GOAT HALL PRODUCTIONS
FRESH VOICES XVII - FEET FIRST INTO THE FIRE!
4pm, August 27, 2017
Community Music Center
544 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA
PROGRAM
ACT ONE
Helena Michelson
The Mysteries (2017, Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961)
Teressa Foss, Meaghan Dibble, and Jamie Samantha Lee
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
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
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
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
CURTAIN CALL
Allan Crossman (b. 1942)
And Now... The Humans!!!! (2017)
Company
***
Fantastico!
Probably best of show,
on
the
hotter-than-that
147th
day of summer, high up 1 to 102 (Pinole /
San Francisco, 71; Berkeley, 69),
with
a
bit of
rehearsal before the stunning performances and
convivial fellowship thereafter (attendees including Joel and Patti Deuter, Ric Louchard, brothers Allan and Bill Crossman, and Erling Wold).
Composition page 7 The Decameron: Eighth Day, Op. 266: Novel VIII - One Friend Lies with Another's Wife and 6 That Which Survives, Op. 269: II. Epitaph of Seikilos
upon an early evening return....
