Program

Darius Milhaud
"À Cupidon" from Chansons de Ronsard 

Gerald Finzi
"Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun" from Let Us Garlands Bring

Edward Elgar
"Where Corals Lie" from Sea Pictures

John Musto
"Litany" from Shadow of the Blues 

Franz Liszt
"Die Lorelei"

Performers

Katelyn Lewis, soprano
Edward Laurenson, baritone
Jasmine Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Brandon Bell, bass-baritone
Esther Tonea, soprano                      

Martin Katz

Martin Katz has been dubbed "the gold standard of accompanists" by The New York Times. His 45-year career has taken him to five continents, collaborating with the world's most celebrated singers in recital and recording. Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, Kathleen Battle, David Daniels, Karita Mattila, and José Carreras are among his regular partners, and he has recorded for RCA, CBS, BMG, EMI, and Decca labels.

Katz is also active as a conductor and editor. He has led opera productions for San Francisco's Merola program, the BBC, Tokyo's NHK, as well as innumerable performances in Ann Arbor. His editions of baroque and bel canto operas have been performed in Houston, Ottawa, and at the Metropolitan Opera. At U-M for more than 3 decades, he has chaired the program in collaborative piano and coached vocal repertoire for singers and pianists alike. His students are working all over the world.

Now an author too, Mr. Katz's first opus, The Complete Collaborator, has been published by Oxford Univ. Press.