Songfest
Songfest 2022 Concerts
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Bowes Center
Festival Information: songfestus@gmail.com • https://www.songfest.us/
Ticketing Information: boxoffice@sfcm.edu • 415-503-6275 on Monday-Friday 10a-4pm
The health and safety of the SFCM community and its patrons is of the highest priority. To help maintain a safe environment on campus for the SFCM community, patrons are required to show proof of full vaccination, including booster, if eligible, to attend SFCM events. Please visit SFCM's full Event Health & Safety policy to read more about our guidelines.
Tuesday, June 21 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
BROWN LORANGER FELLOWSHIP SINGERS+
With Javier Arrebola, piano
Tickets: Free
Thursday, June 23 • 7 p.m. • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
***CANCELLED***
THE SCHUBERT STUDIO ARTISTS & BROWN LORANGER FELLOWSHIP SINGERS
With Jennifer Tung, Gloria Engle and Sandy Lin, piano
Tickets: Free
Friday, June 24 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
YOUNG ARTIST SHOWCASE CONCERT+
SongFest singers and pianists. Program devised by Javier Arrebola
Tickets: free
Friday, June 24 •7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF SONGFEST WITH THE BEST OF BROADWAY
Directed by Michele Patzakis and Devon Guthrie
Tickets: Free
Saturday, June 25 • 7 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
AN EVENING WITH JAKE HEGGIE
Tickets: Free
Sunday, June 26 • Noon • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
STUDIO ARTIST SHOWCASE CONCERT+
Grant Knox and Jennifer Tung, co-directors
Tickets: Free
Sunday, June 26 • 4 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
"PARIS, BERLIN, NEW YORK
An Afternoon of Song from the Boulevard to Broadway"
A tale of three iconic cities in Song, this concert will present music from the 1920s-1940s in operetta, théâtre musicale, cabaret, and Tin Pan Alley. These songs, like the composers who wrote them, are citizens of the world. Featuring music by Reynaldo Hahn, Kurt Weill, André Messager, Cole Porter, Alexander Zemlinsky, Hans Eisler, Duke Ellington, and Sidney Bechet. SongFest singers and pianists.
Amy Burton, director and John Musto, piano
Tickets: Free
* Program subject to change
** Erika Baikoff appears courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera
***Maria Valdes appears courtesy of Stratagem Artist Management
+The Brown Loranger Noon Concert Series dedicated to the memory of Marcia Brown and Janet Loranger
Past Concerts
Sunday, June 5 • 3 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
SONGFEST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECITAL “New Beginnings”
Featuring Martha Guth, soprano** and Javier Arrebola, piano.
This recital celebrates SongFest's new home at San Francisco Conservatory and the longed-for return of the festival to in-person music-making after the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.
Tickets: Free
Thursday June 9 • 7:30 p.m. Barbro Osher Recital Hall
REMEMBERING JAMES PRIMOSCH
Honoring and celebrating James Primosch.
The recital will feature works by Primosch and performances of his close friends, colleagues and teachers: John Harbison, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Susan Narucki, George Crumb and Anna Weesner. The recital will also include the world premiere of Four Poems for Robin (text: Gary Snyder) featuring Daniel McGrew, tenor and Lydia Brown, piano.
Tickets: Free
Friday, June 10 • 7:30 p.m. Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
RAYS OF DAZZLING LIGHT
Featuring the works of the SongFest-Sorel Composer Mentorship Program and the newly published piano version of MILOSZ SONGS by John Harbison.
Featuring guest artists Susan Narucki, soprano and Tomasz Lis, piano
Tickets: Free
Saturday, June 11 • 7 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
COME MEET SONGFEST! GALA CONCERT
Featuring SongFest alumni, faculty and surprise “Special Guest Artists.”
Reception to follow the concert.
Tickets: $50
Sunday, June 12 • 3 p.m. • Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
CELEBRATING AMERICAN COMPOSERS AT SONGFEST
World premiere performance of the Sorel 2020 & 2022 commissions by Sheila Silver and Juhi Bansal. If Trees Could Talk by Sheila Silver with four solo singers, piano, Tibetan singing bowls and video projections by filmmaker John Feldman. Works of SongFest’s Composers, David Conte, John Harbison, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen and John Musto will be featured.
Tickets: Free
Monday, June 13 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
PIONEERS OF AMERICAN SONG+
Featuring the SongFest singers and pianists. Program devised by Lydia Brown, piano
Tickets: Free
Wednesday, June 15 • 1-3 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
2022 GUEST ARTIST MASTER CLASSES
FREDERICA VON STADE & JAKE HEGGIE
Tickets: $15
Thursday June 16 • 7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
EAST OF THE ELBE, DOWN THE DANUBE
Songs of Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and other countries
The rich world of Slavic composers is explored in this program and includes both beloved favorites and lesser known but gorgeous works rarely heard.
SongFest singers and pianists.
Liza Stepanova and Mark Trawka, directors
Tickets: Free
Friday, June 17 • 7 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
A JOURNEY OF SCHUBERT LIEDER
SongFest singers and pianists
with narration by Graham Johnson
Tickets: Free
Saturday June 18 • 5 p.m.• Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
BEAUTY INTOLERABLE
A Songbook based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Sheila Silver, composer
Tickets: Free
Saturday, June 18 • 7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
SONGFEST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECITAL
Featuring Erika Baikoff, soprano** and Liza Stepanova, piano
Tickets: $25 Adult, $15 Child, $15 Senior
Sunday, June 19 • 3 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
***RESCHEDULED***
"PARIS, BERLIN, NEW YORK – COME ENJOY CABARET!
An Afternoon of Song from the Boulevard to Broadway"
A tale of three iconic cities in Song, this concert will present music from the 1920s-1940s in operetta, théâtre musicale, cabaret, and Tin Pan Alley. These songs, like the composers who wrote them, are citizens of the world. Featuring music by Reynaldo Hahn, Kurt Weill, André Messager, Cole Porter, Alexander Zemlinsky, Hans Eisler, Duke Ellington, and Sidney Bechet. SongFest singers and pianists.
Amy Burton, director and John Musto, piano
Tickets: $50
Monday, June 20 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
AFTERNOON OF GERMAN ARTSONG+
Tickets: Free