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ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS 2016/2017 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
Date
OCTOBER
S M T W
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02 03 04 05
09 10 11 12
16 17 18 19
23 24 25 26
30 31
Venue
Title
Description
Genre
T
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06
13
20
27
F
00
07
14
21
28
S
01
08
15
22
29
NOVEMBER
S M T W
00 00 01 02
06 07 08 09
13 14 15 16
20 21 22 23
27 28 29 30
T
03
10
17
24
00
F
04
11
18
25
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S
05
12
19
26
00
DECEMBER
00 00 00 00
04 05 06 07
11 12 13 14
18 19 20 21
25 26 27 28
01
08
15
22
29
02
09
16
23
30
03
10
17
24
31
JANUARY
01 02 03
08 09 10
15 16 17
22 23 24
29 30 31
04
11
18
25
00
05
12
19
26
00
06
13
20
27
00
07
14
21
28
00
FEBRUARY
00 00 00 01
05 06 07 08
12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22
26 27 28 00
02
09
16
23
00
03
10
17
24
00
04
11
18
25
00
MARCH
00 00 00
05 06 07
12 13 14
19 20 21
26 27 28
01
08
15
22
29
02
09
16
23
30
03
10
17
24
31
04
11
18
25
00
16MOE
Voix Françaises
Choral Ensemble
Classical/Pop
19
VPACLa Vie En Rose
Vocalist/Instrumentalists
Pop
26
CP
Vocalists/Piano
Pop
00
04
11
18
25
00
05
12
19
26
00
06
13
20
27
00
07
14
21
28
01
08
15
22
29
Classical/Pop
02
09
16
23
30
03
10
17
24
31
04
11
18
25
05
12
19
26
06
13
20
27
APRIL
00 00
02 03
09 10
16 17
23 24
30
MAY
00 01
07 08
14 15
21 22
28 29
OCTOBER
2 & 3
FW Best of the “B” Composers
Violin/Piano
Classical
9
SOH Piano Grand Five Pianos
Pop/Lt. Classics
23 & 24
FW Chopin, Friends and Rivals
Solo Piano
Classical
29 & 30
HAT Mozart & Brahms
String Quartet/Clarinet
Classical
10
MOE Viva L’Opera
Harp/Violin
Opera
12 & 13
HAT Croon Vocal/Instrumental
Pop
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
3 & 4
HAT Entre Mundos: Between Worlds Instrumental Trio
Classical/World
17 & 18
HAT Christmas Carole/New Year's Yves Vocalists/Piano
Pop/Seasonal
15
FL
Solo Piano
Classical
26
MOE Kittens on the Keys
Duo Piano
Pop/Classical
29
VPACMcDonald Sings Sinatra
Vocalist/Instrumental Trio
Pop
FL
Cello/Piano
Classical
16MOE
La Flûte Enchantée
Flute/Voice/Piano
Classical
19
Voice/Piano/Flute/Cello
Classical
JANUARY
Impressions of Europe
FEBRUARY
12
FL
Franck-ly French
Rejoicing in Ravel
MARCH
08
MOE FRIENDS – A Night in Venice
Sibling Revelry
Annual Gala
APRIL
16 & 17
FW Tenor on the Road
Voice/Piano
22
SC
Suncoast Music Scholarships
Local Music Competition
29
SC
National Competition
Competition for Piano
MAY
14
SOH Hot N’ Cole
Vocal Ensemble/Pianos
Pop
VENUE KEY
HAT=Historic Asolo Theater SOH=Sarasota Opera House MOE=Michael’s On East
FW=Fischer/Weisenborne Residence FL=Faith Lutheran Church CP=Church of the Palms
VPAC=Venice Performing Arts Center SC=Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center
Music Move
on
the
May, 2016
Dear Friends,
We are excited to share the details of our
twenty-first season of presenting a wide variety of
exceptional musicians from across the country and
around the world.
John Alan Fischer
Managing Director
Joseph Holt
Director of Artist
Programs
Lee Dougherty Ross
Co-Founder, and
Director of Competitions
and Outreach
2016 | 2017
SEASON SPONSOR
Ernest Kretzmer,
in loving memory of
Alisa Kretzmer.
Prompted by the construction closure of the Historic Asolo Theater in
January 2017, we have made a number of necessary changes in the
structure of our programming, while focusing on the opportunities presented along with the challenges. Below are two items that are of specific
interest to our current patrons and donors.
u We have streamlined the ability to receive significant ticket
discounts by removing the barrier of “Series.” Purchase the tickets you
want in any quantity by June 25 and still receive our maximum 15% discount. This will allow more flexibility for “regulars” as well as snowbirds.
u Seating preference will be retained for current subscribers for
venues where reserved seating is possible.
We are pleased to present two programs in the Historic Sarasota Opera
House, and to include the new Venice Performing Arts Center, Church of
the Palms, and Faith Lutheran Church as new venues. Each is easy to reach
and has ample parking as well as access for physically challenged guests.
For the “Festival of French Music,” running from mid-February through
March, we happily coordinated with several area music presenters. We are
also delighted to partner with SILL (Sarasota Institute for Lifetime Learning)
with four of director/host June LeBell’s “Musical Mondays” programs.
In the coming season we are also excited to begin a new relationship with
New York-based Young Concert Artists, a non-profit organization
dedicated to discovering and launching the careers of exceptional, but
unknown, young musicians from all over the world. Performances by
Edgar Moreau, and Andrew Tyson are arranged through the new affiliation.
We hope that you will find the offerings for the season as exciting as we
do. Even though we’re asking you to drive a few more miles for some of the
performances, be assured that they will be well worth it.
Your ongoing support has empowered Artist Series Concerts to bring the
most diverse selection of musical experiences to our region. We thank you
for your support – and look forward to enjoying great musical moments
with you this season!
