Free recital sponsored by the Edison Arts Society
Please call the State Theatre Box Office to reserve your complimentary tickets.
October 14, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
State Theater, New Brunswick, NJ
Russian Pianist Olga Kern winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in recital
Recital Repertoire
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A Major, K24
Sonata in D Major, K9
Sonata in C Major, K380
Frédéric Chopin Piano
Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op.58
INTERMISSION
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata No. 2
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C#
minor - Andante, S. 242/2
(Rachmaninoff Cadenza)
As the Edison Arts Society approaches our 10th Anniversary Season, we wish to say Thank You to the wonderful community who has so generously supported us, and in particular, the Edison
Symphony Orchestra, in all of our efforts to bring world class artists to the performing stage. This recital is proudly our gift to the public.
All tickets are complimentary and available through the State Theatre Box Office.
State Theatre
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
(732) 246-7469
www.statetheatrenj.org
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Ring in the Holidays with the ever popular
EDISON SYMPHONY HOLIDAY CONCERT!
December 9, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
Middlesex County
College Theatre
Ticket Price is $25.00
Tickets on sale now. Call - 908-753-2787 to reserve your seats.
Featuring
singing trio Times Three Times Three is back
for their second appearance with an all New Holiday Program
and also featuring Mezzo Soprano, Tracy Kaufman performing selections from Broadway and more!
Meet Times Three - a dynamic vocal trio that brilliantly recaptures the magic of the 1940s Big Band era and Hollywood's glamorous Golden Age, bringing a fresh and vibrant interpretation to classic standards that never fails to captivate the audience. All three members - Amy Ellen Anderson, Nan Hughes, and Kathy McMillan - are highly sought-after solo performers whose repertoire ranges from opera and musical theater to cabaret and jazz.
As a trio, they have established an impressive track record with sell-out performances from coast to coast and across the heartland. They have performed with leading ensembles throughout North America, including the Baltimore Symphony, Charleston Symphony, and Edmonton Symphony, as well as at major music festivals and international conferences.
Audiences respond to their extraordinary voices and the warmth, energy and sparkle they exude from the stage. Conductors and presenters consistently praise their polished professionalism, relaxed style, and first-rate arrangements of music that is at once timeless and indelibly rooted in its time.
Their luminous harmonies, virtuosic solo turns, engaging stories and humor, and genuine affection for one another and the songs they sing, continually bring audiences to their feet and leave the critics searching for superlatives.
Tracy Kaufman
"Tracy Kaufman is a compelling young performer with a beautiful and distinctive-sounding mezzo-soprano voice." Earlier in the 2007 season, she originated the role of Louise Crane in the new opera The Gentle Lark of New Rochelle; Celebrating the Life of Ellabelle Davis for the New Rochelle Opera Company and added the role of Suzuki (Madame Butterfly) to her repertoire. She then went on to sing Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana (with Charles Taylor and Cynthia Lawrence) for Opera Fort Collins. In October, Ms. Kaufman sang the title role in The Rape of Lucretia with Colorado State Opera Theatre.
During the 2004 season, Ms. Kaufman appeared in concert and operatic performances with the New Jersey Opera Theater. There she performed the role of Nancy in Albert Herring under the baton of Maestro Daniel Beckwith and the direction of Marc Verzatt. The Princeton Town Topics noted, "Tracy Kaufman, who played the role of Sid's girlfriend Nancy…always had good control over the dynamics and drama of the scene, as well as the music." She was also seen as La tasse chinoise and Un Pâtre in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges. This led to a tour with the New Jersey Opera Theater Outreach Ensemble as the title character in Carmen during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
Ms. Kaufman has worked with such distinguished music professionals as Daniel Ferro, Sharon Sweet, Jane Bunnell, Daniel Beckwith, David Grabarkewitz, Marc Verzatt, Dan Saunders, Jane Klaviter, Ashley Putnam, Michael Recchiutti, Giovanni Reggioli, Patrick Visseq, Jerome Hines, Anthony Amato, Will Graham, Millard Altman, and Michael Cordovana. Notable roles include: Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Siebel in Faust, Nicklausse in Les Contes d'Hoffman, Hata in The Bartered Bride, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Gianetta in L'Elisir d'amore, Maddelena in Rigoletto, and Mercedes in Carmen with such companies as Light Opera of Oklahoma, Liederkranz Opera, State Repertory Opera of New Jersey, Natchez Opera Festival, Amato Opera, New York Vocal Arts Ensemble, Goliard Concerts, and Opera Nova. Ms. Kaufman has also performed and studied as a participant in the opera intensive programs of The Bel Canto Institute in New Paltz, NY, The Daniel Ferro Vocal Program in Greve, Italy, and the Oscar Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake, NY.
In 2003, Tracy Kaufman was honored as a Semi-finalist in Shreveport Opera's Singer of the Year Competition. She then went on to participate as a Young Artist at the Natchez Opera Festival in Mississippi. In addition to local area concerts, Tracy performed the roles of Second Boy in The Magic Flute, Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto, and as a soloist in their Gershwin review, An Evening with George and Ira Gershwin.
Ms. Kaufman's talents also span the musical theatre and theatrical genres. She has delighted audiences across the US and Canada with her fine-tuned comic timing and piano skills as Vi Petty in The Buddy Holly Story. The Arkansas Democratic Gazette declared, "Tracy Kaufman was a hoot as Vi Petty."
Other favorite roles include; Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain where The Courier (New Jersey) praised, "Kaufman's voice is true and pure, … [is a] remarkable tap dancer and [did] justice to the demanding choreography.", Pitti-Sing in The Mikado, Petra in A Little Night Music, and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof.
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