## Sunday, July 1

## 2:00 pm

# Aine Minogue

Celtic harp and vocals

The Sun is Shining

Áine will announce most of her tunes from the stage. The show this
afternoon will consist of music appropriate to the time of year and will
serve to celebrate the height of summer.

Tunes such as the "Butterly," "King of the Faeries," and "A Summer
Story" celebrate the joy and peace of the summer season!

We thank you for joining us this afternoon and hope you enjoy the show!

*The sun is shining ---\
The sun is shining\
That is the Magic.\
The flowers are growing ---\
the roots are stirring.\
That is the Magic.\
Being alive is the Magic\
being strong is the Magic.\
The Magic is in me ---\
it is in me.\
It's in every one of us.*

From the *Secret Garden*\
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

As traditional Irish music and dance continue to enjoy phenomenal
success both here and in Ireland, **[Áine Minogue]{.smallcaps}** is an
artist who has long explored its themes and who captures its very
essence. Her voice reflects the lyricism and richness to be found in
Irish music, mythology and poetry with a voice undeniably her own.

Born in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, to a large musical family, Áine
discovered her true love --- the harp --- at age twelve, which she
decided to pursue in lieu of all other instruments.

Áine moved to the United States and settled in New England. She
continues to concentrate on the traditional music of her homeland,
taking an ancient art form, extensively exploring its underpinnings, and
adding her own creativity to each piece.

Áine's harp has entertained former Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers
and she is a regular performer throughout the country.

Numerous tracks of her music in varying styles appear on compilations
for such labels as BMG, Virgin and Putumayo. Many of these albums have
topped Billboard's New Age and World Music Charts. She has numerous solo
recordings on several labels including RCA Victor/BMG and she has been
nominated for FIMA awards for her work as a producer. Her TV production
work on "A Winter's Journey" earned her a New England EMMY ® nomination.
Her music can often be heard on the major networks as soundtracks to
some of the America's favorite shows. Her most recent album "Celtic
Lamentation" was awarded Celtic Album of the Year for 2005 (NAV
Lifestyle Awards)

Aine earned an MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance at the
University of Limerick in 2002. Her next album is due out in the spring
of 2008.

To learn more about Aine and her music, please visit her web site at
http://www.minogue.com.

## Sunday, July 8

## 2:00 pm

# Heritage Brass Quintet

Dan Farina, trumpet

Charles Gasque, trumpet

Lydia Buslet-Blais, horn

James Bennett, trombone

Robert E. Eliason, tuba

Brandenburg Suite III J. S. Bach (1885--1750), arr. Arthur Frackenpohl\
Allegro Assai

Fanfare: In the Sculpture Garden (premiere performance) Kathy Wonson
Eddy\
I. Fanfare\
II. Processional

Three American Portraits Bruce Broughton\
I. Napoleon Hill\
II. Calvin Coolidge\
III. William Tecumseh Sherman

--- Intermission ---

The Entertainer (used in the The Sting) Scott Joplin (1868--1917)\
arr. Frackenpohl

A Tribute to M. G. M. arr. Paul Nagle

The Music From *Titanic* James Horner, arr. Jack Gale\
1. Never An Absolution/Distant Memories\
2. Southhampton\
3. "Hard To Starboard"\
4. My Heart Will Go On

Star Wars John Williams, arr. John Swan

The **[Heritage Brass Quintet]{.smallcaps}** was formed for the 1990
Christmas Revels in Hanover, NH, and, except for 1991 and 2001, has
continued to perform with Revels each year. During the rest of the year
the quintet plays in a variety of settings including outdoor park
concerts, weddings, college commencements, and celebrations of all
kinds. On most programs the quintet explores music from the American
brass band and jazz eras as well as the standard quintet literature from
Renaissance to Modern.

**[Dan Farina]{.smallcaps}**, trumpet, is a graduate of Shenandoah
College and Conservatory in Winchester, VA. He has freelanced as a
trumpeter for a multitude of orchestras, brass groups, jazz ensembles,
recording studios, and as a soloist in the Northeast. He can be heard on
composer Larry Siegel's latest compilation CD *All Go Forward and Back!*
as well as Disney's DVD *Little Einsteins-Our Big Huge Adventure* (Dan
recorded the trumpeting of character Quincy and the orchestral trumpet
work). Currently he is principal trumpet with the NH Philharmonic
Orchestra and Keene Chorale. He also performs with the Dartmouth
Symphony Orchestra, New England Brass Ensemble, Hill's Bandwagon,
Monadnock Orchestra, Papermill Theater, and others. He loves to play but
also teaches at various music studios and holds a "day gig" at TNT
school in Keene. His greatest trumpet teacher was KHS's former band
director Robert Cummings.

**[Charles Gasque]{.smallcaps}**, trumpet, studied music education first
at Ohio Northern University, completing his degree at the University of
Maryland following service in the U.S. Navy. Since coming to Vermont in
1978 he has taught music at Northfield High School and at Spaulding High
School in Barre. His playing experience includes touring the U.S. and
Europe in one of the Navy jazz bands, assistant principal trumpet in the
Fairfax, VA Symphony Orchestra, principal trumpet in the University of
Maryland Symphony, and first trumpet in the Capital Brass Quintet. In
this area he has performed with the Vermont Symphony, Hanover Chamber
Orchestra, Vermont Philharmonic, Opera North, and the Vermont Jazz
Ensemble. He is currently studying with Charles Schlueter, principal
trumpet in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Widely acclaimed as a new genre of improvisatory artist, hornist and
composer **[Lydia Busler-Blais]{.smallcaps}** began a professional
career when she performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at age 16.
Lydia has performed with the New York City Ballet, Brooklyn
Philharmonic, Jose Limon Dance Company, and Manhattan Chamber Orchestra,
as well as holding the position of Solo Horn with the Rome Festival
Opera. In addition to performing with New York chamber ensembles, she
has participated in premieres of works by Yehudi Wyner, Dennis
Bathory-Kitsz, John Rutter, David Soldier, her own works Frost Cycle
(1998), Uptown Train (2005), and Moon Lilies (2006). Busler-Blais has
soloed with orchestras in Boston and Vermont, appears as recitalist
locally and abroad, collaborates with pianist Elizabeth Metcalfe and
publicly jams with hornist Jeffrey Agrell. Shelburne News critic Dan
Wolfe writes, "Busler-Blais is an amazing horn player." Jim Decker, the
film industry's most recorded studio horn player praises her "excellent
phrasing and musicianship." Horn recording artist Lowell Greer wrote of
Lydia "\...a fine horn player and moreover a gifted musician." Teaching
and coaching chamber music are two of Lydia's loves. Her students enjoy
positions in top youth orchestras throughout the northeast, many All
State, All New England and All Eastern Music Festivals, and
professionally on Broadway. Lydia resides in Montpelier with her cellist
and conductor husband Robert and young cellist son Tristan.

**[James Bennett]{.smallcaps}**, trombone, is a graduate of Gorham State
College, Gorham, Maine. He holds a master's from the University of
Michigan, and has done additional graduate work at the University of
Michigan, Boston College, and Norwich University. He is presently
Director of Bands and Music at Norwich University, Northfield, VT. His
playing experience includes trombonist with the Portland, Maine
Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, the Vermont Philharmonic, the Central
Vermont Brass Quintet, and he has also performed as trombone and
euphonium soloist throughout the Northeast and Midwest.

**[Robert E. Eliason]{.smallcaps}**, tuba, is a graduate of the
University of Michigan (music education), Manhattan School of Music
(performance), and the University of Missouri at Kansas City
(musicology). His playing experience has included touring Europe with
the 7th Army Symphony Orchestra, summer tours with the Henry Mancini
Orchestra and 10 years as principal tubaist with the Kansas City
Philharmonic. He has played with the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra since
1988, the Hanover Chamber Orchestra since 2001, and in 1994 joined the
orchestra of Opera North for their production of *La Traviata*.

Program Notes

**Bach's** third Brandenburg Suite needs no introduction other than to
note that this movement features one of the more famous high clarino
trumpet parts of the Baroque period.

**The Fanfare:** In the Sculpture Garden was written for this
Saint-Gauden's concert, and expresses the grandeur and beauty of the
site in strong rhythms and wide chords. The Processional is a quintet
arrangement of a trumpet processional written for the Eddy's son
Nathan's wedding to Clare Dowding in 2005. Because Clare is British, a
noble feeling was sought. At the end of the Processional, the themes of
the two movements are interwoven.