The Best of the “B” Composers
Dan Jordan, violin
Joseph Holt, piano
CLASSICAL SOIREE I
Fischer-Weisenborne Residence ($45)
Sunday, October 2
Monday, October 3
2:00 p.m. arrival
7:30 p.m. arrival
2:30 p.m. performance 8:00 p.m. performance
Featuring Brahms’ Sonata in G Major and works
by Max Bruch, Leonard Bernstein, and Hector
Berlioz
Piano Grand!
Five Steinway & Sons Grand Pianos! Five World-Class Pianists!
50 talented fingers tackle the keys and tickle your fancy with favorites such as
Strauss’ “Blue Danube Waltz,” Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien,” “Sabre Dance”
by Khachaturian, and even Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
POPS/LIGHT CLASSICAL I
Sarasota Opera House ($45)
Sunday, October 9 at 3:00 p.m.
Pianists: Don Bryn, Joseph Holt, Andrew Lapp, Rich Ridenour, Jonathan Spivey
“Chopin, Friends and Rivals”
Daniela Liebman, piano
CLASSICAL SOIREE II
Fischer-Weisenborne Residence ($45)
Includes beverages, appetizers & desserts
Sunday, October 23
2:00 p.m. arrival
2:30 p.m. performance
Monday, October 24
7:30 p.m. Arrival
8:00 p.m. Performance
CHOPIN
Impromptu no. 1, Ab Major, op. 29
Impromptu no. 2, F# minor, op. 36
Nocturne in E minor, op. 72, no. 1
Ballade no. 3 in Ab Major, op. 47, no. 3
MENDELSSOHN
Fantasy in F# minor, op. 28
LISZT
“La Leggerezza” Concert Etude no. 2
“Mozart and Brahms”
Ying String Quartet
Bharat Chandra, clarinet
CLASSICAL RECITAL I
Historic Asolo Theater ($45)
Saturday, October 29
7:30 p.m.
“The ensemble replicated the
sounds of water.”
— New York Times
Sunday, October 30
7:30 p.m.
MOZART Quartet in G major, K. 387
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115
CHILDS Awakening
“Precarious balance where sheer
agony and triumphant beauty
intersect.”
— Washington Post
“Sustained quietude,
peacefulness, and serenity.”
— New York Times
“The Ying Quartet performed with technical mastery,
musical insight, vivid imagination, and
tireless enthusiasm.”
— Joe Sekon, Peninsula Reviews
“Viva L’Opera”
Giuseppina Ciarla, harp
Natalia Maiden, violin
LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN I
Michael’s On East ($45)
Thursday, November 10 11:00 a.m. Performance
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
MASSENET
Meditation from Thais
PUCCINI
O mio Babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
MASCAGNI
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
PUCCINI
Vissi d’Arte from Tosca
DELIBES
Flower Duet from Lakmé
MASCAGNI
Siciliana from Cavalleria Rusticana
PUCCINI
Rocondita Armonia from Tosca
BIZET
Habanera from Carmen
VERDI
Pace Mio Dio from La forza del Destino
BELLINI
Casta Diva from Norma
Enjoy many of
opera’s most
popular arias, and
the complex and
beautiful “voices”
of the harp
and violin!
"Ciarla enchants the audience
with her harp."
- Il Quotidiano (Italy)
“Croon: When a Whisper Became a Song”
Todd Murray, singer
Alex Rybeck, piano
Steve Doyle, drums
Sean Harkness, bass
POPS II
Historic Asolo Theater ($45)
Saturday, November 12
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 13
2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
“Echoing some of the great song stylists of the
past, Todd Murray brings passion, style and
grace to everything he sings.”
- Frank Wildhorn, Atlantic Records
Lover/I Wanna Be Loved
The Nearness of You
Learn to Croon
You Are Too Beautiful
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
You’ll Never Know
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Love Me Tender
I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You
If Ever I Would Leave You
This Guy’s in Love
You’ll Never Find
I’m Your Man
And I’m Leaving Today
Whispering
How Deep Is The Ocean/I Wish You Love
“Entre Mundos: Between Worlds”
Elkey Trio
Scott Hill, guitar Carlos Boltes, viola and charango
Gonzalo Cortes, Andean panpipes
RECITAL II Historic Asolo Theater ($40)
Saturday, December 3
Sunday, December 4
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
The Elkey Trio will take you on a journey of musical
discovery through the classical and folk music traditions
of South America. Their performances feature folk music
learned during their many tours throughout the region and
classical pieces that use this music for inspiration.
“A Christmas Carole and A New Years Yves”
Carole J. Bufford and
Eric Yves Garcia, cabaret singers
Matt Baker, piano
POPS III Historic Asolo Theater ($45)
Saturday, December 17 Sunday, December 18
7:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Two serendipitously named performers—Bufford, a young
singer with a distinctive, bluesy voice; and Garcia, a
talented singer-pianist with a suavely moody edge,
team up for a holiday show. You’ll hear a host of popular
holiday favorites, and even though “Baby, It’s Cold
Outside” is among them, this show will heat up the
Historic Asolo Theater for sure!
Carole J. Bufford has become one of the most sought-after young performers in the New York cabaret and jazz scene. It’s easy to understand
why. Eric Yves Garcia has been hailed by the New York Times as “a
handsome young singer and pianist with a genuine star quality.”
Australian piano wiz Matt Baker completes the talented ensemble.
“Impressions of Europe”
Andrew Tyson, piano
CLASSICAL RECITAL III Faith Lutheran Church ($30)
Sunday, January 15
3:00 p.m.
Music by legendary composers from France, Spain,
Italy, and Hungary
SCARLATTI Sonatas
RAVEL Miroirs
ALBÉNIZ Iberia, Book 1
LISZT Rhapsodie espagnole
Hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the
piano,” 29-year-old Andrew Tyson has emerged
as a distinctive and important new musical voice.
