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ROSA LAMOREAUX, Soprano

KAREN JOHNSON, Flute

BETTY BULLOCK, Piano

Evening in Paris

Five selected songs

Mandoline

Clair de lune

L'Heure exquise

A Chloris

Eau Vivante

Gabriel Faure

(1845-1924)

Reynaldo Hahn

(1874-1947)

Faure

Sonata for flute and piano Francis Poulenc

(1899-1963)

Allegro malinconico

Cantilena

Presto giocoso

Five Greek Folk Songs Maurice Ravel 

(1875-1937)

Song for the Bride

At the Church

What Gallant!

Song of the Girls Gathering Pistachios

Very Merrily!

Intermission

Four selected songs

Deux Poemes de Ronsard

Rossignol, mon mignon

Ciel, aer et vens

^oir Paien

Albert Roussel

(1869-1937)

Philippe Gaubert

(1879-1941)

Camille Saint-Saens

(1835-1921)

Jne flute invisible soupire

For flute and piano Germaine Tailleferre

(1892-1983)

Allegro non troppo

Adagiato

Five selected songs Poulenc

Vogage a Paris (Banalites)

C (Deux Poemes)

Air Romantique (Airs Chantes)

A sa guitare

Air Vif (Airs Chantes)

Many thanks to AVT Design Group of Kensington, Maryland,

for its sponsorship of this evening's coffeehouse concert

Strathmore Hall Arts Center thanks la Madeleine

for its generous donation of pastries and coffee

MEET THE ARTISTS

Rosa Lamoreaux, lyric soprano, has been critically acclaimed for her

performances at the Bach festivals of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Carmel,

California, and in Leipzig, Berlin, and Halle, Germany. She has performed

recitals in Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, England, and Brazil, in

addition to many appearances in the U. S.

Ms. Lamoreaux has performed as soloist for the Carmel Bach Festival 

under Bruno Weil, the Atlanta and Cincinnati symphonies under Robert 

Shaw, and the Bethlehem Bach Festival under Sir David Willcocks, in

addition to the major choral societies of Washington, D. C. The repertoire

for these appearances has ranged from Bach's Mass in B minor, Passions

according to St. Matthew and St. John, and cantatas, Handel s oratorios,

Mozart's Requiem and Massin C minor, several ofHaydn's masses, Debussy's

La Demoiselle elite, Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915, and Copland's In the

Beginning.

Ms. Lamoreaux is an active performer of chamber music, as a member

of the Chamber Artists ofWashington, a touring artist with Musicians from 

Marlboro, and as the soprano in the Vocal Arts Quartet, based at the 

National Gallery of Art. Her recordings include the B-minor Mass of Bach

with the Bethlehem Bach Festival (Dorian), Four Centuries of Song with the

Vocal Arts Quartet (Koch), Gentle Annie—songs of Stephen Foster and
Charles Ives (Koch), Spain in the New World with Hesperus (Koch), and

Masters in This Hall with the Washington Men's Camerata (Gothic).

Rosa Lamoreaux received an Associate Degree in performance from

the Royal College of Music, London, and the Master of Music degree from

the University of Redlands. She is a member of the voice faculty at the

Levine School of Music in Washington.

Karen Johnson, flute, has served as a flute soloist with the Chamber

Artists of Washington since 1984 and the principal flutist of the Washington Bach Consort since 1993. In recent seasons, she has collaborated with

the Takacs String Quartet, the Bach Aria Group, and the Glimmerglass

Chamber Music Festival, resulting in appearances throughoutthe U. S. and

Mexico.

Ms. Johnson is an advocate for expanding the traditional flute repertoire, and has participated in the world premieres of compositions by

William Albright and Frances McKay. She wasfeatured with the late flutist

Peter Brown in the recording of Washington composerJeffrey Mumford's

filaments on the 1993 compact disc the focus of blue light. The winner of

numerous competitions, Karen Johnson received a solo instrumental grant

from the Maryland State ArtsCouncil for performances during the 1997-98

concert season. In 1994, she joined the woodwind and chamber music

faculty of the Levine School of Music.

Betty Bullock, piano, is active as a soloist, chamber musician, and

accompanist throughout the Washington area. She has performed in

recitals at the Phillips Collection and the Kennedy Center, as soloist with

the Mount Vernon Chamber Orchestra, on national television with singers

Paul Plishka and Gary Lakes, and with violinist Isaac Stern at the Kennedy

Center Honors. She has performed as a collaborative artistin New York at

Weill Recital Hall and the 92nd Street Y, at Harvard University, and at

numerous other performing arts centers on the East Coast.

Ms. Bullock is a graduate of the Oberlin College Conservatory, and

pursued further study at the Hochschule fiir Musik in Munich and the

Mozarteum in Salzburg. She returned to Oberlin as the Associate Dean of

the Conservatory. She has given masterclasses for singers and pianists at

the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Arizona. Currently, she is a member of the piano faculty of the Levine School of Music

and a member of the music staff of the Washington Opera. She has served

as head of the accompanying staff of the American Institute of Musical

Studies in Graz, Austria, and joined the faculty of the University ofMiami's

summer program for singers and pianists in Salzburg in 1996.