**Kathy Wonson Eddy** is senior pastor and composer-in-residence at
Bethany Church, United Church of Christ in Randolph, Vermont, where she
has served for over 30 years. She received her education at Middlebury
College majoring in music, and Yale Divinity School. In addition she has
continued her study of music composition during four sabbaticals from
ministry: at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Sir David
Lumsden; at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts with
Alastair Cassels-Brown; and in Ecuador with folk musicians. Rev. Eddy
has written over two hundred compositions, including a symphony, four
dramatic musicals, many choral anthems with instruments, and works for
solo voice with various instruments.

**Bruce Broughton** is one of the most versatile composers working
today. He writes in every medium, from theatrical releases and TV
feature films to the concert stage and computer games. His first major
film score, for the Lawrence Kasdan western Silverado, brought him an
Oscar nomination. Broughton has received a record 10 Emmy awards, most
recently for HBO's Warm Springs. *Three American Portraits* (2006) is
his first composition for brass quintet and explores some contrasting
corners of the American experience.

**Napoleon Hill** (1883--1970) was an American author who was one of the
earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature.
His most famous work, *Think and Grow Rich,* is one of the best-selling
books of all time.

**John Calvin Coolidge Jr.** (1872--1933), known primarily as Calvin
Coolidge, was the 30th President of the United States (1923--1929). A
lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge was elected as the 29th Vice President in
1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of Warren G.
Harding. He was elected in his own right in 1924, and gained a
reputation as a small-government conservative. As his biographer later
put it, "he embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could
interpret their longings and express their opinions."

**William Tecumseh Sherman** (1820--1891) was an American soldier,
businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the United
States Army during the American Civil War (1861--65), receiving both
recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, and
criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies he
implemented in conducting total war against the enemy.

It is sometimes asked, why does the devil get all the good tunes? Here
is music of a style that was first associated with turn-of-the-century
brothels, and was later adapted to a film about roaring twenties
gangsters! Scott Joplin's **"The Entertainer"** has improved its company
a bit since then, and now accompanies everything from cartoons to cat
food commercials!

**A Tribute to MGM** looks back at some of the great film musicals and
the immortal songs they featured. A few of them you'll know are: "I Feel
A Song Coming On" (Jimmie McHugh) from the 1935 comedy *Every Night at
Eight;* "Singin' In The Rain" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, words by
Arthur Freed) title song of the 1952 movie; and "Over The Rainbow"
(music by Harold Arlen, words by E. Y. Harburg) from the 1939 movie,
*The Wizard Of Oz.*

**Titanic** (1997); the unsinkable ship, the unthinkable tragedy. In
this arrangement, Jack Horner's music describes some of the memorable
events in this story of improbable chances and disaster: the woman with
the blue diamond, a Southampton card game, an impossible romance, an
iceberg at night, memories of those who survived.

**Star Wars** (1977) inspired a whole universe of related materials and
activities and remains one of the definitive expressions of 20th-century
American culture. It was the first of six films released in the Star
Wars saga, and John Williams' music continues to define the enormity of
the galactic empire in sound.

## Sunday July 15

## 2:00 pm

# The Fischer Duo

Norman Fischer, cello

Jeanne Kierman, piano

Adagio and Allegro, Op 70 (1849) Robert Schumann (1810--1856)

Abu Ghraib (2006) John Harbison (b. 1938)\
Scene I, Prayer I\
Scene II, Prayer II

Sonata in A Minor (1894) Alexander Zemlinsky (1871--1942)\
I. Mit Leidenschaft\
II. Andante\
III. Allegretto\
Western Hemisphere premiere performance

--- intermission ---

"Together, connected" (2007) Kurt Stallmann (b.1964)\
Western Hemisphere premiere performance

Sonata in F Major, Op. 99 (1886) Johannes Brahms (1833--1897)\
I. Allegro vivace\
II. Adagio affetuoso\
III. Allegro molto

Founded in 1971, the **[Fischer Duo]{.smallcaps}** has been widely
praised by music critics for its choice of repertoire which is
well-known to the St. Gaudens audiences through the years. Thoroughly
versed in the classical repertoire of Brahms, Beethoven, and Schumann,
the Fischer Duo has acquired an equally impressive reputation for
rediscovering neglected works of the past (Busconi, Boulanger, Foote,
Liszt) and for commissioning new pieces. "One felt like applauding the
Fischer Duo before they even played a note for programming rarely-heard
cello music by Chopin and Liszt," wrote a reviewer in *The Washington
Post.*

The Fischer Duo is also known for its enlightened residency work. In
1996 the United States Information Agency selected the Fischer Duo as
Artistic Ambassadors and they toured South America and the next year
toured South Africa, receiving the highest ratings for musical maturity
and open access to audiences.

