Ladies Musical Club: Songs by Debussy, Walker, & Quilter | Piano Solos by Piazzolla, Ponce, & More
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- Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
- Asta Vaičekonis, piano
- Joyce Gibb, piano
Gabriel Fauré — 2 Songs, Op. 1 (2. Mai)
Ernest Chausson — 7 Mélodies, Op. 2 (1. Nanny)
Georges Bizet — Chanson d'avril
Gwyneth Walker — though love be a day ("I. thy fingers make early flowers" & "III. after all white horses are in bed")
Roger Quilter — The Spring is at the door
Roger Quilter — Song of the Blackbird, Op. 14, No. 4
Roger Quilter — Over the land is April, Op. 26, No. 2
Astor Piazzolla — Tanti anni prima
Astor Piazzolla — Adiós Nonino
Manuel Ponce — Intermezzo
Claude Debussy — "III. Clair de Lune" from Suite bergamasque, L. 75
George Gershwin / Earl Wild — Etude No. 4: Embraceable You
About Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
About Asta Vaičekonis, piano
Asta Vaičekonis holds her MM in Piano Performance from the University of Washington and her Bachelor's degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Asta was granted a diploma for best accompaniment in the International Competition of Chamber Music in Kaliningrad (Königsberg), Russia (1992). She was a soloist with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra (2002), performed in the University of Washington Summer Arts Festival (2001, 2003), the Bach Fest (2001, 2002) in Lake Chelan, Washington, accompanist for Ladies Musical Club of Seattle's Awards Tours (2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018), and the Bumbershoot Festival (1999) in Seattle. Asta served as an accompanist and coach in the Summer Chamber Music Seminars in Berlin, Germany (1992, 1993), and has performed with the Chamber Dance Company. She has played many recitals and chamber music programs in various cities of the United States, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Russia, and Israel, and made several recordings for the Lithuanian Radio and Television (1993). She was the first solo pianist to play in Seattle’s own Benaroya Hall. Asta is on the piano faculty at Music Works Northwest, has been staff accompanist at Western Washington University, and is currently on the faculty at Seattle Pacific University.
https://spu.edu/academics/college-of-arts-sciences/music/about/faculty-staff-directory/faculty-source/vaicekonis-astaAbout Joyce Gibb, piano
Joyce Gibb was born in Sri Lanka and started her early piano studies with the admired, but feared music critic Elmer DeHaan. After surviving his rigorous training, she moved to London for further studies with Swiss pianist Albert Ferber whose teachers included Rachmaninoff. Studying both piano and cello, she was awarded a gold medal for performance by the Royal Schools of Music. Now a Seattle resident, Joyce teaches and performs regularly and has been the concerto soloist with the Cascade Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, Rainier Symphony, Port Angeles, Thalia, and Philharmonia Northwest Orchestras. Her performances have included concertos by Beethoven, Poulenc, Grieg, Addinsell, and Chopin and the 1st and 2nd Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff.