The Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments hosts its monthly free lunchtime concert at the North Campus Research Complex Building 18. March's installment of the series will include the vocal chamber music of Handel and Purcell, as well as improvised and traditional works for erhu and harpsichord. Featuring Juliet Schlefer, soprano; Xiao Dong Wei, erhu; Youngeun Lee, viola da gamba & Baroque cello; Joseph Gascho, harpsichord.

Sarah Thune and Juliet Schlefer present:

Lyric for Truelove - Undine Smith Moore

I Want to Die While You Love Me - Rosephanye Powell

I am In Doubt - Undine Smith Moore

Thursday - Sheila Silver

Penelope - Cecilia Livingston

What Lips My Lips Have Kissed - Sheila Silver

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Chants de terre et de ciel - Messiaen

The Detroit Opera’s touring artists present love songs and duets from the operatic and Broadway stages. Featuring: 

• Cameron Rolling, Bass Baritone

• Juliet Schlefer, Soprano 

• Eric Head, Piano 

Gifts of Art free in-person concert for Michigan Medicine community. Look for the live stream or the recording of this concert on Facebook, or watch more concerts anytime here: https://michmed.org/concerts.   

On Friday, November 22nd, 2024 at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents sopranos Juliet Schlefer and Jessica Bowers and trumpeter Peter Oswald. These two musicians traveled from Bavaria to join the CompCord String Quartet in a concert of new compositions and older music reimagined in new ways. Featured compositions include Corazón Coraza by Graciela CarriquÍ with words by Mario Benedetti, Carolyn Steinberg's 'Das Wunderlied' with words by Else Lasker-Schüler, 'From Eve's Perspective' by Faye-Ellen Silverman with words by Mark Twain and Natasha Bogojevich's Vocalise ' 'Kassia'. Also on the program are two works from the standard soprano repertoire; 'O Mio Babbino Caro' by Giacomo Puccini and Felix Mendelssohn’s 'Auf Flügeln des Gesanges'. These are reimagined by Gene Pritsker with jazz harmonies, grooves and improvisation. The CompCord String Quartet is: ​Funda Cizmecioglu, Mark Zaki - violins, Eddy Malave - viola, Mary Wooten - cello.

A very eclectic evening of premieres, reprises and contemporary music for shakuhachi, soprano and string trio.

James Nyoraku Schlefer - shakuhachi
Juliet Schlefer, - soprano
Pauline Kim Harris - violin
David Yang - viola
Eliana Yang - cello

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Duo for Shakuhachi and Violin by Pauline Kim Harris
Three Songs for Soprano and Violincello by James Nyoraku Schlefer
Quintet for Shakuhachi, Soprano, and String Trio by Matthew Shorten

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three zen poems by Debra Kaye
Interludes by Matthew Harris

Join Scott Hanoian and the relaunch of the Lakeshore Chamber Singers in a concert featuring Tarik O’Regan’s work based on the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe The Ecstasies Above. The concert will also feature the music of Caroline Shaw, Melissa Dunphy, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and John Rutter.

Join Scott Hanoian and the relaunch of the Lakeshore Chamber Singers in a concert featuring Tarik O’Regan’s work based on the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe The Ecstasies Above. The concert will also feature the music of Caroline Shaw, Melissa Dunphy, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and John Rutter.

The Berkshire Choral Institute presents Damien Geter’s Justice Symphony along with Faure’s Requiem under the baton of Dr. Eugene Rogers.

The Libertador San Martín National Youth Symphony and the National Children's Choir perform along with two guest ensembles, The Washington Chorus and the University of Michigan Chamber Choir , in a special concert with more than one hundred voices and seventy musicians on stage.

The national organizations – belonging to the National Directorate of Stable Casts and directed by Mario Benzecry and María Isabel Sanz – join the prestigious American choirs, directed by Eugene Rogers , to perform the oratorio Elías , by Felix Mendelssohn.

The work – which takes up musical elements present in Handel and Bach – describes fragments of the life of the prophet Elijah, with texts by the Protestant pastor Julius Schubring adapted into English by William Bartholomew.

