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Music of Williams, Britten featured in Oct. 5 faculty recital
12:10 p.m., Oct. 2, 2003--UD’s Department of Music presents a faculty recital featuring baritone Patrick Evans, organist David Herman and pianist Julie Nishimura at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5, in Bayard Sharp Hall.
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The program celebrates two pillars of 20th-century British music—Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten—and features Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs” and arias from his opera “Pilgrim’s Progress,” along with Britten’s “Canticle No. 2: Abraham and Isaac,” “Songs and Proverbs of William Blake” and arias from “Billy Budd.”
Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and $3 for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Trabant University Center or Bob Carpenter box offices.
Baritone Patrick Evans, associate professor of music at UD, has been a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center and the Cleveland Art Song Festival and has toured Japan in recital and orchestral performances with the Pacific Music Festival, founded by Leonard Bernstein. He has sung the role of Adam in Haydn's “Creation” under the baton of Robert Shaw and maintains a studio in New York City, teaching music theatre professionals. He is also minister of music at Hanover Street Presbyterian Church in Wilmington.
David Herman, Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music and University Organist, served as music department chairperson from 1987—2001. He is an active organ recitalist and performs regularly throughout the U.S. and Germany. He also has appeared in Dublin and in 10 cathedrals in England and Wales, and he recently recorded a CD at Coventry Cathedral for Redcliffe Edition.
Pianist Julie Nishimura, a recipient of the 2000 Delaware State Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, is faculty accompanist for the Department of Music at UD, where she is also an instructor. In constant demand as a collaborative artist, Nishimura has performed in the chamber music series of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Delaware Symphony and the Wilmington Music School and as recital accompanist to members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Delaware Symphony.
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