The critic from *The Toledo Blade* summed up a concert experience with
the Fischer Duo: "If there was a prize for Most Elegant Sound by a
Chamber Group, the Fischer Duo would surely win it. The two together
have a sort of slow-burning combustion on stage that makes for some
really exciting and spontaneous music. This is a pair that really knows
its repertoire, and more importantly, knows how to absorb an audience
into its own musical universe."

**[Norman Fischer]{.smallcaps}** first graced the international concert
stage as cellist with the Concord String Quartet, a group that won the
Naumburg Chamber Music Award, an Emmy and several Grammy nominations,
and recorded over 40 works on RCA Red Seal, Vox, Nonesuch, Turnabout,
and CRI. *The New York Times* recently said, "During its 16 years, the
supervirtuosic Concord String Quartet championed contemporary work while
staying rooted in the Western tradition."

In addition to performing the major concerti, Mr. Fischer has premiered
and recorded many new scores for cello and orchestra including two
recorded with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony by Augusta Read Thomas and
Ross Lee Finney. Recitals of unaccompanied cello works have received
rave reviews such as "Inspiring" \[*New York Times*\] for his New York
debut recital of the complete Bach Suites in one evening and
"Coruscating" \[*Boston Globe*\] for his performance of Golijov's
*Omaramor* at the opening of the 1998 Tanglewood festival. During the
1994 Broadway season, Mr. Fischer's recording of William Bolcom's score
was used for the premiere of Arthur Miller's *Broken Glass*. His chamber
music expertise has led to guest appearances with the American, Audubon,
Blair, Cavani, Chester, Chiara, Ciompi, Cleveland, Enso, Emerson,
Juilliard, Mendelssohn, and Schoenberg string quartets, the Santa Fe
Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music International, Context, and
Houston's Da Camera Society. During the season he frequently appears in
performances of 18th- and 19th-century music with period instruments.
Mr. Fischer joins pianist Jeanne Kierman and violinist Andrew Jennings
as the Concord Trio, a group that has been performing together for over
30 years.

A devoted teacher and mentor to young players, Mr. Fischer has been on
the faculty of Dartmouth College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music,
and is currently Professor of Violoncello at the Shepherd School of
Music at Rice University. Since 1985, he has taught at the Tanglewood
Music Center (summer home of the Boston Symphony), in Lenox, MA and is
currently Coordinator of Chamber Music and Strings.

**[Jeanne Kierman]{.smallcaps}** is a graduate of the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music, the Dalcroze School, and the New England
Conservatory. Ms. Kierman studied with William Masselos, Miles Mauney,
Victor Rosenbaum, and Menachem Pressler. Formerly on the faculties of
the Oberlin Conservatory and Dartmouth College, Ms. Kierman has made a
professional specialty as a player and teacher of ensemble repertoire.
For ten years she toured extensively under the sponsorship of the New
England Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council as a member of the
Alcott Piano Quartet. She has performed for Da Camera of Houston, Mohawk
Trail Concerts, Chamber Music Ann Arbor, Skaneateles and the Marrowstone
Festival among others. In the summer months, Ms. Kierman works with high
school students in piano chamber music at the Greenwood Music Camp in
Massachssetts and performs with the Concord Trio. Ms. Kierman has
written about her experiences as a Collaborative Pianist for *Piano and
Keyboard Magazine* and has recorded for Northeastern Records and Gasparo
Records.

