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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
with Stephanie Blythe, Mezzo Soprano
Thursday - April 2, 2009 - 8 p.m.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will present a master class in the John Amos Field House at Herbert W. Armstrong College on Friday, April 3, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free.
"A once-in-a-generation opera singer has arrived."
—New York Times
Listen to excerpts:
•Amy Beach Piano Quintet
•Covered Wagon Woman: Buffalo Chase
•Covered Wagon Woman: Epilogue
Since its inception in 1969, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has played a
role unmatched in its field. Dedicated to serving the art of chamber music, CMS presents chamber music of
every instrumentation, style, and historical period in its extensive concert season in New York, its national
tours, its many recordings and national radio broadcasts, its broad commissioning program, and its multi-faceted
educational programs. Demonstrating the belief that the future of chamber music lies in engaging and expanding
the audience, CMS has created programs to bring the art of chamber music to audiences from a wide range of
backgrounds, ages, and levels of musical knowledge. The artistic core of CMS is a multi-generational, dynamic
repertory company of expert chamber musicians who form an evolving musical community. As part of that
community, the CMS Two program discovers and weaves into the artistic fabric a select number of highly
gifted young artists - individuals and ensembles - who embody the great performance traditions of the past
while setting new standards for the future.
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of twelve constituents of
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. Along with
other constituents such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center Theater, and
The Metropolitan Opera, the Chamber Music Society has its home at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully Hall.
Through its performance, education, and recording/broadcast activities, it draws more people to chamber
music than any other organization of its kind.
CMS presents annual series of concerts and educational events for listeners ranging
from connoisseurs to chamber music newcomers of all ages. Performing repertoire from over three centuries,
and numerous premieres by living composers, CMS offers programs curated to provide listeners a comprehensive
perspective on the art of chamber music. The performing artists of CMS, a multi-generational selection of
expert chamber musicians, constitute an evolving repertory company capable of presenting chamber music of
every instrumentation, style, and historical period (see Artists of the Society and Guests). Its annual
activities include a full season of concerts and activities, national and international tours, nationally
televised broadcasts on Live From Lincoln Center, a radio show broadcast nationwide, and regular appearances
on National Public Radio's Performance Today.
Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is considered to be one of the most highly respected artists of her generation. Ms. Blythe has sung in many of the renowned opera houses in the US and Europe including the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Opera National de Paris. Ms. Blythe has appeared with many of the world's finest orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra (in Boston and in Tanglewood), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Opera Orchestra of New York, Minnesota Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the Ensemble Orchestre de Paris.
A frequent recitalist, Ms. Blythe has been presented in recital with her collaborative partner, Warren Jones, by Zankel Hall, Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series at Alice Tully Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Vocal Arts Society and at the Supreme Court at the invitation of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in Washington, DC; the Cleveland Art Song Festival, the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Shriver Hall in Baltimore. Last season, she premiered and recorded a piece by Alan Smith titled Covered Wagon Woman, which was commissioned for her residency with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This season she performs the piece again with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on tour throughout the U.S.
Ms. Blythe's most recent solo recordings include a collection of pieces by Mahler, Brahms, and Wagner and an album of Handel and Bach arias, all released on the Virgin Classics label.
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