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Brandt, Robert

Holden, Scott

Reich, Diane Thueson

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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Music Department Programs The Caine College of the Arts Music Program Archives 9-9-2017 Comedy Tonight! Diane Thueson Reich Brigham Young University Robert Brandt Brigham Young University Scott Holden Brigham Young University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs  Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Reich, Diane Thueson; Brandt, Robert; and Holden, Scott, "Comedy Tonight!" (2017). All Music Department Programs. 121. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/121 This Faculty/Guest Recital is brought to you for free and open access by the The Caine College of the Arts Music Program Archives at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Music Department Programs by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu. COMEDY TONIGHT! DIANE THUESON REICH, soprano ROBERT BRANDT, baritone with SCOTT HOLDEN, BYU Guest Faculty Artists Caine Performance Hall, USU Saturday Septem ber 9, 2017 7:30pm Diane Thueson Reich & Robert Brandt Vocal Recital with Scott Holden, piano Comedy Tonight! "Pronta, io son!" from Don Pasquale La Diva de "!'Empire" Quelle aventure! "Ah! quel diner je viens de faire" from La Perichole Embryons desseches piano solo Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930) Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Eric Satie (1866-195) Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) Eric Satie ~BRIEF INTERMISSION~ DerTambour Storchenbotschaft Abschied I'm Nobody Amor Mrs. Noah's aria from Hotel Eden The Warthog The Armadillo The Spider The Sloth The Ostrich Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Lori Laitman (b. 1955) William Balcom (b. 1938) Henry Mollicone (b. 1946) Michael Flanders and (1922-1975) Donald Swan (1923-1994) I'm Glad I'm Not a Tenor Content to Be Behind Me Dreaming Lori Laihnan Ben Moor (b. 1960) Diane Thueson Reich, soprano, is the Division Coordinator for Classical Voice at Brigham "-Young University. She has earned doctoral and master's degrees from Indiana University. Operatic roles include Marguerite in Faust, Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress, the title role in Strauss' Arabella, Nanetta in Falstaff, Mimi in La Boheme, and Pamina in Die Zauberfiote. Diane has appeared with the Yakima and Walla Walla Symphonies, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Utah Chamber Orchestra, Indiana University Phillrnrmonic, and Indiana State and Utah State University orchestras. Diane was a featured soloist with Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Company in Hanoi, a guest soloist with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia, and has sung several concerts throughout Vietnam and China. She recently performed a concert and taught master classes at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica in Pescara, Italy. Diane has been a multiple Metropolitan Opera Audition winner in both the Utah and Indiana Districts. Robert Brandt, baritone, is Assistant Professor of voice at Brigham Young University where he teaches Vocal Pedagogy and French Diction. He earned both a BM and MM in Vocal performance at BYU followed by a doctorate in Vocal Performance from Indiana University. While at IU he studied witl1 renowned soprano and teacher, Costanza Cuccaro . Prior to joining the BYU faculty in August of 2014, he taught for 7 years at the University of Delaware. His special love as a performer is the art song repertoire . He was a finalist in the 2014 Mary Trueman Art Song competition, winning tl1e Pierre Bernac prize for best French song performance. Other performances include Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Roger Vignoles, a recital of Mendelssohn and Schumann lieder at Mendelssohn's former home in Leipzig, Germany, an all-French recital, a recital featuring American song composers, and several performances with the Serafin String Quartet. In addition to his work as a recitalist, Robert has had success performing both opera and oratorio. Operatic credits include Michele in Il Tabarro, Demetrius in Britten's A Midsumrner Night's Dream, and Mandryka in Richard Sh·auss's Arabella. Dr. Brandt's students have consistently performed well at NATS chapter and regional auditions, are consistently accepted into prestigious summer and graduate programs, and have had professional success on operatic, concert, and Broadway stages. He delights in helping a.spiring singers realize their potential and discover how their unique gifts can create value for others. Dr. Scott Holden is actively engaged as soloist , chamber musician and teacher. He holds music degrees from the Unjversity of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the Horowitz Prize. In addition to his American studies, he also spent a year studying and performing in Budapest at the Liszt Academy where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Mr. Holden has performed in over thirty-five states, as well as in Canada, Mexico, England, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Russia and China. He released his first CD in 1996 that that included works by Bach-Busoni, Schumann, Berg and Martinu. A second CD is to be released on Tantara records, which will include several premieres . stemming from his lengthy and original research on the Russian-American composer Vernon Duke. He is a member of the American Piano Quartet, a unique ensemble consisting of four pianists who perform on two pianos. A prize-winner in numerous piano competitions, his 1996 Carnegie Hall debut recital was a result of wiim:ing 1st prize in the Leschetizky International Piano Competition. In 1999, Holden presented the world premiere William Wallace's 2nd piano concerto with Keith Lockhart and the Utah Symphony. As a teacher and clinician, he has given many masterclasses at festivals and pedagogy workshops, and has also taught courses at the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. He is currently the director of keyboard studies at BYU. 

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