MiKayla Hatfield, soprano
Amy Bowman, piano
Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
Myrthen (Myrtles), op. 25
I. Widmung
II. Freisinn
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Voyage à Paris from Banalités
Violon from Fiançailles pour Rire
Fleurs from Fiançailles pour Rire
Les chemins de l'amour
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle (“The Jewel Song”) from Faust
Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
- brief intermission -
See Air from A Streetcar Named Desire
André Previn (1929–2019)
Hermit Songs, op. 29
At St Patrick’s Purgatory
Church Bell at Night
St Ita’s Vision
The Heavenly Banquet
The Crucifixion
Sea Snatch
Promiscuity
The Monk and his Cat
The Praises of God
The Desire for Hermitage
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
MiKayla Lynn Hatfield, a native of Van Buren, Arkansas, is currently a resident of Winchester, Virginia. Her degrees consist of a Bachelor of Music from Trevecca Nazarene University (Nashville, Tennessee) and a Master of Music in Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Virginia). Her experience covers solo vocal, choral, instrumental, and musical theatre. Some of Ms. Hatfield’s recent theatrical roles include Eugénie in Germaine Tailleferre's La Pauvre Eugénie, Marie Antoinette in Shenandoah Conservatory's Gothic Opera, Suor Angelica from Suor Angelica, Gertrude McFuzz from Seussical, and Father from Children of Eden. In the summer of 2017, MiKayla had the opportunity to participate in Boston Conservatory’s Opera Intensive located in Valencia, Spain. In 2018 she toured with the Trevecca Nazarene University Singers through the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the summer of 2022 she attended the prestigious American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria for six weeks. In July, she was awarded the Stephen Feinberg Scholars Scholarship, worth $20,000, through the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Ms. Hatfield is a student of Nancy Gustafson. Visit www.mikaylalynnhatfield.com to learn more.
MiKayla Hatfield is from the studio of Nancy Gustafson. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Voice).