## Sunday, July 22

## 2:00 pm

# The Jennings

Andrew Jennings, violin

Gail Jennings, piano

Circle of Friends

Three Romances, Op. 94 (1849) Robert Schumann (1810--1856)\
Nicht schnell\
Einfach, innig\
Nicht schnell

Adagio (1823) Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805--1847)

Sonata in F Major (1838) Felix Mendelssohn (1809--1847)\
Allegro vivace\
Adagio\
Assai vivace

--- INTERMISSION ---

Three Romances, Op. 22 (1853) Clara Schumann (1819--1896)\
Andante molto\
Allegretto: Mit zartem vortrage\
Leidenschaftlich schnell

Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 (1886-88) Johannes Brahms (1833--1897)\
Allegro\
Adagio\
Un poco presto e con sentimento\
Presto agitato

Naumburg-Award-winning violinist **[Andrew Jennings]{.smallcaps}** has
achieved international acclaim as both a performer and a teacher. As a
soloist and chamber musician he has appeared in virtually every state
and province in the US and Canada as well as most of the major cities of
Europe. He can be heard on recordings for RCA, Nonesuch, Vox, Turnabout,
CRI, Danacord, Crystal and MMO and these recordings have twice received
Grammy recognition. Television appearances both here and abroad have
also received numerous awards including an Emmy. His chamber music
career has included a sixteen-year tenure with the acclaimed Concord
String Quartet as well as the Gabrielli Trio and his current membership
in the Concord Trio. As a leading exponent of new music he has given
nearly three-hundred premiere performances as well as acclaimed surveys
of the complete chamber and duo works of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert,
Ives, Brahms, Rochberg, Bartok and others. His primary teachers were
Pamela Gearhart, Alexander Schneider and Ivan Galamian and his chamber
music studies were with the Juilliard and Budapest String Quartets. Mr.
Jennings teaching credentials include long-term appointments as
artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College and the University of Akron.
His students have won important international competitions and hold
positions in orchestras, string quartets and universities throughout the
country. He currently holds simultaneous appointments as Professor of
violin and chamber music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and
the Oberlin College Conservatory. He has been a member of the artist
faculty of the Tanglewood Music Center for the past nineteen years where
he holds the Richard Burgin Master Teacher Chair.

**[Gail Jennings]{.smallcaps}** is a native of NYC and attended the High
School of Music and Art and the Mannes College of Music Prep Department.
She studied piano with Nadia Riesenberg and composition with Roger
Sessions at The Juilliard School of Music where she was awarded the
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Award at graduation. She received her Masters
of Music in organ performance at the University of Akron. Her organ
studies were with Phillip Steinhaus, Barbara MacGregor and Marilyn
Mason. She has been the organist at Bethlehem United Church of Christ in
Ann Arbor, Michigan for the last 15 years. In January she played a
dedication recital for The Year of the Organ 2007, celebrating the
refurbishing and addition of the three manual 1966 Casavant organ. This
year also marks the start of a series of the complete organ works by JS
Bach. She teaches at The Ann Arbor School of Performing Arts and is an
active chamber musician and accompanist.

## Sunday, July 29

## 2:00 pm

# Ex Luce Color

Ana Isabel Arnaz, soprano

Colleen Jennings, violin

Alessandra Jennings Flanagan, violin

Black, Brown and White

Black, brown and white Traditional song from USA\
Waiting for the dawn American fiddle tune

Blake songs for voice and violin Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872--1958)

Bel accueil-Busnoys XV century\
Isten kovacsa-z Zolton Kodaly (1882--1967)\
Duos para dos violines Béla Bartok (1881--1945)

Leánynézö Béla Bartok\
Fairy tale --- duo para dos violines Béla Bartok\
She does not know her beauty Nina Simone (1933--2003)\
Fraser's march American fiddle tune

--- Intermission ---

Hajnöveztö Zoltan Kodaly\
Adieu, adieu --- gilles binchois XV century\
Duos para dos violines Luciano Berio (1979--1983)

Estidal Zoltan Kodaly\
Brave wolfe Baptiste Romain (b. 1984)

Suite española Dominique Vellard (b.1954)\
Alalá (la coruña)\
Si supiera (extremadura)\
La hermita de san simón (poema del x. XVI)\
Triste es lo ceu (occitania)\
El baile de la carrasquiña (salamanca)

Ex Luce Color

Out of the light comes color. The musicians of the **[Ex
Luce]{.smallcaps}** ensemble seek to bridge early, contemporary and
traditional music. Their interest in music of many cultures is a
starting point which enables them to see more clearly the rich musical
history of various communities. The programs presented by Ex Luce bring
together works that are scarcely performed with well known pieces of the
21st century. This brings to their audiences a most evocative and
exquisite palette of colors and sounds.

