August 5 - Fresh Voices XVII


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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Fantastic opening show!, on the 127th day of summer, high up 1 to 97 (83 days 80+, 58 90-or-more... Vallejo, 85), beginning composition of The Decameron: Eighth Day, Op. 266: Novel VII - A Scholar Loves a Widow Lady... and continuing that of Variations on Variations of Brahms on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 268 (page 5)...