Chamber Music Tuesday with Nicholas Phan and Hoefer Prize Winner, Shahab Paranj
Chamber Music
Described as “one of the world’s most remarkable singers,” SFCM welcomes Opus 3 Artist American tenor Nicholas Phan for its annual Chamber Music Tuesday concert series. Nicholas co-founded the Collaborative Artist Institute of Chicago to promote art song and chamber music. Works performed alongside faculty and students include the world premiere of a string quartet by SFCM Hoefer Prize Winner, Shahāb Pāranj, along with other pieces that will feature chamber music with voice.
Program
Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées
I. C’est l’extase
II. Il pleure dans mon coeur
III. L’ombre des arbres
IV. Chevaux des bois
V. Green
VI. Spleen
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jon Lee, piano
Rebecca Clarke: Selected Songs for Voice and Violin
Phillis on the New Made Hay
It was a Lover and his Lass
Down By the Salley Gardens
I know where I’m goin’
As I was goin’ to Ballynure
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Cuna Kim, violin
Shahāb Pāranj: Diār (World Premiere and Hoefer Prize Winner)
I. Chamari
II. Dotāri
III. Persian Garden
IV. Livā
V. Choopi
Yuna Ha and Shintaro Taneda, violin
Zoe Yost, viola
Yeeun Heo, cello
-- Intermission --
R. Clarke: Daybreak
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jeeihn Kim and Cuna Kim, violin
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Jennifer Culp, cello
Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson
I. Une sainte en son aureole
II. Puisque l’aube grandit
III. La lune blanche luit dance les bois
IV. J’allais par des chemins perfides
V. J’ai presque peur en vérite
VI. Avant que tu ne t’en ailles
VII. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été
VIII. N’est-ce pas?
IX. L’hiver a cessé
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jeeihn Kim and Cuna Kim, violin
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Jennifer Culp, cello
Jon Lee, piano
Artists
Nicholas Phan, voice
Shahāb Pāranj, composer
String and Piano Chamber Music
Julio Elizalde
Dimitri Murrath
About SFCM’s String and Piano Chamber Music Department
The String and Piano Chamber Music degree and diploma programs are a year-round focus on chamber music, providing the same atmosphere of a summer festival. Performance opportunities are wide-ranging through workshops, masterclasses, and concerts for the public—all while playing regularly with acclaimed industry professionals and faculty. SFCM created the nation’s first graduate String and Piano Chamber Music program and the musical excellence continues to this day.
The String and Piano Chamber Music program is one of SFCM’s most selective. Intentionally small, the program allows for several talented individuals each year, meaning that students in the program enjoy unrivaled access to learn from and perform with top faculty and accomplished guest artists.
Chamber Music Students will experience high profile performance opportunities through SFCM’s unique Chamber Music Residency Series, giving members of the program the opportunity to intensely and perform closely with exciting and world renowned chamber musicians. Recent artists-in-residence include Marcy Rosen, Tessa Lark, Donald and Vivian Weilerstein, and the Miro Quartet.
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