NEC Composers' Series: Arthur Berger Memorial Concert
Oct
15
7:30 PM19:30

NEC Composers' Series: Arthur Berger Memorial Concert

As a guest of NEC faculty Sid Richardson, Aurora will present two of the composer’s art songs in Jordan Hall.

“An annual tradition in NEC’s Composition Department, this concert celebrates the life and music of Arthur Berger, an influential composer, critic, and teacher who served on the faculty from 1980-1999. Tonight’s concert focuses on Berger’s contributions to the vocal repertoire with his song cycle about music, love, life, and companionship Five Settings of European Poets, set to five different languages. Curated by composition faculty Sid Richardson, the program also includes vocal pieces by various NEC faculty, including Kati Agócs, Rodney Lister, John Mallia, and Sid Richardson.”

Berger: Five Settings of European Poets
Gandolfi: Lowell Songs
Lister: Ordinary Heartaches and Other Poems of Michael Blumenthal
Richardson: Inscribed on a Lintel
Richardson: How Do I Love Thee?

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Emmanuel Music - Errolyn Wallen: Dido's Ghost
Oct
18
7:00 PM19:00

Emmanuel Music - Errolyn Wallen: Dido's Ghost

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Aurora joins the ensemble of Emmanuel Music in a semi-staged chamber opera Dido’s Ghost, presented at MIT’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall.

Carley DeFranco, Anna/Dido
David Thomas Mather, Aeneas
Jonathan Woody, Elymas/Sorceress
Katherine Maysek, Lavinia/Spirit
Morgan Mastrangelo, Ascanius/First Sailor
Corrine Byrne, Belinda

Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Director
Shura Baryshnikov, Choreographer

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Emmanuel Music - Errollyn Wallen: Dido's Ghost
Oct
19
2:00 PM14:00

Emmanuel Music - Errollyn Wallen: Dido's Ghost

Aurora joins the ensemble of Emmanuel Music in a semi-staged chamber opera Dido’s Ghost, presented at MIT’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall.

Carley DeFranco, Anna/Dido
David Thomas Mather, Aeneas
Jonathan Woody, Elymas/Sorceress
Katherine Maysek, Lavinia/Spirit
Morgan Mastrangelo, Ascanius/First Sailor
Corrine Byrne, Belinda

Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Director
Shura Baryshnikov, Choreographer

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Odyssey Opera - Frederick Douglass
Jun
20
7:30 PM19:30

Odyssey Opera - Frederick Douglass

Aurora sings the role of Mrs. Sly and joins the ensemble for Odyssey Opera’s production of Ulysses Kay’s “Frederick Douglass”

“In October2021, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) announced As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage, the most extensive and ambitious presentation of opera by Black composers to ever take place in the US. Ulysses Kay’s Frederick Douglass is the second installment of five operas that depict vital figures of Black liberation and thought across 250 years of history.”

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Opera on Tap Boston - Flowers + Opera
May
31
2:00 PM14:00

Opera on Tap Boston - Flowers + Opera

Aurora coordinates and performs with Opera on Tap Boston in collaboration with Simon’s Shoes to bring back the favorite program: Flowers + Opera!

Singers include: Aurora Martin, Kathryn Tolley, and Morgan Beckford

Pianist, Leona Cheung

Join OOTB and Simons Shoes for a family friend and fun afternoon of song in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner!

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Mountain Top Music Center - Mozart Requiem
May
25
3:00 PM15:00

Mountain Top Music Center - Mozart Requiem

Aurora joins George Weise, the Mount Washington Valley Choral Society, Mountain Top Music Center, and the Arpeggione Ensemble as the soprano soloist for Mozart’s Requiem.

Symphony No. 39 in E flat major K.543
Performed by the Arpeggione Ensemble

Requiem K.626
Sung by the MWV Choral Society
Full orchestral accompaniment performed on original instruments of the 18th and 19th centuries; conducted by George Wiese

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Mountain Top Music Center - Mozart Requiem
May
24
7:00 PM19:00

Mountain Top Music Center - Mozart Requiem

Aurora joins George Weise, the Mount Washington Valley Choral Society, Mountain Top Music Center, and the Arpeggione Ensemble as the soprano soloist for Mozart’s Requiem.

Symphony No. 39 in E flat major K.543
Performed by the Arpeggione Ensemble

Requiem K.626
Sung by the MWV Choral Society
Full orchestral accompaniment performed on original instruments of the 18th and 19th centuries; conducted by George Wiese


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