Showing posts with label November 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label November 16. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

Empire Opera: Waundell Saavedra in first solo New York recital Nov. 6 with Mark Cogley

[Waundell Saavedra]

The singer and composer Waundell Saavedra, http://www.waundellsaavedra.com/, was born in Pittsburgh. His music education has been described as: “Temple University (BM), Peabody Conservatory, Academy of Vocal Arts.” Waundell is President and Artistic Director of Empire Opera, whose website says:

“Empire Opera is a non-profit corporation in the State of New York. We support the music of living composers as well as works that are never or rarely performed. We are committed to seeking out and embracing new audience members and making opera lovers of
them, especially the youth.”

Waundell Saavedra writes:

I will be presenting my first solo New York
recital with Mark Cogley, pianist.

We will perform music by:

Henry Purcell
W. A. Mozart
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Hugo Wolf
Reynaldo Hahn
Eduardo Falú

Sunday, November 6, 2011, 4PM
Lang Recital Hall - Hunter College
E. 69th St. at Park Avenue
Free Admission

Sunday, November 16, 2008

'Composers Datebook' Links to AfriClassical.com Page on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman; Cedille 90000 055 (2000)]

Composers Datebook, produced by American Public Media in association with the American Composers Forum, has linked its November 16 feature, which can be heard at its website, to the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor page at AfriClassical.com: “Sunday, November 16, SYNOPSIS: Coleridge-Taylor in Washington ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 – 1912): Hiawatha's Departure; Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Kenneth Alwyn, cond.; Argo 430 956.” Under the heading Additional Information, Composers Datebook lists an entry from Wikipedia, followed by the AfriClassical.com page on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).