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Faculty and Guest Recital March 24 at Western

March 21, 2018

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MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present a Faculty and Guest Recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall. The performance will feature Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano, John McMurtery, flute and Perry Mears, piano.
 
Songer, mezzo-soprano, is an assistant professor of music at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA, where she teaches voice, vocal pedagogy, vocal literature, diction and conducts the Chorale. She is also an active recitalist, opera and oratorio performer and conductor.

McMurtery, flute, is a professor of flute at Western Illinois University, and member of the Camerata Woodwind Quintet. He is also flutist of the New York City Opera Orchestra and principal flutist of the Peoria Symphony.

Mears, piano, currently resides in Davenport, IA, where he maintains an active teaching and performing career, works with the Pleasant Valley Community School District, and serves as the music director for St. Peter's Episcopal Church – Bettendorf.

PROGRAM
"I am in Need of Music" (2004) - Ben Moore (b. 1960)
- Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano
- Perry Mears, piano

"Two Remembrances" (1995) - André Previn (b. 1929)
I. A Love Song
II. Lyric
- Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano
- John McMurtery, alto flute
- Perry Mears, piano

"Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23" (1987) - Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961)
I. Lento con rubato
II. Presto energico
- John McMurtery, flute
- Perry Mears, piano

PAUSE

"Three Irish Folksong Settings" (1988) - John Corigliano (b. 1938)
I. The Salley Garden
II. The Foggy Dew
III. She Moved Thro' the Fair
- Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano
- John McMurtery, flute

"A Poem for Elliot" (2007) - Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939)
- Perry Mears, piano

"The Deepest Desire" (2002) - Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
Prelude: The Call
I. More is required
Ia. Love
II. I Catch on fire
III. The Deepest Desire
IV. Primary Colors
- Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano
- John McMurtery, flute
- Perry Mears, piano

The performance is open free to the public. For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.

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