“Kittens on the Keys”
Lee Dougherty Ross & Joseph Holt, piano duo
LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN II Michael’s On East ($45)
Thursday, January 26
11:00 a.m. Performance
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
Of course you’ll hear the famous
1920s novelty tune “Kitten on the Keys”
by Zez Confrey, but you’ll also hear
delightful classics presented by two of Sarasota’s most ardent and talented musicians
and music supporters. Both are armed with degrees from the famed Eastman School
of Music...definitely a “not-to-be-missed” musical treat.
“Old Blue Eyes: McDonald Sings Sinatra”
Bob McDonald, baritone
“DC” Instrumental Quartet
POPS IV Venice Performing Arts Center ($35)
Sunday, January 29
3:00 p.m.
New York, New York
Strangers in the Night
My Way
Fly Me To The Moon
Come Fly With Me
Something Stupid
Autumn In New York
Night and Day
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Versatile Washington, DC-based singer
Bob McDonald has performed for presidents, heads of state and in such
prestigious DC venues as Signature Theatre and the Kennedy Center.
“Franck-ly French”
Edgar Moreau, cello
Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano
CLASSICAL RECITAL IV Faith Lutheran Church ($30)
Sunday, February 12
3:00 p.m.
FRANCK Sonata in A Major for violin and piano
BACH Sonata No. 3 in G minor
CHOPIN Introduction and Polonaise brillante
“La Flûte Enchantée”
Betsy Traba, flute
Jenny Kim-Godfrey, soprano
Joseph Holt, piano
LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN III Michael’s On East ($45)
Thursday, February 16
11:00 a.m. Performance
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
POULENC Sonata for Flute and Piano
MOUQUET La Flûte de Pan
MOZART Bravura Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, maman
SAINT-SAËNS Une Flûte invisible
“Rejoicing in Ravel”
John Brancy, baritone
Peter Dugan, piano
Betsy Traba, flute
Christopher Schnell, cello
CLASSICAL RECITAL V Faith Lutheran Church ($30)
Sunday, February 19
3:00 p.m.
French arias and chansons, including Maurice
Ravel’s “Chansons madécasses” (Madagascan Songs)
The New York Times has hailed baritone John Brancy
as “a vibrant, resonant presence.”
Praised by the Capital Gazette as “nothing short of superb” and
by the Baltimore Sun as “spellbinding,” pianist Peter Dugan is
equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.
“Voix Françaises”
Belle Canto
A Celebration of Women’s Voices
Elizabeth Goldstein, Director
LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN IV Michael’s On East ($45)
Thursday, March 16
11:00 performance
12:15 luncheon
DEBUSSY Salut Printemps
RAVEL Bolero
PORTER I Love Paris
“La Vie En Rose: Parisian Society Café Music”
Featuring the New York-based Violette and the La Vie En Rose Band
POPS V Venice Performing Arts Center ($35)
Sunday, March 19
3:00 p.m.
La Vie En Rose Band is a tasteful marriage of French chanson and Golden Age swing,
with a repertoire of timeless American standards and French jazz songs: a unique alliance between the old world and
the new, between French charm,
American glam and soulful pop.
With the melodious voice of
French native singer Violette
and her musicians from around
the world, all the ingredients are
gathered to make it hot and keep
you swinging!
The program includes an
homage to “The Little Sparrow,”
legendary songstress Edith Piaf
and her most popular songs.
“Sibling Revelry”
Liz Callaway, singer
Alex Rybeck, piano
Ann Hampton Callaway, singer
POP VI Church of the Palms ($45)
Sunday, March 26
3:00 p.m.
Featuring such beloved popular songs including Get Happy, Happy Days are Here
Again, It’s Today, The Sweetest Sounds, Friendship Meadowlark, and many more!
Sisters Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway are regarded as Broadway cabaret
legends. This dynamic sister duo’s “Sibling Revelry “ was first performed at New York’s
Rainbow and Stars in 1995 to rave reviews and the sisters have been performing it
ever since.
“Tenor on the Road”
Blake Friedman, tenor
Joseph Holt, piano
SOIREE III Fischer-Weisenborne Residence ($45)
Sunday, April 16 (Easter brunch)
2:00 p.m. Arrival
2:45 p.m. Performance
Monday, April 17
7:30 p.m. Arrival
8:00 p.m. Performance
BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte
FAURÉ Poéme d’un jour
Plus arias by Verdi and Rossini, and Broadway songs,
including “Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables.
“Hot ‘n’ Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration!”
Starring Maria Wirries, five other sensational singers, and dual pianists.
POPS VII Sarasota Opera House ($45)
Sunday, May 14 3:00 p.m.
A bubbly, two-act review of Cole Porter's
gorgeous songs—melodic, witty, sexy and
sophisticated—as their classic text. If you
know the songs, it's a chance to hear them
again, and if you don't, it's an entertaining
discovery.
Featuring such delectable songs as Night and
Day, At Long Last Love, In the Still of the
Night, It's Too Darn Hot, What a Swell Party
This Is, Just One of Those Things – the list of
classics goes on and on.
“Once again, Wirries brought down
the house with her beauty,
charm and astonishing vocalism.”
– Sarasota Herald Tribune
ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS OF SARASOTA
Festival of
French Music
From
February 12
to March 24 Artist Series
Concerts of Sarasota
leads a communitywide musical tribute to
the music and composers
of France. Incorporated
into our season are
five performances
Sunday, February 12
“Franck-ly French”
Edgar Moreau, cello
Thursday, February 16
“La Flûte Enchantée”
Betsy Traba, flute
Jenny Kim-Godfrey, soprano
Joseph Holt, piano
Sunday, February 19
“Rejoicing in Ravel”
John Brancy, baritone
Thursday, March 16
“Voix Françaises”
Belle Canto
Sunday, March 19
“La Vie En Rose”
Violette and La Vie En Rose Band
Other organizations featuring
music of French composers
Sunday, March 5
Gloria Musicae Singers
Duruflé’s Requiem and
Poulenc’s Gloria
March 4 - 24
Sarasota Opera
Poulenc “Dialogue of the
Carmelites”
WHO’S WHO - 2016/2017 ARTISTS (alphabetical order)
BELLE CANTO (March 16)
Belle Canto, which means “beautiful singing,”
was founded by conductor and artistic director,
Elizabeth Goldstein, in September, 2009. She
recognized that in Sarasota’s culturally rich arts
community, no one was performing repertoire for
women’s voices. Belle Canto’s varied repertoire
includes both classical and traditional, secular and
sacred choral works, in addition to new works by
current composers. Performances are enjoyed by
audiences who appreciate the ensemble’s ability
to connect through creative programming and
professional presentation. From its inception, Belle
Canto’s goal has been to create the unique beauty
and quality of sound that comes from the blending
of women’s voices and to leave audiences feeling
joyful and uplifted.
JOHN BRANCY (February 19)
The New York Times has hailed baritone John
Brancy as “a vibrant, resonant presence.”
The 2013 Winner of the Marilyn Horne Song
Competition, Brancy began his 2015-2016 season
with a significant debut with the Glyndebourne
Festival Opera Tour, as Malatesta in Don Pasquale.
Other season highlights include his return to
Carnegie Hall in recital as part of its “Evening
of Song Series,” as well as Oper Frankfurt, as
Morales/Dancairo in Carmen. Brancy made his
professional recital debut at the Kennedy Center
with Vocal Arts DC, and reprised the same program
with CAIC (Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago),
and Société d’art vocal de Montréal in collaboration
with pianist Peter Dugan. Brancy made his
Carnegie Hall debut while still an undergraduate
at the Juilliard School, and returns this year as
part of its Evening of Song series. He is a frequent
presence on the concert stage and performs with
Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Edmonton
Symphony and Chamber Music of Palm Beach;
and at the Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New
York Festival of Song and Société d’art vocal de
Montréal.
DON BRYN (October 9)
Pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, Don
Bryn moved to Sarasota from Hawaii and now
splits his time between playing, writing, and
teaching. Prior to his stint in Hawaii, Bryn
spent 12 years touring the globe, playing and
conducting over 300 shows a year, including
performances by Burt Bacharach, Lorna Luft,
Nestor Torres, John Raitt, Jim Nabors, and Charo.
He was also musical director for the National Tour
of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” Bryn has
been a musical director and arranger for a variety
of shows for the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Gargaro
Productions in Pittsburgh. He has also performed
with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and the
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
CAROLE J. BUFFORD (December 17 & 18)
Carole J. Bufford has become one of the most
sought-after young performers in the New York
cabaret and jazz scene. It’s easy to understand
why. The Huffington Post recently wrote: “An
animated, elfin performer, Bufford initially radiates
an onstage vulnerability, almost like Audrey
Hepburn. But then she morphs into an emotional
powerhouse, with explosive renditions of torch
classics, gravelly blues, flapper jazz and edgy,
modern songs that ripple with darkness. The vocal
comparisons that come to mind go well beyond
La Streisand: New York critics have likened her
rich alto to Judy Garland, Edith Piaf, Bessie Smith,
Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday and others.”
Bufford is the recipient of a Nightlife, Bistro and
Broadway World Award for Outstanding Vocalist
and was featured in Michael Feinstein’s Great
American Songbook series at Jazz @ Lincoln
Center. She has been spotlighted in numerous
“Broadway By The Year” concerts, both at The
Town Hall and in California.
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY (March 26)
Ann Hampton Callaway is considered to be
one of the best jazz singers in the world and
has written songs for the biggest names in show
business, including Barbra Streisand and Carole
King. Callaway’s live performances showcase
her warmth, spontaneous wit and passionate
delivery of standards, jazz classics and originals.
She is one of America’s most gifted improvisers,
taking words and phrases from her audiences and
creating songs on the spot, whether alone at a
piano or with a symphony orchestra. She is also
the only composer to have collaborated with the
late Cole Porter.
LIZ CALLAWAY (March 26)
A Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress,
singer and recording artist, Liz Callaway is best
known for her work on Broadway. She made her
Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily
We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination
for her performance in Baby, and for five years,
won acclaim as Grizabella in Cats. She has also
starred in the original casts of Miss Saigon,
The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love.
Callaway has also established a major career
as a concert and recording artist. She sang the
Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the
Past” in the animated feature Anastasia and is also
the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s
Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of
Jafar. Other film work includes the singing voice of
the title character in The Swan Princess, Lion King
2: Simba’s Pride, Beauty and the Beast, Lyle, Lyle
the Crocodile and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to
Mars.
BHARAT CHANDRA (October 29 & 30)
Bharat Chandra is a clarinetist whose earnest
passion for music and live interaction with
audiences has taken him across the world as a
soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player.
Chandra attended the New England Conservatory
of Music in Boston where he became the first
student of world-renowned clarinetist Richard
Stoltzman and won the Conservatory’s highest
individual honor, the Gunther Schuller Medal.
From Boston, Chandra traveled to Miami to join
the New World Symphony, where he was featured
in orchestral and chamber music tours across
the United States, Monte Carlo, and Vienna.
Chandra currently serves as principal clarinet of
the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida and of the Nordic
Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn, Estonia, led by Anu
Tali. During the summer, Bharat serves as principal
clarinet of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary
Music, led by Marin Alsop.
GIUSEPPINA CIARLA (November 10)
Italian-born harpist Giuseppina Ciarla’s
performances have been described as “hearty and
colorful...enchanting and infectious.” Equally at
home with an orchestra as well as in the roles of
soloist and chamber musician, Ciarla has a true
passion for opera and has been principal harpist
with the Sarasota Opera since 2002. In 2010,
Ciarla made her debut as principal harpist with the
orchestra of Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy, in a
production of Swan Lake with the Bolshoi Ballet.
Over the course of her orchestral career, she has
been featured as a soloist performing Mozart’s
flute and harp concerti and has collaborated on
symphonies, operas and ballets with such noted
conductors as Lorin Maazel, Stephan Anton
Reck, Roberto Abbado and Daniel Oren, among
others. Ciarla’s has performed with many chamber
musicians, including performances with such artists
of international acclaim as flutists Carol Wincenc
and Tara Helen O’Connor; violinist Benny Kim;
clarinetist Eddie Daniels and pianist/composer
Marc Neikrug at the Santa Fe Chamber Music
Festival. Additional performances have included
the Prague Symphony, Orchestra of Slovacchia,
Festival Pucciniano di Torre del Lago, Smithsonian
Institute’s Axelrod String Quartet, Santa Fe Pro
Musica and appearances at both the International
Jazz and Pop Harp Festival in Monterey, California
and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy.
PETER DUGAN (February 19)
Praised by the Capital Gazette as “nothing short of
superb” and by the Baltimore Sun as “spellbinding,”
pianist Peter Dugan is equally at home in classical,
jazz, and pop idioms. He has appeared as a
soloist throughout the United States, including
performances in New York’s Carnegie Hall and
Alice Tully Hall, and Philadelphia’s Academy of
Music and Verizon Hall. He has also performed
internationally in Canada, South America, the
Cayman Islands, and throughout Europe. As a
sought-after crossover artist, Dugan recently
performed duos with violinists Itzhak Perlman
and Joshua Bell in memorial concerts for Marvin
Hamlisch at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in New
York and The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
He has performed his solo arrangements of
Hamlisch tunes in tribute concerts on Broadway
and at the Public Theater’s annual gala in Central
Park.
ELKEY TRIO (December 3 & 4)
An ensemble that is equally at home performing
both classical and South American folk music,
the Elkey Trio’s repertoire ranges from Baroque
and newly commissioned pieces to folk music
learned in South America by oral tradition.
Andean woodwind specialist and flutist, Gonzalo
Cortes, charango and viola player Carlos Boltes,
and guitarist Scott Hill have forged careers as
chamber musicians and soloists with choirs and
orchestras throughout Europe as well as North,
Central, and South America. Collectively they have
premiered more than forty pieces of music, and
have won competitions including the ASCAP/CMA
Adventurous Programming Award and the New
England International Chamber Music Competition.
BLAKE FRIEDMAN (April 16 & 17)
With his “climactic high notes” (Q on Stage) and
“powerful vocals” (Eye on Dance), tenor Blake
Friedman is quickly becoming known as a worldclass, fresh lyric tenor and “object of attraction”
(Critical Dance). Friedman’s “beautiful” (Critical
Dance) singing is featured on the Albany Records
commercial recording of John Musto’s Later the
Same Evening for his critically acclaimed portrayal
of Jimmy O’Keefe. He has performed
on the stages of Avery Fisher Hall and The Walter
Bruno Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall, and BAM’s Fisher Fishman Space.
Also at home on the concert stage, Friedman is
most known for his acclaimed interpretation of
Tchaikovsky songs interwoven throughout Eve
Wolf’s operatic drama Tchaikovsky: None but the
Lonely Heart. He also notably performed the North
American premiere of a new adaptation of The St.
Matthew’s Passion, written by Eastern Orthodox
Arch Bishop Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev with the
Salome Chamber Ensemble at St. Paul the Apostle
Church in New York City. Friedman’s competition
credits and awards include a 2013 Career Bridges
Grant from The Schuyler Foundation; finalist in
The Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Vocal
Competition of 2013; Top 10 Finalist in The Arkadi
Foundation Classical Idol Competition of 2013;
and winner of The American Prize: Friederich and
Virginia Schorr Memorial Art Song Competition of
2011. Friedman holds both a Master of Music and
Professional Studies Degree from the Manhattan
School of Music where he was a recipient of the
Rodgers and Hammerstein Scholarship Award/
Richard Rodgers Scholar and received his
Bachelor of Music degree from The Eastman
School of Music where he was the recipient of a
Howard Hanson Scholarship.
ERIC YVES GARCIA (December 17 & 18)
The recipient of the 2013 Margaret Whiting Award
presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center, as well as
the 2014 Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer /
Instrumentalist, Eric Yves Garcia has been hailed
by the New York Times as “a handsome young
singer and pianist with a genuine star quality.” A
Manhattan piano bar entertainer who toiled in semioblivion at Chez Josephine until his appearances at
the New York Cabaret Convention, Garcia belongs
to the school of jazz-leaning connoisseurs of the
American Songbook epitomized by the grand
Bobby Short.
JOSEPH HOLT (October 2 & 3, October 9,
January 26, February 16, April 16 & 17)
Joseph Holt has enjoyed a wide-ranging musical
career as conductor, pianist, chamber music
performer, arts administrator, educator and
arranger. He currently serves as director of artistic
programs for Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota;
as artistic director of Gloria Musicae, Sarasota’s
professional choral ensemble; and as director
of music at Faith Lutheran Church. Holt retired
to Sarasota after serving more than 20 years as
principal pianist with The United States Army
Chorus in Washington, DC, performing for U.S.
presidents, dignitaries from around the world, and
military officials.
DAN JORDAN (October 2 & 3)
Violinist Dan Jordan has been concertmaster of
the Sarasota Orchestra since 1998 and is also
the assistant principal second violinist of the
Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. He has also played
as concertmaster of the New World Symphony
(Miami Beach), Spoleto (Charleston) Festival and
Erie Philharmonic. Jordan often performs on the
ex Humphreys 1695 Peter Guarneri of Mantua
generously on loan from the Steinwachs Family
Foundation.
JENNY KIM-GODFREY (February 16)
Hailed as “a fearless and confident performer with
a beautiful high voice with excellent flexibility,”
Korean-American coloratura soprano Jenny
Kim-Godfrey is quickly gaining notoriety for her
“nightingale tone” and as an “invigorating stage
animal and gifted recitalist. A performer ready to
forge new vistas!” (Maestro Gary Thor Wedow,
New York Philharmonic). Kim-Godfrey has been
a prizewinner in several national and international
vocal competitions, most recently winning the St.
Petersburg Opera Idol and the Sun City Center
Opera Idol competition in 2014, the first contestant
in the history of the competition to win both.
Kim-Godfrey has performed numerous operatic
roles throughout the U.S. and, in the summer of
2013, performed in several concerts in Italy. KimGodfrey recently made her company debut with
St. Petersburg Opera covering Berta in Il Barbiere
di Siviglia and, last year, made her Canada debut
with Gravenhurst Opera as a guest artist in their
2015 concert series. Kim-Godfrey also recently
performed the lead role of Jenny Lind in the Florida
premiere of Libby Larsen’s opera Barnum’s Bird
with Gloria Musicae.
ANDREW LAPP (October 9)
A Steinway Artist since 2013, 27-year-old pianist
Andrew Lapp has appeared as a soloist with the
Imperial Symphony Orchestra, Venice Symphony
Orchestra, and the Sarasota Pops Orchestra.
Andrew tours nationally and in 2010 debuted as an
accompanist at Carnegie Hall.
LA VIE EN ROSE BAND (March 19)
La Vie En Rose Band is a tasteful marriage of
French chanson and Golden Age swing. With
her luxurious, silky smooth voice and repertoire
of timeless American standards and French jazz
songs, singer Violette and her ensemble of
international musicians create a captivating alliance
of old world and new, of French charm, American
glam and soulful pop. Raised in Ars-en-Re, a
small village on an island off the coast of France,
pianist, singer and composer Violette founded the
band in 2009 while living in Boston. Since then,
the band has won several awards and currently
performs over 150 shows a year including, in 2016,
performances at the Blue Note Jazz Festival and at
the renowned Sunset/Sunside Jazz Club in Paris,
France.
DANIELA LIEBMAN (October 23 & 24)
At just 14 years of age, pianist Daniela
Liebman has already enjoyed a formidable
and critically acclaimed performance career.
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2002, Liebman
began studying piano at the age of five, and
made her professional debut just three years
later, playing Mozart’s eighth piano concerto
with the Aguascalientes Symphony. Since then,
she has taken first prize at several international
competitions and, in 2013, made her Carnegie Hall
debut playing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.
2 with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Last
year, Forbes magazine named her one its “The
Most Creative Forty Mexicans in the World” and,
after her impressive Florida debut last December
at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the Palm
Beach Daily News forecast her to “achieve great
things if she remains in the current path. We will
surely be hearing again from Daniela Liebman in
the years to come.”
NATALIA MAIDEN (November 10)
Natalia Vasilieva Maiden began playing violin at
age five and holds degrees in violin performance
and teaching from the Minsk State Conservatory in
Belarus. Maiden performed with many orchestras
and at prestigious venues throughout Russia and
Europe before immigrating to the U.S. She’s been
a member of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra for
eight years and also performs with the Sarasota
Orchestra, Venice Symphony and Florida Lakes
Symphony.
BOB McDONALD (January 29)
Bass-Baritone Bob McDonald enjoys a diverse
career across many artistic disciplines, including
musical theatre, opera, and the concert stage,
as well as his job as baritone, announcer and
senior producer for The U.S. Army Chorus. Known
for everything from “Sunday in the Park with
George” to “Sweeney Todd” to “Gilbert & Sullivan,”
the versatile McDonald has performed at such
prestigious Washington DC venues as Signature
Theatre, The Kennedy Center and the Folger
Theatre. He has performed for troops in the U.S.
and overseas, as well as for presidents and visiting
heads of state. McDonald’s is also a familiar face,
and voice, to scores of DC sports fans as the
regular National Anthem singer at Washington
Capitals games.
EDGAR MOREAU (February 12)
Called the “rising star of the French cello,” 22-yearold French-born Edgar Moreau consistently
captivates audiences with his effortless virtuosity
and dynamic performances. He began playing
the cello at the age of four. In 2008 he entered
the Conservatoire de Paris. He won First Prize
in the 2014 Young Concert Artists International
Auditions after capturing, at the age of 17, Second
Prize and the Prize for the Best Performance of
the Commissioned Work at the 2011 Tchaikovsky
Competition under the chairmanship of Valery
Gergiev. In 2013, Moreau was named “New
Talent of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique
in France, and in 2015, he was named “Solo
Instrumentalist of the Year.” Moreau has been
selected as one of the European Concert Hall
Organization’s 2016-2017 Rising Stars. He plays a
David Tecchler cello that dates back from 1711.
TODD MURRAY (November 12 & 13)
During an era when there is a shortage of
significant male jazz and cabaret singers, Todd
Murray has emerged as a notable interpreter of
standards, newer material, and his own originals.
Blessed with a deep baritone voice, Murray is
an intimate performer who excels on romantic
ballads, swings at every tempo, and does justice
to the lyrics that he sings. Born in a small farming
community in Pennsylvania, he learned many
older standards from his aunt who played stride
piano. After performing regularly at Opryland
USA, Disneyland in Tokyo, and summer stock, he
moved to New York City. He soon was performing
many roles at the famous Paper Mill Playhouse
including the lead in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The
Gondoliers.” He was in the first Broadway touring
company of “The Secret Garden.” His debut solo
CD, entitled “When I Sing Low,” features Murray’s
baritone accompanied by a full orchestra – a rarity
these days. The release of the CD led to a higher
profile on the national cabaret circuit. Rex Reed, in
the New York Observer called Murray, “a cabaret
prince headed for the big cabaret throne if I’ve
ever spotted one…I felt privileged to listen.” And
Stephen Holden, the esteemed New York Times
music critic, recently wrote: ”This suave, handsome
baritone is such a confident singer that
his performance is the real deal. His unadorned
interpretations of standards like ‘The Nearness of
You,’ ‘You’ll Never Know,’ and ‘How Deep Is the
Ocean?’ were impeccable.” As a finishing touch to
these many recent successes, Murray was voted
Broadwayworld.com’s 2015 “Best Male Vocalist”
and “Best Cabaret Show.”
JESSICA XYLINA OSBORNE (February 12)
Called a “superb pianist” and “a pianist with a
refreshing mellowness and poetic touch” by the
Washington Post, Jessica Xylina Osborne’s
passionate, earnest playing has been featured
on such illustrious stages as those at Carnegie’s
Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, the Terrace
Theater at the Kennedy Center, and the Seoul
Arts Center, among others. Osborne has had the
privilege to study with important mentors, including
Claude Frank, Emile Naoumoff, Jon Kimura
Parker, Seymour Lipkin, Marjorie Lee, and her
mother, Patricia Osborne. She holds degrees in
piano performance from Indiana University, Rice
University, and Yale University. Osborne is also an
avid soloist, collaborator, chamber musician, and
teacher.
RICH RIDENOUR (October 9)
Critics hail pianist Rich Ridenour as amazingly
versatile, masterfully musical and wickedly funny.
A Steinway Artist, Ridenour established his career
performing his own musical arrangements of
classical masterworks and today’s popular piano
favorites. With hundreds of engagements to his
credit, Ridenour has performed with the orchestras
of Indianapolis, Atlanta, Kansas City, Topeka,
Harrisburg, Grand Rapids, Detroit (covering for
Peter Nero), Tucson, Evansville, Charleston, West
Virginia, Elgin, Owensboro, Mazatlan, Mexico and
the Bravissimo Festival Orchestra of Guatemala
City. Each season Ridenour serves as pops
director for the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra.
Ridenour has collaborated with such renowned
performers as Martin Short, Carol Lawrence,
Robert Guillaume, Smokey Robinson, Bob
Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo), Larry Gatlin, David
Ogden Stiers, Jim Nabors, Richard Hayman and
Jennifer Holiday.
LEE DOUGHERTY ROSS (January 26)
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota’s co-founder
Lee Dougherty Ross debuted at age 12 as a
piano soloist with the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra
and later performed the Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano
Concerto with the Eastman Rochester Symphony.
She graduated from Eastman School of Music with
a double major in piano and voice. Her singing
career included performances at Carnegie Hall,
Alice Tully Hall, the Broadway stage, Queen
Elizabeth Hall in London and the Kennedy White
House.
ALEX RYBECK (November 12 & 13, March 26)
Alex Rybeck is a pianist, arranger and composer,
well known for his work in theater, cabaret, and the
recording studio. He has worked with the world’s
most notable performers, including George Abbott,
Hal Prince, Tommy Tune, and Burt Bacharach.
Rybeck has also served as musical director for
countless Broadway and cabaret stars, including
Faith Prince, Tommy Tune, Metropolitan Opera
star Roberta Peters, Eartha Kitt, and Kitty Carlisle
Hart, among others. His original compositions
include “What a Funny Boy He Is” (recorded by
Nancy LaMott) and “Sing Out” (premiered by the
NYC Gay Men’s Chorus at Carnegie Hall). Rybeck
holds degrees from Oberlin College and NYU (his
teachers included Stephen Sondhieim, Leonard
Bernstein, Hal Prince, Comden & Green, Stephen
Schwartz, and Arthur Laurents), and is a member
of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
CHRISTOPHER SCHNELL (February 19)
Since 1995, Christopher Schnell has been
assistant principal cello of the Sarasota Orchestra
and cellist with the Orchestra’s Sarasota Piano
Quartet. He rounds out his busy schedule with
additional performances with the Sarasota Ballet,
the Sarasota Opera, Key Chorale, Gloria Musicae
and with summer stints as a cellist with the Santa
Fe Opera. Schnell has also been a member of
the Florida Philharmonic and the Milwaukee
Symphony, and has been a frequent substitute in
the Philadelphia Orchestra.
JONATHAN SPIVEY (October 9)
Sarasota Orchestra principal pianist Jonathan
Spivey is also a founding member of Tampa’s
Arioso Trio. A national finalist in the Music
Teachers’ National Association Auditions, his
concert appearances include Carnegie’s Weill
Recital Hall; Trondheim, Norway; Stockholm,
Sweden; and Seoul, Korea. Spivey also performs
with Belle Canto, the Sarasota Piano Quartet and
has been an associate faculty member of the
Sarasota Music Festival since 1992.
BETSY HUDSON TRABA (February 16 & 19)
Betsy Hudson Traba has served as principal flutist
of the Sarasota Orchestra and Sarasota Wind
Quintet since 1993. She is the former principal
flutist of the Hofer Symphoniker in Hof, Germany,
where she performed as a featured soloist on
nine concerts during a two-year period. A native
of Mentor, Ohio, she studied with William Hebert
and Jeffrey Khaner while earning a Bachelor of
Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College,
followed by a Master of Music degree earned at the
Manhattan School of Music. Traba has been heard
frequently as a soloist throughout Florida, including
guest artist performances with the La Musica
International Chamber Music Festival, Artist Series
Concerts of Sarasota, Charlotte Symphony and in
multiple performances with the Sarasota Orchestra.
