, voice
Sarah Morris, piano
From Poe’s Obituary
Read by Emanuel Singletary
A Kingdom by the Sea
Arthur Somervell (1863–1937)
Clint Curfman, voice
Cameron Edmiston, piano
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