Featured as soloists are baritone Will Liverman , soprano Juliet Schlefer , mezzo-soprano  Monique Spells , and tenor Tyrese Byrd . In addition, the young soprano Gretel Tomas , from the National Children's Choir, participates as a soloist.

The Libertador San Martín National Youth Symphony and the National Children's Choir perform along with two guest ensembles, The Washington Chorus and the University of Michigan Chamber Choir , in a special concert with more than one hundred voices and seventy musicians on stage.

The national organizations – belonging to the National Directorate of Stable Casts and directed by Mario Benzecry and María Isabel Sanz – join the prestigious American choirs, directed by Eugene Rogers , to perform the oratorio Elías , by Felix Mendelssohn.

The work – which takes up musical elements present in Handel and Bach – describes fragments of the life of the prophet Elijah, with texts by the Protestant pastor Julius Schubring adapted into English by William Bartholomew.

Featured as soloists are baritone Will Liverman , soprano Juliet Schlefer , mezzo-soprano  Monique Spells , and tenor Tyrese Byrd . In addition, the young soprano Gretel Tomas , from the National Children's Choir, participates as a soloist.

TWC brings its season to its stunning conclusion with “Elijah Reimagined.” This innovative production of Mendelssohn’s well-loved oratorio, Elijah, is like nothing seen before. With a vibrant projection design by Camilla Tassi, this visual spectacle promises to bring the biblical prophet, as performed by GRAMMY Award-winning Will Liverman, to life.

Please Note: This production of Elijah will be abridged for time, excluding movements 6, 7, 15, 35, 36, 40, and 41b. 

View the full digital program here.

Dr. Eugene Rogers, conductor
Will Liverman, baritone
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Antona Yost, mezzo-soprano
Norman Shankle, tenor
Abraham Latner, treble

Children’s Chorus of Washington,
Margaret Nomura Clark, director
University of Michigan Chamber Choir

Camilla Tassi, Projection Designer
William D’Eugenio, Lighting Designer

Juliet Schlefer presents her masters recital along with her incredible partner, Sarah Thune. Program as follows:

Only The Words Themselves Mean What They Say (2012) Kate Soper

Go Away (b.1981)

Head, Heart

Getting To Know Your Body

Alexis Eubanks, flute

Sonnet (2013) Sheila Silver (b. 1946)

I am in Doubt (1975) Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Penelope (2014) Cecilia Livingston (b. 1984)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel (1928) Olivier Messiaen

Bail avec Mi (pour ma femme) (1908–1992)

Antienne du silence (pour le jour des Anges gardiens)

Danse du bébé-Pilule (pour mon petit Pascal)

Arc-en-ciel d’innocence (pour mon petit Pascal)

Minuit pile et face (pour la mort)

Résurrection (pour le jour de Pâques)

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1901) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Drei Lieder (1930) Erich Korngold (1897-1957)

Was du mir bist?

Mit dir zu schweigen

Welt ist stille eingeschlafen

Lúa Descolorida (2002) Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)

Daniel Weber presents his final masters recital - a fully staged production of Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch.

Featuring Alexander Nick, Catherine Goode, Danielle Casós, Juliet Schlefer, Spencer VanDellen, and Jabari Lewis.

Alexis Eubanks, flautist, presents her solo masters recital including Kate Soper’s Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say for flute and soprano.

A chamber opera in one act based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd

Music by Kevin Puts, Libretto by Mark Campbell

Directed by Gregory Keller and Kirk Severtson

Department of Voice and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
March 21 – March 24, 2024 • Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

A one-act chamber opera based on Peter Ackroyd’s “downright exhilarating” (LA Times) novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree. 

Set in London in the 1880s, this highly suspenseful and theatrical opera interweaves several narratives: the trial of the titular heroine for the poisoning of her husband; a series of brutal murders committed by a Jack the Ripper-style killer; the spirited world of an English music hall; and, finally, some “guest appearances” by luminaries from the Victorian Age. Elizabeth Cree is a work that combines the factual with the fictional and the historical with the imaginary.

