World Premiere: The Shores of Light
Sep
29
5:00 PM17:00

World Premiere: The Shores of Light

Ketti sings the world premiere of “The Shores of Light”. This soprano vocalise was written for her and organist Thomas Sheehan by renowned American composer Carson Cooman. The premiere will take place at Washington National Cathedral following the service of Evensong (4:00 pm). The evening’s recital is part of the 2019 celebration of Cathedral Day, commemorating the anniversary of the landmark building.

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Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Apr
16
7:00 PM19:00

Poulenc: Stabat Mater

Harvard University Choir presents its annual Holy Week Musical Meditations series. Ketti sings the haunting soprano solos for Poulenc’s Stabat Mater. The concert also features Bach’s “Jesu, meine Freude” (BWV 227). Free and open to the public!

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Gounod Mass & Fauré Requiem
Dec
1
8:00 PM20:00

Gounod Mass & Fauré Requiem

Ketti sings the soprano solos for Gounod’s rarely-heard gem, “Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte-Cécile” (St. Cecilia Mass in G major), and the beloved Fauré masterpiece, Requiem op. 48. This is the fall concert of the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus at Sanders Theater, conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones.

Watch a rehearsal preview here!

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Gluck: Alceste
Oct
20
7:30 PM19:30

Gluck: Alceste

  • Memorial Church, Harvard University (map)
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Ketti covers Hailey Fuqua in the title role of Gluck’s “Alceste”.

A concert performance with Grand Harmonie orchestra and the Harvard University Choir. Conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones, and featuring Jonas Budris & Sumner Thompson.

Event image: Theater Mask, 3rd century CE. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. C. Ruxton Love, Jr. Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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Maine Liederabend
Aug
19
7:00 PM19:00

Maine Liederabend

Ketti Jane returns to Mount Desert Island for another recital with her "Maine" recital partner, Christina Spurling! This program showcases many facets of the feminine muse, told through German lieder and American song. 

Composers include Libby Larsen, Alma Mahler, Clara & Robert Schumann, Leonard Bernstein, John Harbison, Charles Ives, and Ruth Schonthal, and will be presented with translations and conversational program notes.

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Orff: Carmina Burana
Aug
5
3:00 PM15:00

Orff: Carmina Burana

A repeat performance of Harvard Summer Chorus' double bill ... now at the Monadnock Music Festival, New Hampshire!

Ketti Jane sings the legendary soprano solos of "Carmina Burana" with the Harvard Summer Chorale at Sanders Theater. Conducted by Meg Weckworth, with baritone David Tinervia and Tenor Christian Figueroa. This concert also features the American premiere of Jonathan Dove's opera for chorus and countertenor, "Arion and the Dolphin" led by Dr. Andrew Clarke, Director of Choral Activities of Harvard University. 

Ticket Information & Reception to Follow

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Boston Bach Birthday 333
Mar
17
8:00 AM08:00

Boston Bach Birthday 333

"Celebrate the birthday of the greatest of all Lutheran composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, with First Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 17, 2018. FLC’s annual Boston Bach Birthday will begin at 8am and feature concerts, organ recitals, a Vespers service, and of course the famous German lunch (tickets $15, available at the door or from Eventbrite). All musical events are free and open to the public, and all may come and go as able."

12:50 - 1:00 pm concert #5 is the motet, "Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf" with Canto Armonico early music ensemble! 

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Tobias and the Angel
Mar
4
4:00 PM16:00

Tobias and the Angel

Ketti performs the role of Sarah, a beautiful young woman possessed and tormented by the demon Ashmodeus in "Tobias and the Angel".

This piece is an extraordinary church opera by Jonathan Dove to a libretto by David Lan, and will be performed with orchestra, organ, and the Harvard University Choir. Other soloists include tenor Jonas Budris, mezzo soprano Susannah Thornton, baritone Chris Talbot, soprano Sol Kim Bentley, and countertenor Benjy Wenzelberg. Conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones.

Free and open to the public.

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Angels & Visitors: A Mixtape Recital
Feb
17
4:00 PM16:00

Angels & Visitors: A Mixtape Recital

Join Ketti for a "Mixtape Recital" of new song repertoire! Featuring Tom Sheehan, pianist, with 20th & 21st century art songs about angels, saints, visions, portents ... and things that go bump in the night. 

