Brisch Center for Historical Performance - An Afternoon in Versailles

Sunday, January 28, 2024 4:15 PM Radke Fine Arts Theatre Program Canaries Ennemond Gaultier (1575-1651) L’Adieux Courante Allemande La Royale Courante Denis Gaultier (1602-1672) Les Plaintes de Psyché Jacques Gallot (1625-1695) La Belle Homicide Ennemond Gaultier Joe Harris, French Baroque Lute Petite Leçon: Context and Comedy in the Pleasures of Versailles Les Plaisirs de Versailles (1682) M.A. Charpentier (1643-1704) Overture Scène Première La Musique, Chœr des Plaisirs Scène Seconde La Musique, La Conversation, et le chœr Scène Troisième Un des plaisirs, Comus, La Musique, La Conversation Scène Quatrième Le Jeu, La Musique, La Conversation, Comus, et le chœr UCO Brisch Center Faculty, Students and Alumni Joe Harris, theorbo and Carey Morrow, baroque guitar Performers La Musique Danielle Herrington, soprano La Conversation Savannah Gordon, mezzo-soprano Le Jeu Khalil Cabrera-Tosado, tenor Comus Kevin Eckard, bass-baritone Le Chœr des Plaisirs (Choral Ensemble) Tae Bradshaw, soprano Mackenzie Cook, mezzo-soprano Luis Vasquez, tenor Hayden Turner, baritone Orchestral Ensemble Chazlen Rook, violin Natalie Syring, flute Scott Erickson, oboe Lori Wooden, bassoon Meryl Geib, viola da gamba Continuo Joe Harris, theorbo Carey Morrow, baroque guitar Sam Magrill, harpsichord Michael Geib, violone Guest Artist Biographies Carey Morrow is an accomplished musician who specializes in historical plucked string instruments including theorbo and lute as well as classical guitar. His musical studies began at Oklahoma City University, where he initially focused on classical guitar. He then pursued studying theorbo and lute at Indiana University’s historical performance institute, successfully earning his master’s degree in 2019 studying under the renowned lutenist Nigel North. He also shares a passion for teaching and presently, holds the position of guitar instructor at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He has performed with prestigious ensembles such as Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Nashville Baroque, Kansas City Baroque Consortium, and Oklahoma Baroque. Renowned for his expertise in 17th and 18th century baroque music, Joe Harris is a distinguished musician with a passion for reviving forgotten masterpieces. He earned his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma City University, summa cum laude, and went on to earn his master’s degree at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, studying under Grammy-winning lutenist and Boston Early Music Festival Artistic Director, Paul O’Dette. Joe has performed in masterclasses for some of the most important living lutenists including Hopkinson Smith, Nigel North, Lucas Harris, and Robert Barto. In addition to performing baroque music, Joe is an award- winning music researcher, having received the Oklahoma City University Undergraduate Research Award for a paper that explored Mozart’s connection to 18th century lute music. Savannah Gordon is a mezzo-soprano and Oklahoma native. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2022. Savannah is in her second year singing with Canterbury Voices and Canterbury Chamber Voices in Oklahoma City. She serves as the Music Intern at All Souls Episcopal Church in Nichols Hills, where she assists two youth choruses in addition to singing in the choir. Savannah also travels Oklahoma City as an Education Outreach Artist with Painted Sky Opera. Currently studying under the tutelage of Dr. Danielle L Herrington, Savannah enjoys performing a wide variety of musical genres on stage. Khalil S. Cabrera-Tosado is a 3rd year graduate student completing his double masters in Vocal Pedagogy, under the direction of Dr. Barbara DeMaio and also Choral Conducting, under the direction of Dr. Karl Nelson. During his academic career at UCO, Cabrera-Tosado has participated in various ensembles such as Concert Chorale and Street Singers. He also has performed in various operas: One Cup of Sin, Die Fledermaus, The Dangers of Singing, and The Consul, which recently won the American Prize in Opera under Dr. Glaubtiz’s direction. He owes tremendous gratitude to his teachers. For this current production, he thanks Dr. Herrington for this outstanding opportunity to be introduced into the world of Baroque. Dr. Danielle L Herrington is an artist-scholar, researching, teaching, and performing in Oklahoma City. She is the Assistant Professor of Musicology and Brisch Center Academic Coordinator at UCO. Her scholarship approaches music as embodied and lived experience, with specific investigations in eighteenth-century and twenty-first century opera, culture, and philosophy. As a performative musicologist, Danielle has presented on these topics internationally and nationally. Recent publications include a book review for Cambridge Core’s Nineteenth-Century Music Review and “Musical Moral Sense in Rousseau’s Essai.” As a lyric coloratura soprano, Danielle has interpreted a range of roles. Her favorites include Handel’s Rodelinda, Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Serpina (La serva padrona), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), and Adele (Die Fledermaus). She is also an avid concert soloist, from Bach and Vivaldi to Beethoven and Verdi. She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Oklahoma as well as two Masters of Music from Wichita State University. Kevin Eckard, Bass-Baritone, is currently a Professor of voice and Head of the Vocal Arts Division at UCO. Kevin most recently performed with the Tulsa Opera in their production of The Medium. Kevin has performed frequently throughout the United States, as well as in Italy, China, Mexico, Austria and Great Britain. He has performed with Painted Sky Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Tulsa Opera, Denver Opera, Wichita Opera, Colorado Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, Pueblo Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic, the Carmel and Anderson Symphonies in Indiana, Augusta Opera, Opera Carolina, Canterbury Choral Society, Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, Enid Symphony and Lyric Theater. Among his many operatic credits, he has performed the roles of Boris Godunov, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Budd (Albert Herring), Blitch (Susannah), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Monterone (Rigoletto), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Secret Policeman (The Consul), Don Alfonso (Cosi Fan Tutte), Escamillo (Carmen), and Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore). Brisch Center for Historical Performance Dr. Michael Geib General Coordinator Dr. Danielle L. Herrington Academic Coordinator Dr. Rob Glaubitz Director, UCO School of Music Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher Past General Coordinator Dr. Ted Honea Past Academic Coordinator Special Thanks Cheyenne Holland, surtitles Joe Harris, score annotations Dr. Molly Johnson, props & set UCO Costume Shop Dr. Margaret Brisch Dr. Rob Glaubitz Dr. Ted Honea Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher Thank you to our faculty, student and guest artist performers for sharing your time, talents, and gifts with our community to make this production possible. We hope our audience appreciates the dedication to performing works that can both transport and inspire us all to find more beauty in our world. Brisch Center for Historical Performance Team UCO School of Music