Noon Hour Concert this Wednesday

Krista kabedrab at uwaterloo.ca
Mon Mar 17 10:26:31 EST 2008


Hi, All.

 

Our very own Stephanie Kramer (soprano) with Lorin Shalanko (piano) will
perform a Noon Hour Concert this Wednesday, March 19 at 12:30 in the Conrad
Grebel University College Chapel.  The program is entitled “Poetry and
Melody: Songs of Schumann, Fauré, and Britten” (see program information
below).  Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.  Hope to see you
there!

 

Krista

 

Krista Lewis Abedrabbo, BA/MA music education

Special Projects, Noon Hour Concerts 

University of Waterloo Department of Music

Conrad Grebel University College

Hours: M-Th.  9-3 (rm. 1106).  3-4:30 (rm. 1104)

Email:   <mailto:kabedrab at uwaterloo.ca> kabedrab at uwaterloo.ca

Phone: (519) 885-0220 ext. 24215 or 24226

Website:  <http://www.grebel.uwaterloo.ca/music>
www.grebel.uwaterloo.ca/music 

 

 

 

 

– March 19 Noon Hour Concert Program – 

 

Gabriel Fauré (1875-1924)

            Mandoline

            Chanson d’Amour

En Prière

 

Arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

            Three Irish Folk Songs (texts by Thomas Moore)









.

                        How sweet the answer

















...




                        Avenging and bright

                        The last rose of summer

 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Liederkreis, Op. 39



















...

.

12 songs on poems by Joseph v. Eichendorff


















.

1.       In der Fremde

2.       Intermezzo

3.       Waldesgespräch

4.       Die Stille

5.       Mondnacht

6.       Schöne Fremde

7.       Auf einer Burg

8.       In der Fremde

9.       Wehmut

10.   Zwielicht

11.   Im Walde

12.   Frühlingsnacht

 

Stephanie Kramer is an experienced singer who has enjoyed an active solo
career based primarily in Southern Ontario. She has been a guest performer
with such local choirs as Menno Singers, Renaissance Singers, Guelph Chamber
Choir, Da Capo Chamber Choir as well as several appearances with the
Mennonite Mass Choir. She has also appeared with the K-W Symphony, the
Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, Nota Bene Period Orchestra and The
Wellington Winds. Stephanie has been a frequently featured soloist with the
Elora Singers in repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Gilbert &
Sullivan. Many of these performances have been broadcast on CBC Radio. She
has appeared in concert in Toronto, most notably with Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra and Chamber Choir, in New York City with Robert Shaw, and has
toured Germany and Austria as a guest soloist with the Grand Philharmonic
Choir. In May 2006, Stephanie premiered a new Requiem with The Renaissance
Singers by local composer Richard Cunningham. Stephanie can also be heard on
the newly released CD (January 2007), Hammer and Wind, which contains the
chamber music of local composer Leonard Enns. In addition to her solo
career, Stephanie is also a member of Tactus Vocal Ensemble, an eight-voice
a cappella group specializing in music of the Renaissance and early Baroque.
She is also the voice instructor at Conrad Grebel University College at the
University of Waterloo.

 

Lorin Shalanko is an honours graduate in Piano Performance from Wilfrid
Laurier University, Waterloo Canada.  Post Graduate studies in Accompanying
and Chamber Music took place at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor under
the instruction of Martin Katz. Lorin is a much sought out free lance
pianist in the community and has provided accompaniment and coaching for
students at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo, Eastwood
Collegiate Institute, The K-W Strings School, Carousel Dance Company in
association with the University of Waterloo, Royal Academy of Dance, The
Royal Winnipeg Ballet in addition to the many local musicians striving to
make their mark in the recital, competition and performance world.
Internationally, Lorin's career took him to France where he lived and worked
for several years.  While over-seas, he taught privately, accompanied for
various soloists and choirs as well as performed solo concerts in France,
Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Italy. Lorin currently splits his time
working at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo and The
Beckett School of Music.

 

 

 

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