Truly excited to sing at The Salem United Methodist Church with Dimitri Malignan and “Missing Voices.” More details TBA.
The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and the Figge Art Museum co-host this concert in honor of a collection of 90 stringed instruments restored and curated by Violins of Hope, an organization started by father/son duo Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein. Their intent is to preserve instruments associated with World War II and the Holocaust and/or which harken to a time when Jewish populations were thriving in Europe before the war. Some of these instruments were, of course, played in unspeakable conditions. Some of them traveled with their owners out of ghettos and concentration camps to safety in Palestine (now Israel) and elsewhere. All are lovingly stewarded now by Avshi after Amnon’s passing.
The amazing Dimitri Malignan and I are joined by the wonderful violist Deanna Petre for an evening honoring Violins of Hope. We feature music which would have been played in the ghettos and concentration camps—Mozart, Brahms, Puccini, Schumann—music that was suppressed—Mendelssohn, Mandyczewski, Chopin—and music by composers who were persecuted in World War II and the Holocaust—Dick Kattenburg, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Hans Gál, Simon Laks. We are honored to bring this concert to the stage.
Looking forward to bringing “Missing Voices” with pianist Dimitri Malignan to a concert for the St. Petersburg World Affairs Council in Florida. Dimitri and I will present music of composers persecuted in the Holocaust, including works by Dick Kattenburg, Gideon Klein, Henriëtte Bosmans, Pál Hermann, Simon Gokkes, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, amongst others.
Where:
Cathedral Church of St. Peter
140 – 4th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL
Ticketing information HERE:
SPWAC Members $35
Non-Members $45
Free for students and children attending with adults
Couldn’t be happier to be bringing “Missing Voices” to Temple Sinai in Sarasota, FL. “Remember me, Remember us” will include music of composers persecuted in the Holocaust, including Pál Hermann, Simon Gokkes, Gideon Klein, Henriëtte Bosmans, and others. It will be wonderful to sing in this gorgeous space again for this beautiful community. More details TBA.
I am super excited about this recital! Alongside the great Renate Rohlfing on piano and the wonderful Ruben Rengel on violin, I’ve curated an afternoon honoring one of my idols: Alma Gluck. It will be a great joy to present repertoire inspired by her recording history with her husband violinist Efrem Zimbalist at The Sembrich on Lake George (Bolton’s Landing). Alma was one of the most famous students of one of opera’s greatest early 20th century divas, Marcella Sembrich. Sembrich built the gorgeous salon space as a summer teaching studio where she could welcome students from New York City, Juilliard, and Curtis. Renate, Ruben, and I will close out The Sembrich’s season with music by Saint Saens, Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini, and others. In the meantime, I hope you’ll give Alma and Efrem a listen on Youtube. It doesn’t get more beautiful than this!
In June 2025, I had the pleasure of singing in a concert performance of this wonderful opera. Now we will be staging the whole show and performing it twice! So much to look forward to! The music is gorgeous, the character is devious, and I’m going to enjoy being with my colleagues again.
More details soon!
In June 2025, I had the pleasure of singing in a concert performance of this wonderful opera. Now we will be staging the whole show and performing it twice! So much to look forward to! The music is gorgeous, the character is devious, and I’m going to enjoy being with my colleagues again.
More details soon!
For the past two years, I’ve been meeting with dear friends weekly to rehearse music of Monteverdi and Brahms (and some Caccini!). We are ensemble Spirito Vivo. This is our first step onto the concert stage together. Come hear us sing with the fullest of hearts. It is wonderful to be singing with this particular group and sharing this glorious music! Also, we will be joined by the magnificent Luce Burrell on theorbo.
Where: The Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving Station Museum - 160 Atlantic Avenue, Amagansett, NY 11930
FREE and open to the public by invitation (so please email me if you are interested!)
I can’t wait for this next project, singing Amour in Libero Canto’s performance of Gluck’s “Orphée et Eurydice.” The music is gorgeous. The character is a little devious and quite cheeky. It will be a great evening!
Location: The Hungarian House 213 E 82nd St, New York, NY 10028
Tickets: Free and open to the public
I can’t wait to sing the gorgeous “Pie Jesu” from Fauré’s “Requiem” with new friends and colleagues of The Choral Society of the Hamptons. It will be wonderful to listen to the choir singing Fauré’s incredibly moving score and to hear them offer some beautiful choral music by Franz Liszt.
In our lives we are in a hurry, sometimes moving too fast, and it's good to slow down from time to time. The Choral Society of the Hamptons offers an hour of contemplative music to help calm and reflect during this quiet time of year.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of East Hampton - 120 Main Street | East Hampton, NY
Tickets: Purchase on CSH website HERE: Adult $35 | Preferred Seating $75 | Student $10
Dimitri and I reprise selections from our “Friendship” recital, inspired by photographer Oranit ben Zimra’s exhibition at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport (https://gahc.org/with-you-i-am-myself/). We will add a few new songs, too! Hope to see you there!
Free and open to the public
Location: Madsen Hall at Galvin Fine Arts Center (St. Ambrose University)
2101 Gaines St, Davenport, IA 52804
Dimitri Malignan and I present a co-curated recital entitled “Friendship: Connections in New Lands.” Dimitri’s long-term project “Missing Voices” aims to introduce more music of composers related to the Shoah to the concert stage and to present this music alongside other great works from the classical music canon. The program is on the theme of friendship, inspired by a photography exhibition by Israeli artist Oranit Ben Zimra which is on view at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport, Iowa where we will be performing. The exhibition “Mit dir bin ich ich/With you I am myself” presents photographs of pairs of friends in Norderstedt, Germany and in Israel. It is a tribute to how friendship connects and strengthens us, friendship defies borders and nationality. Dimitri and I decided to reflect on these themes by featuring music of composers who were friends—Arnold Schoenberg and George Gershwin; and Mieczysław Weinberg and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Details:
Location: The German Heritage Museum - 712 West 2nd St, Davenport, IA 52802
Registration: https://gahc.org/events/kaffee-und-kuchen-22/
I am so excited to sing the soprano soloist again in Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ with my friends at Ars Choralis in Woodstock, NY. This is the second performance!
Tickets HERE
Location:
Saint James United Methodist Church
35 Pearl Street
Kingston, NY
I am so excited to sing the soprano soloist again in Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ with my friends at Ars Choralis in Woodstock, NY.
Tickets HERE
Location:
Saint James United Methodist Church
35 Pearl Street
Kingston, NY
I return home to the Quad Cities to perform with Thomas Sauer and his wonderful Chamber Music Quad Cities and can’t wait to sing Debussy, Weill, and Beethoven with Tom. Tom will also play some absolutely gorgeous violin/piano duets with the sensational violinist Kyu-Young Kim, Artistic Director and Principal Violin of The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota.
I’m very honored and very much looking forward to touring with pianist Dimitri Malignan as we bring his “Missing Voices” project to venues in a number of cities across the USA. Dimitri and I are grateful for the opportunity to present a selection of our recital for the Yom HaShoah ceremony at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C.
Join us in person or know that this program will also be live-streamed. I will provide details soon.
I’m very honored and very much looking forward to touring with pianist Dimitri Malignan as we bring his “Missing Voices” project to venues in a number of cities across the USA, starting with Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff, NJ. Dimitri and I will perform the music of persecuted Jewish composers whose voices were cut off and/or stifled by the Nazis, the Holocaust, and the events of World War II.
Details to be provided on Temple Beth Rishon’s website soon.
I’m performing with my friend and colleague Noah Palmer, bringing the “Of Dreams” recital program to the community at Trinity Church Lenox Massachusetts. Come and hear music of Clara Schumann, Franz Schubert, Kurt Weill, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nathan Shields, Emily Cooley, Sally Wyche Coenen, Undine Smith Moore, and more! Details TBA.
I am so excited to sing this truly glorious and moving soprano solo along with my dear friend Barbara Pickhardt and her wonderful choral group Ars Choralis in Woodstock, NY. We perform at the historic Maverick Concert Hall.
Notes from the group: Ars Choralis presents Brahms’ masterful Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) presented with Brahms’ arrangement for piano four hands. After major performances with orchestra of this work which had already captured the hearts of listeners and critics alike, the composer reverted to his original concept of the piece, written for piano-four hands in 1866, to perform his masterpiece in London in 1871. This version is not a simple reduction of the full score but a fresh, pianistic reworking of the entire piece which creates a new and unique listening experience.
More details and ticketing: https://arschoralis.org/brahms-requiem/
Location:
Maverick Concert Hall
120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498
I am so excited to sing this truly glorious and moving soprano solo along with my dear friend Barbara Pickhardt and her wonderful choral group Ars Choralis in Woodstock, NY. We perform at the historic Maverick Concert Hall.
Notes from the group: Ars Choralis presents Brahms’ masterful Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) presented with Brahms’ arrangement for piano four hands. After major performances with orchestra of this work which had already captured the hearts of listeners and critics alike, the composer reverted to his original concept of the piece, written for piano-four hands in 1866, to perform his masterpiece in London in 1871. This version is not a simple reduction of the full score but a fresh, pianistic reworking of the entire piece which creates a new and unique listening experience.
More details and ticketing: https://arschoralis.org/brahms-requiem/
Location:
Maverick Concert Hall
120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498
My wonderful friend, Padre Spencer Reece, asked me to curate a recital on dreams and dreaming for his beautiful congregation in Rhode Island. I am so excited to share this music with them and with anyone else who wants to join us. Spencer is leading a whole month of study on dreams, and this is the kick-off event. I have the honor of performing with my other dear friend, the fabulous conductor/pianist Noah Palmer. We will be performing songs by Clara Schumann, Franz Schubert, Charles Ives, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nathan Shields, Emily Cooley, Sally Wyche Coenen, amongst others!
The event is free and open to the public.
Location:
St. Paul’s Episocopal Church
55 Main Street
North Kingstown, RI 02852 (Wickford)
I’m looking forward to joining my friends Cecilia Sparacio (flutist) and David See (pianist) for an important fundraiser for The Church of the Good Shepherd. Come here us perform Mozart, Marx, Schubert, Bernstein, and more! Further details TBA.
Location:
The Church of the Good Shepherd
39 Granite Springs Rd, Granite Springs, NY 10527
I am looking forward to another collaboration with Libero Canto. This time, an octet of us will serenade you for an afternoon of Brahms duets, quartets, and even a few solos—including Brahms’ '“Liebeslieder-Walzer.” It is sure to be a beautiful afternoon.
Ticketing: Details TBA.
Location: Come hear us at the Salmagundi Club at 47 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10003
I get to go home to Iowa again! This time it is for a debut with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra for their performance of composer Jake Heggie’s and librettist Gene Scheer’s deeply moving chamber opera “Two Remain (Out of Darkness).”
The QCSO chamber ensemble will be under the insightful guidance of conductor Ernesto Estigarribia and stage director Shelley Cooper will help us tell the stories of two Holocaust survivors: In Act I, Krystyna Żywulska, assisted by ghosts of Auschwitz, shares her story of survival with a journalist. In Act II Gad Beck is haunted by his first love, the poet Manfred Lewin, who perished in Auschwitz. We have a stellar cast, so get your tickets and please join us!
For tickets and more information please click HERE.
It is a huge honor to be asked by the fabulous composer Sally Wyche Coenen to join the utterly artistic and pearlescent-toned countertenor Daniel Moody and the wonderful pianist Damon Denton for this recital retrospective of Coenen’s art songs. Coenen finds a great muse in the lyrics/poetry of Keller Cushing Freeman. If you are near Athens, GA or Greenville, SC, please come hear us! The songs are vibrant and enchanting. (Note: We will be singing on the 24th in Athens, GA and on the 25th in Greenville, SC!).
Location: Acadia Community - Meeting House: 1 Village Mews Rd, Piedmont, SC 29673 (ask for the Meeting House)
Tickets: Free and open to the public
It is a huge honor to be asked by the fabulous composer Sally Wyche Coenen to join the utterly artistic and pearlescent-toned countertenor Daniel Moody and the wonderful pianist Damon Denton for this recital retrospective of Coenen’s art songs. Coenen finds a great muse in the lyrics/poetry of Keller Cushing Freeman. If you are near Athens, GA or Greenville, SC, please come hear us! The songs are vibrant and enchanting. (Note: We will be singing on the 24th in Athens, GA and on the 25th in Greenville, SC!)
Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship - 780 Timothy Rd, Athens, GA 30606
Tickets: Free and open to the public
I could not be more excited for this West Village Chorale summer sings session! This will be my first
public performance of the soprano solo in the Brahms “Requiem.” It is one of those pieces a soprano dreams of singing, and I feel so lucky to do so under the direction of Maestro Ryan Brandau in the storied and gorgeous Judson Church along with the beautiful voices of the West Village Chorale and other singers!
Location: Judson Memorial Church - 55 Washington Square South (at Thompson Street)
Tickets: $15 general/$10 student
COVID policy: Must show vaccination and wear a masks that covers your nose and mouth at all times.
I am so looking forward to supporting the fundraising efforts of poet Richard Blanco and my dear friend, poet Spencer Reece as well as Reverend Jacob Smith and Calvary-St. George in New York City. They are fundraising for a library at the Anglican Center in Santiago, Spain. The Anglican Center is a place where ordained women can celebrate at the altar having just finished their camino. This center and library are extremely important additions to Santiago because the majority of the centers where pilgrims arrive upon finishing the camino are Catholic. As such, ordained women are not recognized or allowed to celebrate at the altar. The Anglican Center and the library within it will give women a place to properly mark the conclusion of their camino.
The library will be named in honor of the first girl's orphanage ever to exist in Honduras, named Our Little Roses (https://www.ourlittleroses.org). Having a library in honor of the girls continues the theme of empowering women in the church.
I will be singing two newly commissioned art songs which set poems by one of the girls from Our Little Roses. Her name is Aylin. These songs setting Aylin’s poetry are by the wonderful composer Laura Jobin-Acosta who also gave of her time to support the fundraiser.
Please come support this important event!
Location: Calvary-St. George in New York City
More Details TBA
Johanna is coming from the Netherlands to sing a gorgeous duo recital with me! We will be singing duets and solos by Mendelssohn, Schütz, Bach, Händel, and Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn. Come here us!
Location: The Hungarian House - 213 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028
Free and open to the public
Pianist Jason Wirth and I travel to Iowa to give a recital for the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs during their 2022 Conference (an event postponed from 2020). It means the world to me to return to my home state which I represented as the winner of the National Federation of Music Club’s Biennial competition in Voice in 2019. From the ages of 6 to 17, I participated in NFMC competitions as a pianist under the tutelage of my beloved piano teacher and friend, Marilyn Mitchem, of Bettendorf, Iowa. It will truly be a thrill to go home to sing and to see Marilyn and the IFMC community. Come here songs by Rodrigo, Strauss, and Weill, as well as a new and gorgeous song by Nathan Shields!
Open to the public and FREE
Location: Lyceum Theater (within the Campus Student Center) at Grandview University in Des Moines, IA.
#31 on the map: https://www.grandview.edu/about/community/campus-map-directions
I am honored to sing again as the soprano soloist with Ars Choralis as they welcome in the spring with Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers of the Confessor). The last time I sang this piece with Ars Choralis was in 2011!
Details: TBD but please check the Ars Choralis website: https://arschoralis.org/season/
I am honored to sing again as the soprano soloist with Ars Choralis as they welcome in the spring with Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers of the Confessor). The last time I sang this piece with Ars Choralis was in 2011!
Details: TBD but please check the Ars Choralis website: https://arschoralis.org/season/
Another concert cancelled last year is back on the schedule!
I cannot wait to head home for my debut with Chamber Music Quad Cities. I’ll be singing with esteemed pianist and co-founder of CMQC, Thomas Sauer. Read more below!
Seven poets, nine composers: CMQC has commissioned nine composers to set to music poems submitted by Quad-City-area poets. On this special evening in March, poets Audra Kerr Brown, Joe Chambers, Therese Guise, Carl Herzig, Farah Marklevits, Beth Roberts, and Johnnie Woods will be present to read their poems aloud; each reading will be followed by a newly composed song using that poem as text. Composers include Jacob Bancks (Augustana College), Brian Baxter (QC Symphony), William Campbell (St. Ambrose University), as well as Patrick Castillo, Monica Gil, Robinson McClellan, Thomas Sauer, Nathan Shields, and Suzanne Sorkin. Join us for an evening exploring the alchemy of words and music.Thomas and the CMQC commissioned new art songs from seven contemporary composers and all of these new songs feature poetry chosen from . All of the poetry chosen for the songs is also commissioned, as the CMQC called for submissions of works by Iowan poets. The concert is a celebration of Iowa, its great poets, and of the composers who wrote these beautiful new art songs.
Tickets and Details: HERE
After its cancellation in March 2020, I cannot wait to finally sing this gorgeous oratorio with Princeton Pro Musica under music director Ryan Brandau! The piece honors the life and legacy of Anne Frank, seventy-seven years after her death. James Whitbourn’s haunting, moving music sets the words of her diary for chorus, soprano, and chamber ensemble.
Location: Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University Campus
To read more about the oratorio and for ticketing information, CLICK HERE.
I am honored that Princeton Pro Musica asked me to curate an evening of song and poetry in advance of their choir’s performance of James Whitbourn’s oratorio Annelies. The evening will feature compositions by Jewish composers: Erich Korngold, Leo Smit, Henriëtte Bosmans, and Ruth Schonthal. Selected poetry from “I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942–1944” will be read by well-known poet, and my dear friend, Spencer Reece (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/spencer-reece). Spencer also reads his own deeply moving poem, “Margaret,” about a Holocaust survivor he knew in Minnesota. We will be joined by the fabulous pianist, Jason Wirth (www.jasonwirth.com) and fantastic flutist, David Ordovskiy (www.davidordovskiyflute.com). Please listen in on live-stream!
How to watch us (in 2 steps)!:
Step 1 - Click this link on March 4th: https://tinyurl.com/March4thRecital (Important: there will be nothing to see until just before the performance.)
Step 2 - Click on the LIVE video when it appears. (Note: the right side of the screen will populate with a LIVE video around 7:25 PM EST on March 4th.)
