Visionary Experience with Classical Piano and Soprano

Saturday, March 8th, 2:30pm

Visionary Experience with Soprano & Piano

Transport Your Creative Spirit & Unlock Artistic Inspiration!

Ignite the creative spark within!
Dive into a concert designed to unleash your imagination, fuel your artistic endeavors, and feed your soul! In just minutes, discover powerful techniques to visualize your ideas, break through creative blocks, problem solve and immerse yourself in a world of artistic expression. Not previous experience necessary!

Led by Leslie Nolan with live music inspired by Groupmuse artists, this interactive session will guide you through music by Bach to stimulate your creativity and help you bring your artistic visions to life. Whether you're a seasoned artist, writer, or just beginning your creative journey, or avid music lover this workshop offers something for everyone.
Bring Your Journal or Sketch Book and Pencils! Art supplies provided.

Registration for your Spot: groupmuse.com/invite/43617

Chinese American soprano Abagael Cheng is a singing artist, actor, producer, and activist who strives to break the boundaries of classical performance and move audiences towards engaging in social activism. Cheng sees her role in social justice and the arts to be one and the same: shifting culture through storytelling. She works towards deepening relationships within and between communities by engaging audiences with politically relevant narratives and centering collaboration in her productions. She creates stories focused on social justice through a combination of song, spoken poetry, and movement in her theatrical recitals to foster an atmosphere of community, growth, and vulnerability.

Michele Wong is a New-York based pianist with a passion for collaborative performance, and bringing classical repertoire to a diverse audiences. Currently pursuing her DMA at Juilliard, she also holds a Masters degree in collaborative piano from IU and a BM in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music. Michele is an avid performer of vocal, duo, and chamber music. She was a participant in SourceSong, Minneapolis. She was a Stern Fellowship recipient at Songfest 2022, and was also invited to Aspen’s collaborative piano program in 2020. She is a featured performer, as well as a collaborator with other similar organizations such as Project: Music Heals Us and the Vital Sounds Initiative

PROGRAM
PEACE (PASCAL), Bill Knott (1940-2014) Colloque sentimental,
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Paul Verlaine (1844-96)
from Fêtes Galantes II,
Sie liebten sich beide, Clara Schumann (1819-96),
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)from Sechs Lieder
Once upon a time, Charles Strouse (b. 1928),
Lee Adams (b. 1924)Les moulins de mon coeur,
Michel Legrand (1932-2019), Eddy Marnay (1920-2003)
I Am in Doubt, Undine Smith Moore (1904-89),
Florence Hynes Willette (1901-1982)L'accordeoniste,
Michel Emer (1906-84)

INTERMISSION

Memory, Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)
Farther from the Heart, Eve Beglarian (b. 1958),
Jane Bowles (1917-73)La mort d'Ophélie, Hector Berlioz (1803-69),
Ernest Legouvé (1807-1903)
Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Louise de Vilmorin (1902-69), from Fiançailles pour rire
Vocalise on Mayn Yingele, Marti Epstein (b. 1959)
If You Should Go, William Grant Still (1895-1978),
Countee Cullen (1903-46) from Songs of Separation

Here is what guests had to say about the experience..

"I have so much gratitude, to be able to experience this in a close-up and intimate setting with the artist and their music. This could never be experienced in a regular concert venue."

"Beautiful! Thank you!"

"We both had a wonderful time. It was beautiful. The music was beautiful. Stefano is a wonderful warm hearted person. We had a great time hanging out. Thank you so much for the invite and for thinking of such beautiful things to do.❣!"

"It was a very lovely and entertaining afternoon. Far beyond my expectations. Thank You!"

Registration for your Spot: groupmuse.com/invite/43617