Admission is free! Also taking your optional donations of cash or GENTLY USED MUSICAL SCORES & MUSIC TEXTBOOKS for the Boston chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, a local music philanthropy. 

Never been to a classical song recital before? Mixtape Recitals are short, casual, and conversational! There are so many songs in the world - our mission is to try them all. Think of this as a laboratory, as performers test out repertoire for the first time for a curious and supportive audience. Everybody can enjoy something new! We'll see you in the recital hall.

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Canto Armonico: Telemann
Dec
1
to Dec 2

Canto Armonico: Telemann

An all-Telemann concert with the Canto Armonico early music ensemble, lead by Simon Carrington! Ketti sings the soprano solo for the Deutsches Magnificat, "Denn er hat seine elende Magd angesehen". Other repertoire includes the Wassermusik "Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth" (1723) and Paris Quartet no 2. 

Two concerts:

First Lutheran Church in Boston, Dec 1st @ 8 pm

John Wesley Methodist Church in Falmouth, MA, Dec 2nd @ 8 pm

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La "Femme" Bohème
May
18
to May 21

La "Femme" Bohème

  • Mosesian Center for the Arts (Arsenal Black Box Theater) (map)
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La Bohème ... reimagined!

“The stunning Puccini music you adore. The heartbreaking tale of love that inspired a Pulitzer-prize winning rock musical. A story re-envisioned and retold by women. Set against the backdrop of the modern protest movement, our La Femme Bohème re-imagines the iconic Puccini opera, La Bohème, with characters fighting to live their lives with honesty and dignity, while challenging notions of sexuality and gender.”

Ketti will be covering the role of Marcello - the baritone painter is now known as Marcella, on-again-off-again girlfriend of the tempestuous Musetta. Ketti will also be performing with the chorus.

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Canto Armonico: Christmas in the Age of Reformation
Dec
9
8:00 PM20:00

Canto Armonico: Christmas in the Age of Reformation

Canto Armonico delights in presenting a program of early German carols from the days of the Reformation by Michael Praetorius, Heinrich Schütz, Jacob Handl, and John Sheppard for voices and instruments paired with modern English carols by Benjamin Britten and William Walton. A freewill offering will be taken. Ketti sings soprano solo verses of Praetorius "Quem pastores laudavere" and "Est ist ein Ros entsprungen", as well as the Linden Tree Carol.

 

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Longy Septemberfest 2016: "Read Between the Lines"
Sep
24
8:00 PM20:00

Longy Septemberfest 2016: "Read Between the Lines"

  • Longy School of Music of Bard College (map)
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A concert of hidden messages, both the hopeful and sardonic. The Longy Conservatory Orchestra performs an orchestral repertoire featuring the United States anthem arranged by Stavinsky, the Marseillaise orchestrated by Bizet, Broadway selections from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 1776, stirring music from John Adams’ Nixon in China, and the film score from Prokofiev’s first commission within the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Kijé.

This year, Longy's annual Septemberfest concert series will be themed around Music and Politics. For the closing concert, Ketti Jane (MM '16) will perform Pat Nixon's aria, "This is Prophetic" from John Adams' 1987 opera Nixon in China.

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Songs from the Sea
Aug
26
6:30 PM18:30

Songs from the Sea

  • St. John the Divine Episcopal Church (map)
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Ketti is collaborating with two beloved Boston colleagues (soprano Michele Kruske and pianist Christina Spurling) to bring you an ocean-themed recital on the coast of Maine. Repertoire will include art songs, opera arias, and cabaret songs from around the Atlantic. Join us on our voyage to Britain, France, Spain, and the Americas, in every kind of weather! -- A collection will be taken to support the local food pantry.

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The Crucible - Miami Music Festival
Jul
28
7:30 PM19:30

The Crucible - Miami Music Festival

  • Broad Performing Arts Center of Barry University (map)
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"An allegory for our modern times: hysterics, politics and who’s to blame? Arthur Miller’s dramatized account of the Salem witch trials is updated in MMF’s riveting production to a gripping and provocative present day social commentary. A cautionary tale of history, American composer Robert Ward expertly crafts a musical backdrop of fear, mistrust and tragedy."

Ketti sings the role of Mary Warren: the young servant to the Proctor family who is lead into hysterical fear by the witchcraft trials. This opera is a mainstage production of the 2016 Miami Summer Music Festival, staged by David Carl Toulson, and conducted by Bradley Moore

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