Our MNDuo teams perform a song recital with repertoire they’ve studied throughout the 11th Source Song Festival.
In this session, Dr. Juan Carlos Mendoza will offer an introduction to Puerto Rican and Cuban Song repertoire in the Meisel Room, Westminster Presbyterian Church. Free and open to the public!
Soprano Ana Maria Martinez returns to give a public masterclass with the MNDuo teams. Westminster Hall. Free and open to the public!
The Guest Artist Recital presents soprano Ana María Martínez and Myra Huang, performing an exclusively Spanish-language song program.
Invest in the education of song as Pianist Katheen Kelly’s Masterclass will focus on performance of traditional song and what it means to collaborate. Free and open to the public.
Free and open to the public!
Abigail Rockhill-Beckler presents Isabella Colbran, the Works of an Underrepresented Composer: Stylistic Traits and Use in the Voice Studio.
Abigail Rockhill-Beckler is a soprano originally from Orange City, Iowa. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she was an undergraduate teaching assistant for the humanities and philosophy departments. During this time, she presented lectures on the music of Hildegard von Bingen and performed on Bethel’s stage as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Suor Genoveffa (Suor Angelica), and as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major.
In her first two years of graduate school at the University of South Dakota, she has performed as June Jinkins (An Embarrassing Position), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), La Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), and as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah. She has performed with Varna International Music Academy’s (VIMA) Opera and Oratorio program in South Carolina as Mrs. Hildebrand (Street Scene) and a chorister in Verdi’s Requiem and J.A.C. Redford’s cantata, Homing. In the spring of 2024, she performed as Georges Sand and Maria Malibran in the world premiere of Notes on Viardot, an opera highlighting the life and works of Pauline Viardot, composed by Michael Ching for the University of South Dakota Opera.
Abigail is a graduate student at the University of South Dakota where she teaches voice lessons and music appreciation. She is enthusiastic about researching underrepresented women composers before the 19th century, and her performance interests lie in early vocal music and 20th century English art song. She anticipates graduating in 2025 with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Music History.
The MNSong Showcase will feature Minnesota-based performers presenting original music by MNSong composers and our MNDuo program will sing music written by local MN Composers including Linda Kachelmeier, Jonathan Posthuma, Scott Senko, Jayce Mulligan, and Timothy C. Takach.
Attend a lecture on Libby Larsen’s topics of setting text for song. Meisel Room, Westminster Presbyterian Church. Free and open to the public!
So sorry, but due to Storm Debby, Dr. Colaizzi is unable to join us in Minnesota.
Free and open to the public!
Alexandra Colaizzi presents Dame Ethel Smyth in the Collegiate Voice Studio: A Pedagogical Analysis of Art Song.
Praised for her “vocally fierce” and “deep-toned” mezzo-soprano voice (South Florida Classical Review), Alex(andra) Colaizzi brings a compelling blend of warmth and versatility to esteemed stages throughout the United States. Dr. Colaizzi’s career features collaborations with premier professional choral ensembles such as the GRAMMY® nominated Seraphic Fire, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Origin Initiative, and the Franklin Chamber Choir. She has appeared as a performer and soloist with the GRAMMY® award-winning vocal band Roomful of Teeth and the John Daversa Jazz Orchestra, recently appearing on composer Justin Morell’s acclaimed album, “All Without Words.” As a dedicated scholar and researcher, Dr. Colaizzi presented her research Combined Respiratory Muscle Training in Singing Practice at the Pan-American Vocology Association conference in 2023. Her other research interests include cisgendered female vocal mutation, LGBTQ+ studies in singing practices, and self-efficacy in the private voice studio.
As of 2024, Dr. Colaizzi serves as part-time lecturer in voice at University of Miami and Miami Dade College. She enjoys a varied career of performing and research, appearing as guest lecturer for special topics in vocal pedagogy at universities around the country. She also serves as Artistic Education Coordinator for the Seraphic Fire Youth Initiative, designing curricula for educational outreach workshops throughout South Florida. Dr. Colaizzi earned degrees in vocal pedagogy, vocal performance, and music education. Most recently, she completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Miami Frost School of Music.
Myra Huang presents a masterclass with the MNDuos. Westminster Hall, Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Finances are often the last thing any musician wants to discuss. Most money-related conversations are about what you are (or are not) making while on a project. Do you have a plan for what to do with those hard-earned fees, though? This conversation will help you answer that question as we discuss banking, credit, and long-term financial tools available to you. Creating a financial plan does not have to be complicated and will help you find more stability and freedom while you grow your career. Free and open to the public!
Join the MNScholars and pianist Alexander Woods, as they present songs in a masterclass with Margo Garrett in the Sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Free and open to the public!
Free and open to the public!
Marcel Ramalho de Mello presents: José Siqueira’s Oito Canções Populares Brasileiras (Eight Popular Brazilian Songs).
Dr. Marcel Ramalho is currently Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Choral Activities in the Department of Music at Augusta University. A recipient of several academic awards, scholarships, and grants, Dr. Ramalho’s research focus on the vocal music of Brazilian composer José Siqueira (1907-1985). Dr. Ramalho has published articles in the Journal of Singing, Per Musi and Revista da ABEM, and has presented lecture recitals at the 31st National Conference of the Brazilian Association for Graduate Studies in Music and at the 2022 Southeastern Region NATS conference. As an opera singer, Dr. Ramalho has sung Thomas Putnam in The Crucible (Robert Ward), the titles roles in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Peter in Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck), Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan), and Don Pedro in Béatrice et Bénédict (Berlioz). Concert appearances include the bass solos in J. S. Bach’s cantatas Ich habe genug (BWV 82), Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 38), Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4), and Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen (BWV 12), W. A. Mozart’s Freimaurerkantante, and G. Fauré’s Requiem. Dr. Ramalho holds a Doctor of Arts degree from Ball State University with a primary emphasis in Vocal Performance and secondary emphasis in Choral Conducting, a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Indiana State University and a Bachelor of Music Education from Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil).
Participants of the MNDuo Program present repertoire in a masterclass setting with perennial faculty member, Arlene Shrut. Chapel, Westminster Presbyterian Church. Free to the public!
The OpenSource Recital celebrates 11 years of Source with two Minnesota premieres, the first A Path Home with words by Minnesota baritone Rodolfo Nieto and composer Victor Marquez-Barrios, a result of the American Composers Forum and the McKnight Visiting Composer Grant, and the second, Anger in Open Mouths: three sweet songs by Laura Nevitt, a collaboration between Source Song Festival Artistic Director Clara Osowski, and Sparks and Wiry Cries Artistic Director Erika Switzer.
Also featured on the program are songs that composers Janika Vandervelde, Carol Barnett, and Libby Larsen wanted to hear again. Performers include Maria Jette, Ahmed Anzaldua, Clara Osowski, Casey Rafn, Stephen Swanson, Juan Carlos Mendoza, and Erika Switzer. We’ll honor and tribute our wonderful friend, Paul Sperry, as we celebrate his long life of American song, and present the Paul Sperry American Song Initiative Award, an annual award given to advocates of song performance, creation, and scholarship.
