April 2, 2009
Joyce Guyer performs ‘Songs of Love and Loss’ in April 7 concert
Faculty artist Joyce Guyer, accompanied by faculty pianist Craig Sheppard, will present works by Felix Mendelssohn (whose 200th birthday is being celebrated), Gustave Ferrari, Alan Smith, and Timothy Hoekman in Songs of Love and Loss, a concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 in Meany Theater.
Guyer, one of America’s leading sopranos, has been a valued principal artist for 18 seasons at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, with roles such as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Sophie in Werther, and Pamina in Die Zauberflote. In the 1999 PBS broadcast of the Met’s La Cenerentola, she played wicked stepsister Clorinda.
The Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor of Piano at the UW’s School of Music, pianist Sheppard has maintained a strong and enduring presence in the classical music world for nearly 40 years, with his unique combination of ebulliance and passionate energy, allied to a technical mastery and scholarly objectivity.
Tickets for the concert are $15 ($10 for students and seniors) and are available at the Arts Ticket Office, 206-543-4889, or online at www.music.washington.edu.
