Ladies Musical Club: Songs for Mother's Day & Musical Theater Songs

• Julia Bezems, soprano
• Lin Chen, soprano

Franz Schubert — Ellens dritter Gesang, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6 "Ave Maria"
Robert Schumann — Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 ("VI. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an" & "VII. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust")
Jason Robert Brown — Songs for a New World ("Christmas Lullaby")
Francis Poulenc — La courte paille ("I. Le sommeil," "II. Quelle aventure!," & "VI. Le carafon")
Antonín Dvořák — Songs My Mother Taught Me, B. 104, Op. 55, No. 4
Francis Poulenc — Deux Poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122 ("C")
Claude Debussy — Nuit d'étoiles ("Starry Night")
Gabriel Fauré — Nell, Op. 18, No. 1
Gabriel Fauré — Clair de lune ("Moonlight"), Op. 46, No. 2
Gabriel Fauré — Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
Henri Duparc — Extase

About Ladies Musical Club of Seattle

http://www.lmcseattle.org/

About Julia Bezems, soprano

Julia Bezems is excited to join the Bellevue Chamber Chorus for their 2023-24 Season as Student Assistant Conductor. Hailing from Allentown, PA, Julia holds Bachelors degrees in voice performance and computer science from the University of Michigan, and she is now active as a choral conductor and ensemble singer in the Seattle area. While at the University of Michigan, she performed frequently as a soprano with the Chamber Choir and as a soloist with the University Baroque Orchestra. Since moving to the Seattle area in 2022, she has sung with Seattle Pro Musica, Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, and Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and Radiance vocal ensemble. She serves as the co-leader of the Seattle branch of Crescendo North America, an international organization for Christian musicians, and she freelances as a choral conductor for projects with Crescendo and other community engagements. Julia works as a software engineer at Microsoft, and she enjoys hiking and studying theology.

https://soundcloud.com/julia-bezems

About Lin Chen, soprano

Lin Chen is a freelance vocalist, violinist, and music educator in the Greater Seattle area. Growing up in Australia, she was fortunate to study music with esteemed teachers from the Griffith Conservatorium in Brisbane and the Sydney conservatorium. Her experience in vocal performance expands multiple genres including Classical, Musical theatre and Jazz. She currently studies voice with Dr. Kari Ragan. Lin is also a violin coach for the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) and performs with a number of local ensembles including her own string quartet—Quartet Evolution. Her career highlights include performing at the Sydney Opera House, Westminster Abbey and Cologne Cathedral. She enjoys giving regular recitals in Seattle with the Ladies Musical Club.