The Music
North and South American Music that will be featured on the tour:
Featured Composer
Kenneth Tse, for whom
Canfield has written many works, also premiered in July, 2009 the composer’s
Concerto after Glière (alto saxophone and orchestra) with Alan McMurray and the
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. This was given as a featured performance of
the World Saxophone Congress XV in Bangkok. Dr. Tse is also scheduled to
premiere Canfield’s arrangement for four saxophones (1 player) and piano of
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition at the next World Saxophone Congress in
Scotland in 2012.
The premiere of the band
arrangement of Concerto after Glière was given by soloist MUSC Timothy E.
Roberts and the United States Navy Band, under the direction of LCDR Richard H.
Bailey. These forces took this work on tour throughout the southeastern United
States in the Spring of 2010. Because of this, Concerto after Glière has become
Canfield’s most-performed work, having received as of this writing more than a
dozen performances in its various arrangements (which include a transcription
for alto saxophone and piano). The US premiere of the orchestral version is
scheduled for this September with Dr. Tse as soloist, accompanied by Dr. David
Bowden and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Canfield’s most recent work
as of June, 2010, is The Snipe Hunt, a band work playable by a good high school
or college ensemble.
An active recitalist, Ms. Mann’s concerts at Fourth Presbyterian Church have been recommended as a Critic’s Choice pick in the Chicago Tribune in both 2005 and 2006. Her operatic roles include the Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen and Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. Critics have written of her total commitment to her operatic art, writing, "Her soprano soared with fullness of tone through the climaxes; no high note seemed to tax her. Dramatically, she turned into the victimized creature Puccini intended her to be.” (Peter Jacobi, Herald-Times)
Ms. Mann is currently a freelance artist and ensemble member with the San Diego Opera, performing opera, oratorio and recital engagements throughout the United States. She is a former professional chorister with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. She has worked under such luminary conductors as Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Helmuth Rilling, and Daniel Barenboim. She made her debut as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in November 2006, and presented her Dame Myra Hess concert live on WFMT in October 2009. Ms. Mann made her Carnegie Hall solo debut on February 20, 2011 as a benefit for the American Heart Association's 'Go Red for Women' campaign.
Ms. Mann's upcoming engagements include performing as a featured soloist with the South Shore Orchestra on their tour to China in December 2011.
David
DeBoor Canfield (Bloomington, IN) will be the featured Composer with SSO on our
2nd tour of China. his
music has received some noteworthy performances over the recent past. In July
of 2008, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performed two of his pieces, Fanfare
on ‘America’ and Yankee Doodle Fanfareture on 8 summer concerts to audiences
totaling more than 30,000 people. More recently, his Sonata for Trombone and
Piano was premiered at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music by its
dedicatee, Carl Lenthe, a member of the faculty of the school.
Find out more about David at www.daviddeboorcanfield.org
Featured Soloists
Saxophonist Stacy Maugans (Valparaiso, IN) joined the Valpo faculty in 2001 and teaches saxophone, music theory, musicianship and performance pedagogy. An active recitalist, adjudicator and lecturer on the history of saxophone in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Dr. Maugans has served as editor of The Saxophone Symposium and has been a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Mathematical Association of America and the North American Saxophone Alliance. Her administrative experience includes five years as Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Valparaiso University. In addition to performances and lectures in the United States, she has international experience in Russia, Germany, Slovenia, China and Thailand. For four years, Dr. Maugans performed as a member of the Texas Wind Symphony. She has received grants from the United States Department of Education and Social Science Research Council for studies in Russian and won the Coleman Award as a member of a saxophone quartet. She earned the Doctor of Music in Saxophone Literature and Performance at Indiana University under the guidance of Dr. Eugene Rousseau and the Master of Music at Arizona State University with Dr. Joseph Wytko. Her undergraduate degrees of Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics are from Indiana University. Her hobbies include training her Belgain Tervuren in obedience and agility in preparation for work in the area of pet therapy through Delta Society Pet Partner program.