A chamber opera in one act based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd

Music by Kevin Puts, Libretto by Mark Campbell

Directed by Gregory Keller and Kirk Severtson

Department of Voice and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
March 21 – March 24, 2024 • Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

A one-act chamber opera based on Peter Ackroyd’s “downright exhilarating” (LA Times) novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree. 

Set in London in the 1880s, this highly suspenseful and theatrical opera interweaves several narratives: the trial of the titular heroine for the poisoning of her husband; a series of brutal murders committed by a Jack the Ripper-style killer; the spirited world of an English music hall; and, finally, some “guest appearances” by luminaries from the Victorian Age. Elizabeth Cree is a work that combines the factual with the fictional and the historical with the imaginary.

A chamber opera in one act based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd

Music by Kevin Puts, Libretto by Mark Campbell

Directed by Gregory Keller and Kirk Severtson

Department of Voice and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
March 21 – March 24, 2024 • Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

A one-act chamber opera based on Peter Ackroyd’s “downright exhilarating” (LA Times) novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree. 

Set in London in the 1880s, this highly suspenseful and theatrical opera interweaves several narratives: the trial of the titular heroine for the poisoning of her husband; a series of brutal murders committed by a Jack the Ripper-style killer; the spirited world of an English music hall; and, finally, some “guest appearances” by luminaries from the Victorian Age. Elizabeth Cree is a work that combines the factual with the fictional and the historical with the imaginary.

A chamber opera in one act based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd

Music by Kevin Puts, Libretto by Mark Campbell

Directed by Gregory Keller and Kirk Severtson

Department of Voice and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
March 21 – March 24, 2024 • Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

A one-act chamber opera based on Peter Ackroyd’s “downright exhilarating” (LA Times) novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree. 

Set in London in the 1880s, this highly suspenseful and theatrical opera interweaves several narratives: the trial of the titular heroine for the poisoning of her husband; a series of brutal murders committed by a Jack the Ripper-style killer; the spirited world of an English music hall; and, finally, some “guest appearances” by luminaries from the Victorian Age. Elizabeth Cree is a work that combines the factual with the fictional and the historical with the imaginary.

Daniel Weber’s second masters recital include Kaija Saaraiho’s “Leinolaulut” with Juliet Schlefer

Eric Head’s first master recital, including Rachmaninoff’s Opus. 38 with Juliet Schlefer

Voyage à Paris, a recital of French vocal music. Poulenc’s Banalities with Tyrese Byrd, Satie’s Trois mélodies de 1916 with Juliet Schlefer, Lili Boulanger’s Demain fera un an with Paige Gadbois, and Faure’s song cycle La bonne chanson. Nicholas Music.

Muse Ye’s doctoral candidacy recital.

Featuring a performance of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s “Tre fioretti di Santo Francesco” with Juliet Schlefer

Vocal Music of BACH
Cantata No. 133, "Ich freue mich in dir"
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Cantata No. 20, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort

Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA It is the Lark that Sings
Malin BÅNG Arching
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Five Pieces for String Trio
Andile KHUMALO Schaufe[r]nster II
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Le dormeur du val
Bent SØRENSEN The Lady of Shalott
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Toys (or The Wonderful World of Clara)
Tebogo MONNAKGOTLA Companion

RACHMANINOFF Six Romances, Op. 38
DUREY Selected songs
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad
ROPARTZ Quatre Poèmes d'après l'Intermezzo d'Heinrich Heine

An evening of vocal ensembles including works by Rautavaara, Shaw, Weelkes, and more.

Welcome by: Dr. Louise Toppin, Professor of Voice, The University of Michigan; Director, The George Shirley Vocal Competition

Concert featuring: tenor Tyrese Byrd, sopranos Catherine Gispart, Cinderella Ksebati, Juliet Schlefer, and Louise Toppin and pianists Joshua Marzan, Sarah Thune and Peter Smith.  World premiere compositions by Khyle Wooten and Uzee Brown.