Celebrating the Life & Songs of Bern Herbolsheimer
Subscriptions available, single tickets $20-$30
Bern Herbolsheimer — A Lady in Waiting
Bern Herbolsheimer / Traditional — American Folk Song Settings
Erica Row, soprano
Julia Benzinger, mezzo-soprano
John Marzano, tenor
Christina Siemens, piano
Herbolsheimer – Ephemeron
Herbolsheimer – A Lady in Waiting
Herbolsheimer – Selections from American Folk Song Settings
Seattle Art Song Society is proud to be opening our 17-18 season with a recital featuring vocal works by celebrated Seattle composer Bern Herbolsheimer.
He received recognition throughout the United States and Europe for over 500 works ranging from ballet to symphonic, operatic, chamber and choral works. His numerous major commissions and premieres included ballets for the Frankfurt Ballet, the Atlanta Ballet, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, and the Eugene Ballet. His first opera, Aria da Capo, won first prize in the National Opera Association's New Opera Competition. Mark Me Twain, his second opera, was commissioned and premiered in 1993 by the Nevada Opera for its Silver Anniversary season.
Herbolsheimer served on the music faculty of Seattle's Cornish College, where he taught composition-related classes and held a private studio, and the University of Washington, where he taught graduate classes in the voice program. At the end of the 2000-2001 school year he was selected as the Outstanding Teacher of Music at Cornish College.
The program will include Ephemeron sung by soprano Erica Row, A Lady in Waiting sung by mezzo-soprano Julia Benzinger, and a selection of songs from American Folk Song Settings sung by tenor John Marzano. Pianist Christina Siemens, a frequent interpreter of Bern's works, will be collaborating with each singer.
Subscriptions range from $100-$130 (or $50-$80 for students). Single tickets are $20-$30 in advance, or $30-$40 at the door.