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program Legende George enescu (1881–1955) selections from Siete Canciones Populares Españole manuel de Falla El Paño Moruno (1876–1946) Nana Canción Polo Derrick montgomery (2013), trumpet; elena cholakova, piano Chevaux de bois from Ariettes oubliées claude Debussy (1862–1918) “Dearest mama” from The Ballad of Baby Doe Douglas moore (1893–1969) “Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) “caro nome” from Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) The Serpent from Songs for Leontyne Lee Hoiby (1926–2011) smitha Johnson (2010), soprano; elena cholakova Wie schön ist doch die Musik (Die Schweigsame Frau) richard strauss (1864–1949) Si mes vers avaient des ailes reynaldo Hahn Fêtes galantes (1874–1947) L’Heure Exquise “this nearly Was mine” from South Pacific richard rodgers (1902–1979) oscar Hammerstein (1895–1960) Jason Hardy (1996), bass; elena cholakova 2
Featured perFormers derrick montgomery is graduating with honors from emory this spring, earning a Ba in music performance. since 2009, he has served as principal trumpet of the emory Wind ensemble, the emory university symphony orchestra, and the emory Brass Quintet, and he is a member of the atlanta trumpet ensemble. Prior to his study at emory, montgomery was also coprincipal trumpet of the atlanta youth Wind symphony and the emory youth symphony orchestra, and he participated regularly in district and all-state bands. in addition to his performance experience montgomery has served as the trumpet instructor at Druid Hills High school and as a substitute teaching artist for the atlanta music Project. in demand as a clinician, he has given clinics and workshops at alan c. Pope High school, sprayberry High school, chamblee High school, Dunwoody High school, north Gwinnett middle school, and Dodgen middle school. smitha Johnson is pursuing a performance diploma at the Jacobs school of music at indiana university (iu). she is a student of robert Harrison. in her first year at iu, she played the role of clo-clo in Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow and was a member of the chorus in the iu and indianapolis opera’s premiere of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten. she also recently performed the role of conception in L’Heure Espagnol by maurice ravel, under the direction of carol Vaness. Johnson received an mm from ohio state university (osu), where she studied with robin rice. While there, she participated in extensive scenes programs, as well as covered the role of nannetta in Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff. she was also selected as a winner of the osu concerto and aria competition and performed Leïla’s aria “comme autrefois” from Les Pêcheurs des Perles with the university’s symphony orchestra. she received a Ba from emory in 2010, where she double majored in music (vocal performance) and english, with a concentration in poetry. she studied voice with teresa Hopkin and graduated with highest honors. Johnson is a native of Houston, texas. However, this summer, she will be living in new york city and participating in martina arroyo’s Prelude to Performance program. there, she will cover antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques offenbach. of Jason hardy’s debut with new york city opera in Acis and Galatea, Opera News remarked that the role of Polyphemus was “brilliantly played by Jason Hardy.” in his return to new york city opera last season, he gave a highlyacclaimed performance as Leporello in their new production of Don Giovanni. Hardy’s recent operatic engagements include the title role in Le nozze di Figaro with michigan opera theater, madison opera, opera cleveland, opera omaha, and opera Birmingham; Don alfonso in Così fan Tutte; the speaker in Die Zauberflöte with the atlanta opera; and cadmus/somnus in Semele with Florentine opera. He was also seen in recital under the auspices of the marilyn Horne Foundation and in concert for Verdi’s Requiem in Prague and Haydn’s 3
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