See the prior post for more details!
Author: Spacious Vision
Spacious Vision--Words and Music is the former home of the Spacious Vision Song Project. Today it curates occasional essays and projects by Gerald Seminatore DMA.
New Year Concert on Jan. 4 at Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Following the tradition of Christmas lasting 12 days, our program concludes the holiday season and celebrates the New Year. Soprano Barbara Kilduff, pianist Brian Moll, and tenor Gerald Seminatore will perform seasonal songs, arias, and duets by J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, Georg Frederic Handel, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and others.
This is a singular opportunity to experience the work of accomplished artists in the intimate environment of the historic Chapel at Bowdoin College. Leave the cold outside and join us for a soulful concert of repertoire for the winter season.
BARBARA KILDUFF (soprano). Appearances at Metropolitan Opera, La Scale, Bavarian State Opera, Vienna State Opera. Soloist with many orchestras. Active recitalist.
GERALD SEMINATORE (tenor). Critically acclaimed soloist in opera and concert throughout the United States and in Europe, including Dortmund, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, and Bremen (Germany), as well Santa Fe, Glimmerglass, West Bay, and other theaters. Many song recitals with emphasis on the German Lied and works of Benjamin Britten.
BRIAN MOLL (piano). Pianist in recitals in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Japan, and the United States. Assistant Conductor for Boston Lyric Opera and Opera North. Chair of Vocal and Keyboard Studies, Longy School of Music of Bard College.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 at the Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick, ME.
7:30 start time. Doors open at 7:00.
No pre-sale for tickets, $15 general admission at the door, $10 discount for students/seniors and Bowdoin Friends and staff. Cash or personal check only, please.
Free parking is easily accessible on Park Row, just off of Maine Street on the western perimeter of the Bowdoin campus. A map of the Bowdoin College campus can be downloaded here.
The Chapel entrance is wheelchair/walker accessible. You may wish to bring a cushion.
E-mail inquiries to spaciousvision@outlook.com, or you may leave a comment here which our moderator will see. Voicemail messages may be left at (207) 200-3526, and we will respond as soon as we can.
Thank you for visiting, and we hope to see you on Jan. 4!
AIDS Day Concert Photos
Our friend Taso Papadakis shot several terrific photos at our
Nov. 30 concert in Long Beach. Here are a few of
JOHN SEESHOLTZ, and
CHRIS REED, and
DIANA BURBANO, and
GERALD SEMINATORE
Southern California Concerts for World AIDS Day 2012
UPDATED NOV. 6, 2012. THIS SPACIOUS VISION will present concerts
of English and American art song in observance
of World AIDS Day 2012. 
Selections from the AIDS Quilt Songbook will stand at the center of each concert. The programs will also include songs by Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Richard Hundley, and others.
The AIDS Quilt was conceived in 1987 as a memorial to those who were suffering and from the virus that would come to be known as HIV. Artists also became catalysts of energy and advocacy for AIDS awareness and HIV research and education, and the AIDS Quilt Songbook followed in 1991 as a musical response to the growing pandemic of HIV/AIDS. 2012 marks the twentieth anniversary of the first performances of songs from the collection. While much has changed in our understanding of HIV and how to treat HIV/AIDS, the poems and songs of the collection stand as potent reminders of the work still to be done in treating HIV/AIDS and curbing the spread of HIV around the world.
The composers who contributed to the Songbook include some of the most notable contemporary names in American music, such as Ricky Ian Gordon, John Harbison, and John Musto. Other songs on the concert by composers such as Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland speak powerfully to experiences of community, love, nostalgia and loss in modern life.
The roster of acclaimed performers for these concerts will include baritone John Seesholtz, tenor Gerald Seminatore, and pianist Christopher Reed. They will be joined by actress Diana Burbano and cellist Sean Fischer for a unique program of poetry, song, and remembrance.
Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, 7:30 PM
Bay Shore Community Church
5100 The Toledo
Long Beach, CA 90803
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, 7:30 PM (reception follows)
First Congregational Church
2001 Canada Blvd
Glendale, CA 91208
No pre-sale for tickets. $20 general admission/donation requested at each venue. $12 for seniors, students with ID. Cash/check only, please; credit cards cannot be accepted at this time. Group rates available; please inquire by e-mail to spaciousvision@outlook.com or phone (207) 200-3526.
A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to AIDS service organizations. Additional donations for the Long Beach AIDS Foundation will be gratefully accepted.
Directions to Bay Shore Community Church in Long Beach/Belmont Shore are here. Church parking is available in the lot at the corner of Livingston and The Toledo on a first-come, first-served basis, and on neighboring streets. (No permits required). The charming 2nd Street commercial and retail area of Belmont Shore is within easy walking distance of the church, and a user-friendly map of the neighborhood (including locations for public parking lots) is here.
