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The Dewberry School of Music hosts their Faculty Artist Series in Harris Theatre.

This recital, themed “Songs from the Heart” features Mason faculty Kerry Wilkerson (bass-baritone) and guest artist Danielle Talamantes (soprano). Music by Mozart, Bernstein, Willson, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Ellington, and Dehlinger.

All Dewberry Faculty Artist Series performances are free and open to the public.

Sunday, February 5 at 7:00PM

Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Arts Club of Washington
2017 I St NW, Washington, DC 20006

Join renowned duo, Soprano Danielle Talamantes and Bass-Baritone Kerry Wilkerson for an evening of operatic delights, celebrating Valentine’s day with the romance of Mozart’s arias, the familiarity of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, the American spirit of Duke Ellington, and a newly composed jazz ensemble by Bob Misbin. Escorting us on a tour through the ages, Danielle and Kerry will highlight the uniquely expressive qualities of the voice across the full gamut of roles; flirtatious coquetry, possessive jealousy, passionate desperation, and the sublime tranquility of love’s true understanding.

Reception begins at 11:30 am, followed by the concert at 12:00 pm.

Pensacola Symphony Orchestra presents Verdi’s Requiem

Saturday, February 25 at 7:30PM in the beautiful Saenger Theatre.

With soaring moments of joy and dramatic fanfare, Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most treasured choral works of all time. In a special artistic collaboration, the orchestra will join forces with four celebrated soloists and more than 120 voices from The University of Southern Mississippi Chorus for Verdi’s Requiem Mass, a monumental masterpiece of joy, hope, and passion.

GUEST ARTISTS

Danielle Talamantes, Soprano
Kirstin Chávez, Mezzo-Soprano
Jonathan Yarrington, Tenor
Kevin Short, Bass-Baritone
The University of Southern Mississippi Chorus

University of Southern Mississippi presents Verdi’s Requiem

Tuesday, February 28 at 7:30PM at Main Street Baptist in Hattiesburg, MS.

With soaring moments of joy and dramatic fanfare, Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most treasured choral works of all time. In a special artistic collaboration, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra will join forces with four celebrated soloists and more than 120 voices from The University of Southern Mississippi Chorus for Verdi’s Requiem Mass, a monumental masterpiece of joy, hope, and passion.

GUEST ARTISTS

Danielle Talamantes, Soprano
Kirstin Chávez, Mezzo-Soprano
Jonathan Yarrington, Tenor
Kevin Short, Bass-Baritone
The University of Southern Mississippi Chorus

Close Encounters with Music presents “Pictures at an Exhibition”

Sunday, March 26 at 4:00PM at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

A work in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition, “Pictures at an Exhibition” is a showpiece where only the most virtuosic pianists dare to tread! It is also a perfect point from which to explore the common language of music and art, which share not only terms such as “line, rhythm and color,” but also considerations of structure, narrative, counterpoint, etc. The program offers other “pictures in time”: Granados’ musical portraits from his opera Goyescas; Franz Liszt’s St. Frances walking on the waves; Debussy’s Sonate with its commedia dell’arte storyline; and the Hogarth-Stravinsky connection for the opera The Rake’s Progress. The final picture of Mussorgsky’s work is a majestic depiction of his friend Victor Hartmann’s sketch, “The Great Gate of Kiev.” Images will be projected to accompany the music.

Max Levinson, piano; Danielle Talamantes, soprano; Yehuda Hanani, cello

Celebrating 80 Years, the North Carolina Master Chorale presents Verdi’s Requiem

Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30PM at the Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, NC

Giuseppe Verdi’s dramatic Requiem Mass set for four soloists, double chorus and large orchestra soars with operatic grandeur. For the first time in 15 years, the Master Chorale returns to this stunning masterpiece. From the opening breathless murmuring prayers of the chorus to the antiphonal brass and thundering blows of the bass drum you will be spellbound.

Opera Roanoke presents Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem

Sunday, April 23 at 4:00PM at the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, VA

Opera Roanoke, Blacksburg Master Chorale, the combined orchestral forces of the Opera Roanoke Orchestra and the Virginia Tech Philharmonic, and the Georgia Boy Choir come together for a production of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a harrowing and timeless work written for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. Hailed as a masterpiece, Britten’s work symbolizes the senselessness of war and the importance of reconciliation.

Featuring guest artists:
soprano, Danielle Talamantes
tenor, Barry Banks
baritone, Weston Hurt

An intimate chamber series, Strathmore Music at the Mansion presents an evening of Henry Dehlinger’s music.

Thursday, May 18 at 6:30PM and again at 8:30PM at the Strathmore Mansion in Bethesda, MD

In a jewel box space of the Strathmore Mansion, be whisked away into the luxurious harmonies, enticing motifs, and tonal tapestry of composer Henry Dehlinger’s unique creations written specifically for the voices of husband and wife, bass-baritone, Kerry Wilkerson and soprano, Danielle Talamantes. The composer himself will collaborate on the piano.

An intimate chamber series, Strathmore Music at the Mansion presents an evening of Henry Dehlinger’s music.

Thursday, May 18 at 6:30PM and again at 8:30PM at the Strathmore Mansion in Bethesda, MD

In a jewel box space of the Strathmore Mansion, be whisked away into the luxurious harmonies, enticing motifs, and tonal tapestry of composer Henry Dehlinger’s unique creations written specifically for the voices of husband and wife, bass-baritone, Kerry Wilkerson and soprano, Danielle Talamantes. The composer himself will collaborate on the piano.