I was pleased to present the senior voice recital of two of my high school students on June 1, 2o12. When students are dedicated to their study of voice and to performance, it is a wonderful and contagious thing to see how their enjoyment of music spreads into the community. These two young women shared special music connections with their fathers. One was accompanied on piano by her dad, and the other performed a vocal duet with hers. They shared a recital including the following pieces, and there were about 100 people there – friends, siblings, parents and grandparents – to cheer them on. They sang beautifully and shared the deep emotion of their pieces with the audience. I wish them both well as they head to college and continue to develop musically and personally throughout their lives!

An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Che faro senza Euridice? from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph W. Gluck (1714-1784)

Voi che sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Must the winter come so soon? from Vanessa by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Once Upon A Dream from Jekyll & Hyde by Frank Wildhorn (b. 1958)

The Light in the Piazza from The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (b. 1964)

I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy from South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein (collaborated 1940s and ’50s)

Funny Honey from Chicago by John Kander and Fred Ebb (collaborated 1960s-2004)

No Matter What from Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken (b. 1949)

Think of Me from The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)

Vanilla Ice Cream from She Loves Me by Jerry Bock (1928-2010)

I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg (b. 1944)

Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray arr. by Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

How the Other Half Lives from Thoroughly Modern Millie by Jeanine Tesori (b. 1961)