The group was founded in 2004 after a performance at the Festival les
Melanges du Printemps in Dijon, France. Since this performance several
composers have been inspired to write pieces for Ex Luce. These
compositions have been presented in festivals in Germany, Spain, USA and
France. Ex Luce is an expanding ensemble incorporating fine musicians to
accommodate their chosen repertoire.

**[Ana Arnaz]{.smallcaps}**, soprano, was born in Huesca, Spain. She
began her musical studies at the Miguel Fleta School of Music in Huesca.
From there she went on to study voice at the Conservatorio Nacional del
Liceu de Barcelona where she received her diploma in 1995 under the
instruction of Honor Mencion. During her studies in Barcelona she
completed course work in early music, opera, and song with Marius van
Altena, Max van Egmond, Marie Claude Vallin and Christina Miatello. She
then moved to Basel, Switzerland to continue studies in early music at
the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Richard Levitt and Dominique
Vellard. She currently lives in Basel where she performs as a soloist
with various groups such as L'Eraclito Amoroso and Vox Suavis. These
groups have performed throughout Italy, France, Iceland, Norway,
Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the USA. Ana also holds a diploma in
social work from the Univeristy of Zaragosa in Spain as well as a
certificate in dance.

**[Alessandra Jennings Flanagan]{.smallcaps}** is a graduate of the
Shepherd School of Music at Rice University where she completed her
Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in violin performance with
Sergiu Luca. Her former teachers include Raphael Fliegel, Camilla Wicks,
Stephen Shipps and Stephanie Sant' Ambrogio.

Mrs. Flanagan was a founding member of the Basmati String Quartet, which
won the Grand Prize at the Coleman Ensemble Competition and Second Place
at the Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. The Basmati
Quartet was quartet-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, and
participated in the Audubon and Mendelssohn Quartet Institutes.

In 2002, Alessandra moved to New York City where she was a protégée of
Roberta Guaspari, founder of Opus 118-Harlem Center for Strings, and
inspiration for the films *Music of the Heart* and *Small Wonders.* She
worked in three East Harlem Public Elementary Schools, as well as
starting her own violin program in a West Harlem school. While in New
York, she was also on the faculty of Henry Street Settlement School and
Principal Second Violin of the One World Symphony Orchestra. Alessandra
attended the Tanglewood Music Center for two years where she was a
winner of the Pierre Mayer Award.

Mrs. Flanagan is currently a member of the Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra. She has held former posts in the Houston Grand Opera and
Ballet Orchestras. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with her husband.

**[Colleen Jennings]{.smallcaps}**, violin, performs regularly as an
orchestral player and chamber musician in Europe and the USA. She is a
member of the Kammerorchester Basel in Switzerland and principal second
violin of Opera North. She has participated in several orchestral
festivals including The Verbier Festival Youth Orchestra under the
direction of James Levine, a group with whom she has toured extensively
throughout Europe and Asia. She was also a participant in the Miyazaki
Festival in Japan and the Tanglewood Music Festival. Formerly she held
the post of principal second violin in the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
under maestro Jaime Laredo.

As a chamber musician, she performs with Ex Luce Color, a group she
founded with soprano Ana Arnaz, that focuses on bringing early music and
folk based contemporary works together. The group has performed concerts
in the USA, Spain, France and Germany. She also performs regularly with
the Classicopia Chamber Music Series. Colleen received a Bachelor of
Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Music degree
from Rice University. She also studied with Antonio Pellegrini in Basel,
Switzerland where she received a performance diploma from the SMPV
(Schweizerischen Musikpädagogischen Verband). Colleen currently resides
in Hanover where she teaches both classical violin and folk fiddle.

