Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Voices of Women

Save the Dates!

Saturday, October 29th at 8 pm
Tuesday, November 1 at 7.30 pm

Singer's Forum
24th Street/6th Avenue

American Art Song Recital- Taking the Recital out of Recital by telling a story of 4 women, coming to NYC and facing their dreams.

Monday, October 6, 2008

in lay-a-way

Keeping you all (ok, my parents...) posted... upcoming venue tbd!

Sunday, July 13, 2008

August 2nd Recital

Saturday, August 2nd @ 5:30 pm
Steinway Reformed Church, Astoria Ny
21-65 41st Street (at Ditmars)


COURTENAY SCHOWALTER, soprano
CHRISTOPHER FECTEAU, piano

MOZART Concert Aria: Vado, ma dove?
DONIZETTI Il Barciaolo, Eterno amor e fe, A mezzanote
POULENC Song cycle: A courte paille
VALERIE SAALBACH Song cycle: Catarina to Camoens (E. Barrett Browning)
R. STRAUSS Einerlei, Wiegenlied, In der Campagna

Ticket Information
This recital is free and open to the public, but a donation of $10 is strongly encouraged. Seating is general admission and doors open at 5:00p.m. Short reception to follow.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Friday, February 22nd, 8 pm
Columbia University, 301 Philosophy Hall116 and Amsterdam Metrostop
(map attached at the bottom)
A $15 donation is happily accepted!

COURTENAY SCHOWALTER, Soprano
LEESA DAHL, Piano
OLIVER INTEEWORN, Guitar

MOZART Concert Aria: Vado, ma dove?
DONIZETTI Il Barciaolo, Eterno amor e fe, A mezzanote
POULENC Song cycle: A courte paille
VALERIE SAALBACH Song cycle: Catarina to Camoens (Poetry by E. Barrett Browning)
R. STRAUSS Einerlei, Wiegenlied, In der Campagna
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (with guitar)

Recital, February 22nd, 2008

Soprano Courtenay Schowalter presents a diverse recital of arias and art-songs on Friday, February 22 at 8:00 p.m. in 301 Philosophy Hall at Columbia University. Ms. Schowalter is joined by pianist Leesa Dahl on a program of rarely performed works including Mozart’s concert aria Vado, ma dove?; Donizetti’s Il Barciaolo, Eterno amor e fè, A Mezzanote; R. Strauss’s Einerlei, Wiegenlied, In der Campagna; Poulenc’s song cycle A courte paille; Valerie Saalbach’s song cycle Catarina to Camoens (poetry by E. Barrett Browning); as well as a special performance of Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with guitarist Oliver Inteeworn. Complete program and ticket information is listed below.

Soprano Courtenay Schowalter has performed with Opera Boston, Brooklyn Repertory Opera, the Hillyer Festival Orchestra, and has given numerous recitals in Boston and Rome. Highlights from recent seasons include performing with the Hilllyer Festival Orchestra at Boston’s Hatch Shell on the Esplanade, a recital at the French Ambassador’s home in Washington D.C., and the role of Marzelline this past winter in a production of Fidelio with Brooklyn Repertory Opera. Ms. Schowalter received a Bachelors of Music at the University of Michigan and a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance at New England Conservatory, both with high honor. Her vocal teachers include Gregory Lamar, Patricia Craig and Freda Herseth. She is currently coaching with Christopher Fecteau.

Pianist Leesa Dahl has performed and coached at Juilliard, the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College, and Yale University. Ms. Dahl has worked with Gotham Chamber Opera, One World Symphony, and Opera on Tap. In past summers, she has been a vocal coach and accompanist for the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and BASOTI. In 2001 and 2004 she was an Apprentice Coach in the Merola Opera Program in San Fransicso. Recently, Ms. Dahl was on the music staff at Glimmerglass Opera and she has also joined the music staff of the Mark Morris Dance Group, where she is currently preparing the company's production of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. In September, Leesa will become assistant conductor and chorus master at Fort Worth Opera.