Shepherd on the Rock: Trios and Songs
W.A. Mozart: Trio in E-flat major (“Kegelstatt”), K. 498
Franz Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D. 899, Nos. 1 & 2
Jules Massenet: Élégie
Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve
Leonard Bernstein: Dream With Me from Peter Pan
Ludwig van Beethoven:Trio in B-flat major (“Gassenhauer”), Op. 11
The Musicians
Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano
Albert Hunt, calrinet
Kenneth Law, cello
John Sutherland Earle, piano
Elizabeth Kluegel
Eizabeth Kluegel, soprano, performs frequently in opera, concert and recital settings. She is a choral conductor and private voice teacher. This past season Elizabeth was pleased to present songs from the American songbook on each concert of the season with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. She has performed with Washington Musica Viva, IBIS Chamber Music Society, at the Embassy of the Czech Republic, National Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, Reinzanaka Recital Series in Tokyo, Dayton Opera, Master Chorale of Washington, Virginia Opera, The Kennedy Center Orchestra, Opera Grand Rapids, Opera International and Capitol City Opera. A recent performance of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915, was included in H. Paul Moon’s award-winning documentary of the composer. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music from Indiana University and was a National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Elizabeth’s passion and focus on the developing adolescent/teen singer and the aging voice is carried through both in her choral conducting and in her teaching. She is the Director of Music at Rock Spring Congregational UCC church in Arlington, and teaches voice privately.
Albert Hunt
Praised by critics for performances described as “masterful” and “poetic,” clarinetist Albert Hunt has performed in chamber music and solo concerts on five continents. As an orchestral musician, he has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the National Philharmonic, and the Richmond Symphony, among others. Locally, he has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institution, Strathmore Music Center Concert Hall, and the Korean and German Embassies, and he has been a featured performer at ClarinetFest® in Canada, Belgium, Tennessee, and Louisiana.
Dr. Hunt holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University, the Manhattan School of Music, and The Juilliard School, where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. His private clarinet studio has produced international competition winners, principal clarinetists of the Maryland All-State Orchestra and Bands, and members of elite local youth orchestras.
He serves as President of the Friday Morning Music Club and is also International Coordinator of Sinfonía por la Vida in Ecuador, an organization dedicated to social inclusion through music. For his achievements as a performer, teacher, and philanthropist, Dr. Hunt was named a Distinguished National Arts Associate by the international music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota.
Kenneth Law
Cellist Kenneth Law is a member of the Main Street Chamber Players, Davenport Chamber Players, and the Colour of Music Festival Chamber Players. Career highlights include performances at the Terrace Theatre In Washington, DC, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Library of Congress, and concerts in England, France, Scotland, Panama and Puerto Rico. His degrees and diplomas are from the Eastman School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Peabody Conservatory, and The Juilliard School.
John Sutherland Earle
John Sutherland Earle studied piano performance and chamber music at Oberlin Conservatory, Stanford University, and Vienna Hochschule fűr Musik, and is currently enrolled in an Artist Graduate Certificate program at George Mason University. A National Merit and Fulbright Scholar and prizewinner at several national and international competitions, he has given concerts in many states of the US, several countries of Europe, and in Russia and Japan. He performs regularly with local groups including IBIS Chamber Music Society, Rock Creek Chamber Players, Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association, Friday Morning Music Club, and members of professional orchestras. In a parallel life, John holds the position of Distinguished University Professor at GMU’s Schar School of Policy and Government.
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