## Sunday, August 5

## 2:00 pm

# Augustus Saint-Gaudens A Commemorative Concert

Ray Bauwens, tenor

Rebecca Carson Rogers, flute

Gregory Hayes, piano

A remembrance of the artist in music and words

\[Program to come\]

## Sunday, August 12

## 2:00 pm

# Classicopia

Colleen Jennings, violin

Ralph Allen, violin/viola

Marcia Cassidy, viola

Iris Jortner, cello

Daniel Weiser, piano

Cleopatra Mathis, reader

New England Women\
The Music of Gwyneth Walker and Amy Beach

Letters to the World for Piano Quartet (2001) Gwyneth Walker\
I. Invocation (This is My Letter)\
II. Spring (A Light Exists in Spring)\
III. Nobody! or The Frog Pond (I'm Nobody. Who are You?)\
IV. Passion (Wild Nights)\
V. Indian Summer (Indian Summer)

--- INTERMISSION ---

Piano Quintet in F# minor, Op. 67 (1907) Amy Beach (1867--1944)\
Adagio --- Allegro moderato\
Adagio expressivo\
Allegro agitato

We are pleased to welcome back **[Classicopia]{.smallcaps}**. See the
accompanying Classicopia series program to learn more about the
organization and today's instrumentalists.

[**Cleopatra Mathis**]{.smallcaps} was born and raised in Ruston,
Louisiana, of Greek and Cherokee descent. Her first five books of poems
were published by Sheep Meadow Press. A sixth collection, White Sea, was
published by Sarabande Books in 2005.

Cleopatra Mathis' work has appeared widely in anthologies, textbooks,
magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, Poetry, American
Poetry Review, Tri-Quarterly, The Southern Review, The Georgia Review,
The Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry, The
Extraordinary Tide: Poetry by American Women, and The Practice of
Poetry. Various prizes for her work include two National Endowment for
the Arts grants, in 1984 and 2003; the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding
Book of Poems in 2001; the Peter Lavin Award for Younger Poets from the
Academy of American Poets; two Pushcart Prizes: 1980 and 2006; The
Robert Frost Resident Poet Award; a 1981-82 Fellowship in Poetry at the
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts; The May Sarton
Award; and Individual Artist Fellowships in Poetry from both the New
Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey State Arts
Council.

Cleopatra Mathis is the Frederick Sessions Beebe Professor of the Art of
Writing at Dartmouth College, where she has directed the Creative
Writing Program since 1982.

**Poems by Emily Dickinson**

**I. This is My Letter**

This is my letter to the World

That never wrote to Me ---

The simple News that Nature told ---

With tender Majesty

Her Message is committed

To Hands I cannot see ---

For love of Her --- Sweet --- countrymen ---

Judge tenderly --- of Me

**II. A Light Exists in Spring**

A Light exists in Spring

Not present on the year

or any other period ---

When March is scarcely here

A Color stands abroad

On Solitary Fields

That Science cannot overtake

But Human Nature feels.

It waits upon the Lawn,

It shows the furthest Tree

Upon the furthest Slope you know

It almost speaks to you.

Then as Horizons step

Or Noons report away

Without the Formula of sound

It passes and we stay ---

A quality of loss

Affecting our Content

As Trade has suddenly encroached

Upon a Sacrament.

A Light exists in Spring . . .

**III. I'm Nobody!**

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Are you --- Nobody --- Too?

Then there's a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise --- you know!

How dreary --- to be --- Somebody!

How public --- like a Frog ---

To tell one's name --- the livelong June ---

To an admiring Bog!

**IV. Wild Nights!**

Wild Nights --- Wild Nights!

Were I with thee

Wild Nights should be

Our luxury!

Futile --- the Winds ---

To a Heart in port ---

Done with the Compass ---

Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden ---

Ah, but the Sea!

Might I but moor ---Tonight ---

In Thee!

**V. Indian Summer**

These are the days when Birds come back ---

A very few --- a Bird or two ---

To take a backward look.

These are the days when skies resume

The old --- old sophistries of June ---

A blue and gold mistake.

Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee ---

Almost thy plausibility

Induces my belief.

Till ranks of seeds their witness bear ---

And softly thro' the altered air

Hurries a timid leaf.

Oh Sacrament of summer days,

Oh Last Communion in the Haze ---

Permit a child to join.

Thy sacred emblems to partake ---

Thy consecrated bread to take

And thine immortal wine!

## Sunday, August 19

## 2:00 pm

# Rogers and Millican

Rebecca Carson Rogers, flute

Brady Millican, piano

With guest artists

D'Anna Fortunata, soprano

Chester Brezniak, clarinet

Janet Frank, cello

Program to include works by Brahms and Ravel. Check back in July for the
program.