A map for the First Congregational Church in Glendale is here. Parking is easily available in the church parking lot.
Inaugural Concert
Sunday, July 29, 7:30 PM 
LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF BARD COLLEGE
Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
www.longy.edu (Tickets not required)
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Gerald Seminatore, tenor
Brian Moll, piano
BRITTEN
Purcell Realizations (Dellal, Seminatore)
A Charm of Lullabies (Dellal)
Winter Words (Seminatore)
Canticle Two “Abraham and Isaac” (Dellal, Seminatore)
This program presented concert arrangements of songs by Henry Purcell, magical spells, and musical setttings of poems by Thomas Hardy. The spectacular, quasi-operatic Canticle “Abraham and Isaac” is Britten’s musical setting of a Chester Mystery Play from the 14th century.
(We are pleased to say that Pickman Hall was nearly full, the applause was enthusiastic, and the Britten Canticle was successfully performed from memory!)
The Core Group (Sept. 2012)
The core group of THIS SPACIOUS VISION includes four singers and two pianists. As projects develop, other artists may be added to this group. In addition to the core group, other people will join us for individual concerts as time goes by.
Here we are, along with some links to more information about us!
TONY CHO (piano). Concerts in notable venues around the United States and beyond. Assistant conductor and coach/pianist at Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Central City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Juilliard Opera Center, Virginia Opera, Sarasota Opera, and others. Faculty, Chapman University.
Click here for Tony Cho’s Artist Biography. View a video of Tony playing
Robert Muczynski’s “Time Pieces” op. 43.
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PAMELA DELLAL (mezzo-soprano). Acclaimed soloist with Emmanuel Music, Handel and Haydn Society, Musicians of Old Post Road, American Bach Society, Sequentia, others. Extensive discography. Faculty, Brandeis University.
Click here to visit Pamela Dellal’s website. Hear audio recordings of Pamela
(works by Bach, Handel, Monteverdi, and others).
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BARBARA KILDUFF (soprano). Acclaimed soprano with appearances at Metropolitan Opera, La Scale, Bavarian State Opera, Vienna State Opera. Soloist with many orchestras. Active recitalist.
Click here to visit Barbara Kilduff’s website. Here, Barbara performs the “Mad Scene” from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor.
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BRIAN MOLL (piano). Pianist in recitals in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Japan, and the United States. Assistant Conductor for Boston Lyric Opera and Opera North. Chair of Vocal and Keyboard Studies, Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Click here for Brian Moll’s Artist Biography. Here, Brian accompanies Barbara Kilduff in Hundley’s “Will there really be a morning?”
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JOHN SEESHOLTZ (baritone). Emerging artist in opera and oratorio. Prize winner, National Association of Teachers of Singing Young Artist Award; finalist, San Francisco Opera Merola program. Premieres of new work at 2011 SongFest in Los Angeles. M.M. from University of Michigan, D.M.A. University of North Texas. Faculty, Colorado State University at Fort Collins.
Click here for more information about John.
Click here to see and hear John perform Carlisle Floyd’s “For I am Persuaded” (Pilgramage, No. 5)
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GERALD SEMINATORE (tenor). Critically acclaimed soloist in opera and concert throughout the United States and in Europe, including Dortmund, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, and Bremen (Germany), as well Santa Fe, Glimmerglass, West Bay, and other theaters. Many song recitals with emphasis on the German Lied and works of Benjamin Britten and his contemporaries. Faculty, Pepperdine University.
Click here to visit Gerald Seminatore’s website.
See Gerald perform “Der Lindenbaum” from Schubert’s Winterreise with Michael Schütze, or hear him perform John Kander’s “Letter from Sullivan Ballou” with Mark Salters.
Benjamin Britten c. 1950
The Project
Rather than creating a traditional website, the coordinator of the SPACIOUS VISION Song Project will post occasional entries and updates on this weblog. Visitors may easily access information about upcoming and past concerts, as well as photos and media.
SPACIOUS VISION Song Project is a bi-coastal collective of classically oriented singers and pianists. We aspire to collaboratively prepare and perform art song and vocal chamber music in a variety of venues in both Southern California and New England. You may read more about us on the “Core Group” posting on the blog Home page.
Our programming will include works by a variety of composers, but a constant for all of our programs in 2012-13 will be vocal works by English composer Benjamin Britten (1913-76), in honor of the centennial year of his birth.
Click on the “Spacious Vision Song Project” tab underneath the blog header for contact information.
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“Knows your soul a sphere,
O journeying boy,
Our rude realms far above,
Whence with spacious vision you mark and mete
This region of sin that you find you in,
But are not of?”
From: Thomas Hardy, “Midnight on the Great Western”
Set in Benjamin Britten’s song cycle Winter Words
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