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Studio Series
Liederabend
Students of Holly Boaz and Denise Daverso
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 8pm
Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center
Pacific Lutheran University
School of Arts and Communication / Department of Music presents
Studio Series
Liederabend
Students of Holly Boaz and Denise Daverso
Jennifer Bowman, piano
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 8pm
Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center
Welcome to Lagerquist Concert Hall.
Please disable the audible signal on all watches, pagers and cellular phones for the duration of the concert.
Use of cameras, recording equipment and all digital devices is not permitted in the concert hall.
PROGRAM
Sehnsucht (1816) .............................................................................................................. Ludwig van Beethoven
Athena Gordon, soprano
(1770-1827)
Als Luise des Briefes (1787) ............................................................................................................. W.A. Mozart
Hannah Rausch, mezzo-soprano
(1756-1791)
Wiegenlied ................................................................................................................................................... Mozart
Kristin Bender, soprano
Die Rose (~1820) ............................................................................................................................ Franz Schubert
Alexandra Steves, soprano
(1797-1828)
Kommen und Scheiden (1846) .................................................................................Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Kristin Bender, soprano
(1805-1847)
Maienied (~1824-1828) ............................................................................................................ Felix Mendelssohn
Kyla Ray, mezzo-soprano
(1809-1847)
Widmung (1840) .................................................................................................. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Liebst du um Schönheit (1841) .............................................................................Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Elissa Brown, soprano
Dein blaues Auge (~1870-1873) ................................................................................................ Johannes Brahms
Hannah Rausch, mezzo-soprano
(1833-1897)
Vergebliches Ständchen (~1881-82) ......................................................................................................... Brahms
Breit über mein Haupt (~1882-90) ....................................................................... Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Christina Nelson, soprano
All mein Gedanken (~1887-88) .................................................................................................................. Strauss
Lexie Higgins, soprano
Du meines Herzenskrönelein (~1887-88) ................................................................................................. Strauss
Ach lieb, ich muss nun scheiden
Naomi Lapp, soprano
Die Bekehrte (1889)............................................................................................................................... Hugo Wolf
Halley Barnett, soprano
(1860-1903)
Ich atmet einen Lindenduft (1904) ..........................................................................Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Ich wandle unter Blumen (1911) .................................................... Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel (1879-1964)
Carly Stauffer, mezzo-soprano
Liebst du um Schönheit (1904) .................................................................................................................. Mahler
Rika Boorsma, mezzo-soprano
Das irdische Leben (1905) .......................................................................................................................... Mahler
Alexandra Dreher, mezzo-soprano
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? (1905) ...................................................................................................... Mahler
Gillian Dockins, mezzo-soprano
Students of Holly Boaz
Halley Barnett, soprano, senior, majoring in Musical Arts and Geoscience
Rika Boorsma, mezzo-soprano, freshman, majoring in Elementary Education
Gillian Dockins, mezzo-soprano, freshman, majoring in Musical Arts with Communications cognate
Alexandra Dreher, mezzo-soprano, junior, majoring in German and Music - Vocal Performance
Lexie Higgins, soprano, freshman, majoring in Biology
Naomi Lapp, soprano, freshman, majoring in Musical Arts
Kyla Ray, mezzo-soprano, freshman, undeclared major
Carly Stauffer, mezzo soprano, sophomore, majoring in Physics
Students of Denise Daverso
Kristen Bender, soprano, majoring in Musical Arts, minor in Early Childhood Education cognate
Elissa Brown, soprano, sophomore, majoring in Communications, minor in Music and Business
Athena Gordon, soprano, sophomore, majoring in Sociology, minor in Music
Christina Nelson, soprano, sophomore, majoring in Music Education-Choral
Hannah Rausch, mezzo-soprano, junior, majoring in Music Education-Choral
Alexandra Steves, soprano, senior, majoring in Music Education-Choral
About the Pianist
Pianist Jennifer (Walsh) Bowman is a native of Olympia, WA, who has earned degrees in Piano Performance,
Piano Pedagogy and Collaborative Piano from Whitman College, Northern Illinois University, and The
Juilliard School. She has studied with Janet Mooney, Leonard Richter, Lee Thompson, Debra Bakland, Donald
Walker, Margo Garrett, Jonathan Feldman, Rohan de Silva, Brian Zeger and Samuel Sanders.
She has performed in most of the major concert venues in the area including Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital
Hall, Meany Hall, Seattle Art Museum, Lagerquist Hall, Minnaert Center, and The Washington Center.
Professionally she has worked with Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, The Fifth Avenue Theatre, Capital
Playhouse, SOGO, Academy of Music Northwest and Seattle Conservatory. She has also performed live on
KING FM 98.1 several times.
A music educator for over 25 years, Ms. Bowman has taught piano from the elementary to the collegiate level,
and is currently on the piano faculty of Pacific Lutheran University. Her students have been prizewinners in all
sorts of competitions. She is also an experienced vocal coach with over 18 years of experience in art song and
operatic repertoire. She is an active and versatile collaborative pianist and participates in a large variety of
musical events every year.