Soprano Natalie Mann (San
Diego, CA): Natalie Mann's performances are marked by her expressive singing and her vibrant, soaring tone. Reviewers wrote of her performance with the Naperville Chorus as soloist in the Vaughn Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Gounod St. Cecilia Mass, "Ms. Mann charmed the audience with her vocal assurance, impeccable technique and refined artistry, blending exquisitely with the other soloists in Gounod’s Mass, and projecting the anguish and promise in the elegiac work of Vaughn Williams." (Naperville Interlude)
An active recitalist, Ms. Mann’s concerts at Fourth Presbyterian Church have been recommended as a Critic’s Choice pick in the Chicago Tribune in both 2005 and 2006. Her operatic roles include the Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen and Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. Critics have written of her total commitment to her operatic art, writing, "Her soprano soared with fullness of tone through the climaxes; no high note seemed to tax her. Dramatically, she turned into the victimized creature Puccini intended her to be.” (Peter Jacobi, Herald-Times)
Ms. Mann is currently a freelance artist and ensemble member with the San Diego Opera, performing opera, oratorio and recital engagements throughout the United States. She is a former professional chorister with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. She has worked under such luminary conductors as Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Helmuth Rilling, and Daniel Barenboim. She made her debut as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in November 2006, and presented her Dame Myra Hess concert live on WFMT in October 2009. Ms. Mann made her Carnegie Hall solo debut on February 20, 2011 as a benefit for the American Heart Association's 'Go Red for Women' campaign.
Ms. Mann's upcoming engagements include performing as a featured soloist with the South Shore Orchestra on their tour to China in December 2011.
Bass-Baritone Sean Kroll (Chicago, IL): This rising star has been hailed as “…a showstopper” (Saint Petersburg Times). The bass-baritone is noted for being profoundly emotive and possessing an instrument of unique color and clarity. He brings precision and electricity to all of his work, in roles comic or tragic, the sublime or the profane. The artist has a vast array of repertoire to his credit, near thirty roles. Highlights include: Colline (La Bohème), Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte), the title role of Don Giovanni, Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Escamillo, Morales and Zuniga (Carmen), Ewald (Lehár’s Springtime), Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Papageno (Magic Flute), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti) and in the realm of music theater, Cinderella’s Prince, the Mysterious Man, the Narrator and the Wolf (Sondheim’s Into the Woods).
Mr. Kroll made his New York debut this fall singing the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Mosaic-Arts Company; in closing out 2011, the artist sang his first Colline in La Bohème with the American Chamber Opera. Later this winter, the soloist travels to the People's Republic of China for an 8 city tour with the South Shore Orchestra. Come spring, he will make his Philadelphia debut as Morales in Bizet's Carmen with ConcertOPERA Philadelphia.
Recent concert credits include touring the United States singing Handel and Mozart opera arias, Schubert and Strauss lieder, Fauré chanson and classic Broadway hits. Among 2011 performances are an inaugural concert for the Jeffrey Arnold Foundation Festival, and the Second Saturday Recital Series at the treasured landmark Quigley Chapel in Chicago. 2010 included opening the Galena Summer Music Festival as a featured guest artist and in 2009 he made his Texas recital debut. The artist has also been a concert soloist with Chicago Opera Theater (Poulenc’s Le Bestiaire), Music by the Lake Singers (Bach’s Magnificat), Opera Santa Barbara, Music Institute of Chicago (Mozart’s Requiem), new music group Sonic Inertia (Berkhout’s Uphill), Saint Petersburg Opera, as well as a guest artist at the esteemed Accademia di Perfezionamento dell Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
An alumnus of the Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara and Saint Petersburg Opera artist development programs, Mr. Kroll received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University and trained at the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy. For more information about Mr. Kroll, visit www.seankroll.com.
Mr. Kroll made his New York debut this fall singing the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Mosaic-Arts Company; in closing out 2011, the artist sang his first Colline in La Bohème with the American Chamber Opera. Later this winter, the soloist travels to the People's Republic of China for an 8 city tour with the South Shore Orchestra. Come spring, he will make his Philadelphia debut as Morales in Bizet's Carmen with ConcertOPERA Philadelphia.
Recent concert credits include touring the United States singing Handel and Mozart opera arias, Schubert and Strauss lieder, Fauré chanson and classic Broadway hits. Among 2011 performances are an inaugural concert for the Jeffrey Arnold Foundation Festival, and the Second Saturday Recital Series at the treasured landmark Quigley Chapel in Chicago. 2010 included opening the Galena Summer Music Festival as a featured guest artist and in 2009 he made his Texas recital debut. The artist has also been a concert soloist with Chicago Opera Theater (Poulenc’s Le Bestiaire), Music by the Lake Singers (Bach’s Magnificat), Opera Santa Barbara, Music Institute of Chicago (Mozart’s Requiem), new music group Sonic Inertia (Berkhout’s Uphill), Saint Petersburg Opera, as well as a guest artist at the esteemed Accademia di Perfezionamento dell Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
An alumnus of the Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara and Saint Petersburg Opera artist development programs, Mr. Kroll received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University and trained at the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy. For more information about Mr. Kroll, visit www.seankroll.com.
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