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“Oh, Will” for Pierrot In Dayton
Soprano Andrea Chenoweth Wells performed the aria “Oh Will, come see” from The Big Bonanza, in a new arrangement for Pierrot ensemble, on her Faculty Recital of Contemporary Chamber Music, which took place on October 9, 2024, at the Roger Glass Center for the Arts at the University of Dayton, Ohio, under the direction of Neal Gittleman.
Trio ‘Toiyabe’ Tour
Oboist Aaron Hill, violist Dustin Budish and harpist Emily Montoya Barnes, premiered a new ten-minute Houghton work commissioned by Toiyabe Chamber Music Society for their three-city inaugural tour as part of a full program featuring this unusual trio combination at St. Thomas Aquinas in Reno, Nevada, with additional performances at the Fallon Theater in Fallon, and at Eureka Opera House in Eureka, Nevada in May.
Here is a link to watch the Eureka performance of Houghton’s Trio ‘Toiyabe’
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18sFATSH3FYOq5I3da0QfmzHwELiRL0WI/view?usp=gmail
Art Song Album Release
The works on A BREATH OF AIR by Monica Houghton are “a clear reflection of true nobility and musicality,” said Sonograma Magazine.
In Singing Weather (1996) on poems of Maggie Anderson
Three Songs on Poems of Walt Whitman (2002/2010)
Whalefall (2006) poem by Elizabeth Bradfield
Five Songs on Poems of James Wright (2009)
Three Gems from Emily Dickinson (2011/2022)
Six Songs on Poems of Langston Hughes (2016)
Here is a link to listen or purchase all or some of the selections on various platforms:
https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6607/#listen
“I, Too” from the Hughes cycle, recorded by Albert R. Lee and John Etsell, was selected by Apple Music for “The Classical Voice” playlist following the album’s release on March 15, 2024 .
World Premiere of “Variations on Jehan Alain’s ‘Litanies'” for Solo Violin on Valentine’s Day
Violinst Stephanie Sant-Ambrogio presented the World Premiere of this new work in recital on February 14, 2024, in the Harlan O. and Barbara R. Hall Recital Hall, at the University of Nevada Reno.
Song Cycle ‘de la Noche’ premiere at Bowling Green State University
Mezzo-soprano Katherine Pracht Phares and pianist Kevin Bylsma delivered an impressive premiere performance of this cycle of seven songs on poems of Federico Garcia Lorca (in Spanish) on the evening of January 17,2024, in Bryan Recital Hall, at Bowling Green State University in Toledo, Ohio.