August 12 - Mysterious Wonder

  
GOAT HALL PRODUCTIONS
FRESH VOICES XVII - FEET FIRST INTO THE FIRE!

PROGRAM

ACT ONE

Helena Michelson
     The Mysteries (2017, Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961)

     Teressa Foss, Meaghan Dibble, and Jamie Samantha Lee


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     2017, Op. 261 (2017, Found Texts)
          I. Farewell Address (January 10, Chicago, IL)
               (Barack Obama / Donald Trump)
          II. Press Conference (January 11, New York, NY)
              (Donald Trump / Vladimir Putin)
          III. Confirmation Hearing (January 12, Washington, DC)
              (Elizabeth Warren, Ben Carson)
          IV. Tweets (January 13, New York, NY)
              (Donald Trump / Vladimir Putin)
          V. Phone Calls (January 14, Washington, DC)
              Tamara Keith / Scott Simon / Michael Flynn / Sergey Kislyak)
          VI. Meet the Press (January 15, Washington, DC)
              (Chuck Todd / John Lewis)
          VII. Deutsche Welle (January 16, Berlin, Germany)
              Rainier Arnold / Angela Merkel / Henning Riecke / Rolf Mutzenich)
          VIII. Joint News Conference (January 17, Moscow, Russia)
              (Vladimir Putin / Igor Dodon)
          IX. Final Press Conference (January 18, Washington, DC)
              (Barack Obama / Press Corps / Donald Trump)
          X. Confirmation Questions (January 19, Washington, DC)
              (Steve Mnuchin / Sherrod Brown)
          XI. Inauguration Speech Protests (January 20, Washington, DC)
              (Donald Trump / Protesters)
          XII. Women's March on Washington (January 21, Washington, DC)
             (America Ferrera / Chorus of Marchers / Donald Trump)

    Valerie Salcedo (Soprano)
          Elizabeth Warren, Tamara Keith, Angela Merkel, Press Corps I, Protester I, America Ferrera

    Ryann Swale (Alto)
          Vladimir Putin, Michal Flynn, Henning Riecke, Press Corps II, Protester II,
          Chorus of Marchers

    Patrick Brancato (Tenor)
            Barack Obama, Ben Carsen, Scott Simon, Chuck Todd, Rolf Mutzenich, Steve Mnuchin,
            Protester III

    Mark Alburger (Bass)
           Donald Trump, Sergey Kislyak, John Lewis, Rainier Arnold, Igor Dodon, Sherrod Brown
   

Robert Denham
     The Way Home

     Jacqueline Goldgorin and Jamie Samantha Lee
 

Dikkie Schoggen (arr. Frank Johnson)
     Aging Grace
          Time Goes Faster
          The Mirror Song
          The Shoe's on the Other Foot
          Ninety: Tango
          Summer Sunshine
          Time Goes Faster

     Phoebe Ann Thomas Sorgen, Harriet March Page, Kathy Kuehnert, Don Hardwick, and
     Ryann Swale


ACT TWO

Frank Johnson
     Defiled Is My Name (2016, Ann Boleyn, 1501-1536,)

     Meaghan Dibble


Allan Crossman (b. 1942)
     Veganlied (2017, arr. Frank Johnson)

     Patrick Brancato, Ryann Swale, Kathy Kuehnert, Valerie Salcedo, and Meghan Dibble


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Cats, Dogs, and Divas, Op. 104 (2001, Harriet March Page)
          VII. Make a Man a God


          VIII. Condescension, Scorn

     Teressa Foss and Patrick Brancato


Doug Brandt
     Our Little Secret
          The Share


          How
          Keep Your Mouth Shut
          In Their Heads

    Valerie Salcedo, Ryann Swale, and Meaghan Dibble


John Bilotta (b. 1948)
     The League of Minor Characters (2017, Kathleen Flenniken, Ron Koetge)
          The League of Minor Characters


          Nancy Drew
          Cinderella's Diary
          Kryptonite

     Jacqueline Goldgorin and Teressa Foss


CURTAIN CALL

Allan Crossman (b. 1942)
     And Now... The Humans!!!! (2017)

     Company

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Wow! 


Another great show, on the 134th day of summer, high blasting up to 100 (86 in Vallejo) -- composing page 4 The Decameron: Eighth Day, Op. 266: Novel VII - A Scholar Loves a Widow Lady and an 8th system for Variations on Variations of Brahms on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 268, before heading down to


the festivities....