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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
The Song Continues...Warren Jones Master Class
Weill Recital Hall
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Julia Cramer, Soprano
Tharanga Goonetilleke, Soprano
Haeran Hong, Soprano
Derrel Acon, Bass-Baritone
In Sun Suh, Piano
Bryan Wagorn, Piano
Bridgette Gan, Soprano
Marquis Fuse, Tenor
A program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall in partnership with The Marilyn Horne Foundation
Professional Training Workshops are made possible, in part, by Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
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A festival celebrating the art of the vocal recital, The Song Continues ... began in 1997 under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation and is now in residence at Carnegie Hall. Watch pianist Warren Jones (Musical America's 2010 Collaborative Pianist of the Year) as he instructs and critiques young singers - the rising vocal stars of tomorrow.
Meet the Artists
Julia Cramer, Soprano
Warren Jones
Warren Jones has recently been named as Collaborative Pianist of the Year for 2010 by Musical America. He performs with many of today’s best-known artists, including Stephanie Blythe, Denyce Graves, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Anthony Dean Griffey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Bo Skovhus, Samuel Ramey, James Morris, John Relyea, and Joseph Alessi—and is principal pianist for the exciting California-based chamber music group Camerata Pacifica. In the past, he has partnered such great performers as Marilyn Horne, Håkan Hagegård, Kathleen Battle, Barbara Bonney, Carol Vaness, Judith Blegen, Tatiana Troyanos, and Martti Talvela. His collaborations have earned consistently high praise from many publications: The Boston Globe termed him “flawless” and “utterly ravishing”; the New York Times, “exquisite”; and the San Francisco Chronicle said simply, “He is the single finest accompanist now working.”
Mr. Jones has often been a guest artist at Carnegie Hall and in Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series, as well as the festivals of Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Caramoor. His international travels have taken him to recitals at the Salzburg Festival, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Maggio Musicale Festival in Florence, the Teatro Fenice in Venice, Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Opéra Bastille, Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Cultural Centre in Hong Kong, and theaters throughout Scandinavia and Korea. Mr. Jones has been invited three times to the White House by American presidents to perform at concerts honoring the President of Russia, and prime ministers of Italy and Canada—and three times he has appeared at the US Supreme Court as a specially invited performer for the Justices and their guests.
Mr. Jones’s discography includes more than 25 recordings: The latest is a compilation of new songs by American composer Lori Laitman on the Albany label. He can be heard on every major record label in diverse repertory from Schubert and Brahms to more esoteric compositions by Gretchaninoff, Clarke, and Smit.
Mr. Jones is a member of the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music. Each summer he teaches and performs at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. For 10 years he was assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and for three seasons served in the same capacity at San Francisco Opera.
Participating Artists
Julia Cramer, Soprano, 24
Hometown: Houston, TX
Education: M.M., Moores School of Music, University of Houston (current); B.M., Eastman School of Music
Awards: Howard Hansen Scholarship, Eastman School of Music, 2004–2008; Lotte Lenya Competition Finalist, Kurt Weill Foundation, 2007; Ornest Award, Eastman School of Music, 2007; Second Place, Friends of Eastman Opera, Eastman School of Music, 2008
Upcoming: Countess Folleville (Il viaggio a Reims), Moores Opera Center; Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Moores Opera Center
Tharanga Goonetilleke, Soprano
Tharanga Goonetilleke, Soprano, 28
Hometown: Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
Education: A.D., The Juilliard School (current); M.M., The Juilliard School; B.M., Converse College
Awards: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions regional finalist, 2008; Makiko Narumi Memorial Prize, The Juilliard School; Aspen Music Festival, 2009
Upcoming: Blanche (Diologues des Carmelites), The Juilliard Opera
Haeran Hong, Soprano
Haeran Hong, Soprano, 28
Hometown: Kangwon, South Korea
Education: A.D., The Juilliard School (current); M.M., The Juilliard School; B.M., The Korean National University of Arts
Awards: Oren L. Brown Memorial Scholarship, Mildred Gruner Scholarship, Otto Lehmann Scholarship (The Juilliard School, 2007 and 2008); Risë Stevens Scholarship (The Juilliard School, 2009)
Upcoming: Sister Constance (Dialogues des Carmelites), The Juilliard School; Barbarina (Le nozze
di Figaro) and Seleuce (cover) (Tolomeo), Glimmerglass Opera
Derrel Acon, Bass-Baritone
Derrell Acon, Bass-Baritone, 21
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Education: B.M., Lawrence Conservatory of Music (current)
Awards: “Rising Star” Award, Bel Canto Foundation, 2009; Winner, Neale Silva Young Artists Competition, 2009; Bravo Award, Bel Canto Opera Contest, 2007–2008; First Place, Wisconsin NATS, 2006–2008
Upcoming: Pangloss/Professor (Candide), Lawrence Conservatory of Music; Song recital, Lawrence Harper Hall
In Sun Suh, Piano
In Sun Suh, Piano, 27
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Education: Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program (current); M.M., The Juilliard School (current); B.M., Yonsei University
Awards: Marilyn Horne Foundation Pianist Award, Music Academy of the West, 2008
Recent: Lindemann Program recitals at the Bruno Walter Auditorium; MHF On Wings of Song recital with Edward Parks
Bryan Wagorn, Piano
Bryan Wagorn, Piano, 25
Hometown: Ottawa, Canada
Education: D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music (current); M.M., Mannes College The New School for Music; B.M., University of Ottawa
Awards: Mitchell Sharp Award, National Arts Centre of Canada; Manhattan School of Music Fellowship
Recent: Carnegie Hall recital debut; Jeunesses Musicales Canada concert tours
Bridgette Gan, Soprano
Bridgette Gan, Soprano, 22
Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Education: M.M., University of Maryland, College Park (current); B.M., Westminster Choir College
Awards: Career Winner, Opera Index Vocal Competition; Vocal Division Winner, The Philadelphia Orchestra Albert M. Greenfield Competition; First Place, National Opera Association Vocal Scholarship Competition, Shirley Rabb Winston Voice Scholarship; First Place, New Jersey NATS Festival of Singing; National Winner, Elardo International Opera Competition; National Winner, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
Upcoming: Debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Kimmel Center; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Maryland Opera Studio; First Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Maryland Opera Studio
Marquis Fuse, Tenor
Marquis Fuse, Tenor, 22
Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL
Education: M.M., New England Conservatory (current); B.M., Stetson University
Awards: William E. Duckwitz Talent Scholarship, New England Conservatory, 2005–2009; The Palm Beach Post Pathfinder Scholarship, 2005; The Coretta Scott King Scholarship, New England Conservatory, 2009–2011
Upcoming: Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), NEC Opera Theater; Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), NEC Opera Theater
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