During the summer, she performs at the Cabrillo
Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, CA.
She is an active teacher working locally with flutists
of all ages. She is married to Sarasota Orchestra
principal bassoonist Fernando Traba, and they
have two daughters.
ANDREW TYSON (January 15)
Hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the
piano,” 29-year-old Andrew Tyson has emerged
as a distinctive and important new musical voice.
Tyson made his orchestral debut at the age of
15 as winner of the Eastern Music Festival’s
competition to appear with the Guilford Symphony.
Praised as a pianist whose “interpretations recalled
the virtuosic style from the turn of the 19th and
20th centuries” by the Chopin Express at the 16th
International Chopin Piano Competition, Tyson is
an experienced and versatile performer in both solo
and chamber recitals. He graduated from the Curtis
Institute of Music, and earned his Master of Music
degree at the Juilliard School working with Robert
McDonald. In 2015, he was awarded First Prize at
the Géza Anda Competition in Zürich, as well as
the Mozart and Audience Prizes.
MARIA WIRRIES (May 14)
With an incredible voice and inspired work ethic, by
age 16 young singing sensation Maria Wirries had
already finished high school and was off to Penn
State to study musical theatre in its Broadway
Preparatory Program. No stranger to area arts
enthusiasts, Wirries has performed in many shows
and has been a featured soloist with the Sarasota
Orchestra, Gloria Musicae, the Venice Symphony
and the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota. Born in
Haiti, Wirries has also performed at Haitian benefit
concerts.
YING STRING QUARTET (October 29 & 30)
The Ying Quartet (Robin Scott, violin; Janet
Ying, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; and David Ying,
cello) occupies a position of unique prominence
in the classical music world, combining brilliantly
communicative performances with a fearlessly
imaginative view of chamber music in today’s
world. Now in its second decade as a quartet, the
Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of
the highest musical qualifications in its tours across
the United States and abroad. Their performances
regularly take place in many of the world’s most
prestigious concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the
Sydney Opera House, as well as in such diverse
settings as homes, schools, churches, banks, and
even the White House. The Quartet’s constant
quest to explore the creative possibilities of the
string quartet has led it to a constantly innovative
and unusually diverse array of musical projects and
interests.
Other Organizations With Which Artist Series Concerts Collaborates Directly In
The 2016-2017 Season
GLORIA MUSICAE
SINGERS
November 6, 2016 - Siesta Key Chapel - "Viva España!”
December 11, 2016 - Sarasota Opera House
"Too Hot to Handel"
January 22, 2017 – Faith Lutheran Church
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer and Zigeunerweisen
March 5, 2017 - First Church, Sarasota
Duruflé Requiem and Poulenc Gloria
April 23, 2017 - Sarasota Opera House
Verdi Requiem
July 4, 2017 - First Church, Sarasota
Voices of Freedom
Artist Series Concerts is pleased to collaborate
with SILL “Musical Mondays” – the following artist
appearing in Artist Series Concerts’ season will be
featured the Monday following their performances
• Andrew Tyson (SILL 1/16)
• Edgar Moreau (SILL 2/13)
• John Brancy (SILL 2/20)
• The Callaway sisters and Alex Rybeck(SILL 3/27)
SILL tickets are at Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
941-365-6404 www.sillsarasota.org
10:30AM at Church of the Palms in Sarasota
and at 3PM at Venice Presbyterian Church
OUR 2016-2017 PERFORMANCE VENUES
SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE 
61 North Pinapple Avenue – Sarasota 34236
Conveniently located in downtown Sarasota with ample street
parking as well as a ramp parking immediately behind the theatre.
HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER 
5401 Bay Shore Road – Sarasota 34243
Located within the Visitor’s Center at The Ringling. A large parking
lot serves the entire complex.
VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 
1 Indian Avenue - Venice 34285
Located on Venice Island on the campus of Venice High School.
There is ample free parking.
MICHAEL’S ON EAST BALLROOM 
1212 South East Avenue – Sarasota 34239
Located at the southeast intersection of U.S. 41and Bahia Vista
Street. Both free lot and street parking are available as is valet parking.
FISCHER/WEISENBORNE RESIDENCE 
7459 Cabbage Palm Court – Sarasota 34241
Located within the gated residential community of Serenoa Lakes,
with ample street parking. Approximately 25 minutes from downtown
Sarasota, the residence is 1 mile east of I-75 and one mile south of
Clark Road (I-75 exit 205.)
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 
7750 Beneva Road, Sarasota 34238
located on the west side of Beneva and north of Sarasota Square
Mall. Ample free parking.
CHURCH OF THE PALMS 
3224 Bee Ridge Road – Sarasota 34239
Located at Lockwood Ridge and Bee Ridge Roads .
Ample free parking.
OUR VENUES ARE CONVENIENT
AND EASY TO ACCESS
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Offices:
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General information:
941.306.1202 (M-F, 10-4)
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Fax:
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VENUE DISTANCES FROM
DOWNTOWN SARASOTA
 SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE 00 mi
 HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER 03 mi
VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CTR 24 mi
 MICHAEL’S ON EAST 02 mi
 FISCHER/WEISENBORNE 14 mi
 FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 09 mi
 CHURCH OF THE PALMS 05 mi
Website:
www.artistseriesconcerts.org
Email:
[email protected]
Artist Series Concerts of
Sarasota is a tax-exempt
corporation recognized by
the IRS, and registered
with the state of Florida
for charitable solicitation.
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All dates, artists, venues and
programs listed are subject
to change due to unforeseen
exigencies.
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Twenty-First Season
Artist Series Concerts presents the widest range of high-quality
musical experiences of any organization in the region!
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