Schedule Of Events:

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Soprano Danielle Talamantes in Ketchikan at Holy Name Catholic Church, Ketchikan, AK

Danielle Talamantes

"It's not often that an operagoer is fortunate enough to witness the birth of a star!," noted of Soprano Danielle Talamantes' recent turn as Violetta in La Traviata with Hawaii Opera Theatre. Last season she made her Washington National Opera début as Maria Hernández in Kamal Sankaram's Rise as part of their production Written in Stone, returned to her signature role as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème with Jacksonville Symphony and three world premiers: Mosaic for Earth by composer Dwight Bigler at her Alma Mater, Virginia Tech, the rhapsody written for Talamantes and orchestra based on T.S. Eliot's iconic poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock with the National Philharmonic, and the stunning choral cantata Kohelet with the Washington Master Chorale and Santa Clara Master Chorale; the latter two works by acclaimed composer Henry Dehlinger. The conclusion of the season was with the Fairfax Symphony in the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and a debut as guest soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

This season's engagements include Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Ginastera's Milena with the National Philharmonic, Verdi's Requiem with the Pensacola Symphony and the NC Master Chorale, Britten's War Requiem with Opera Roanoke, Handel's Messiah with The US Naval Academy, as well as concerts with Lyric Fest, Choralis, and the Artist Series of Sarasota.

Recent seasons performances include Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen and Anna in Verdi's Nabucco with The Metropolitan Opera, Beatrice in Catán's Il postino with VA Opera, Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with Princeton Festival; Violetta in La traviata with Hawaii Opera Theater, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, and Finger Lakes Opera, Mimì in La bohème with St Petersburg (FL) Opera and Jacksonville Symphony; the title role of Susannah with Opera Roanoke; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater; and a Spoleto Festival USA début as Sergente in Cavalli's Veremonda.

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Zuill Bailey and Danielle Talamantes in Wasilla at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wasilla, AK

Join the Sitka Music Festival for our first performance in Wasilla! The evening will present selections from the repertoire below played by Grammy-winning cellist, Zuill Bailey with Timothy Smith, piano and Danielle Talamantes, soprano with Henry Dehlinger, piano.

Zuill Bailey, widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, is a Grammy Award winning, internationally renowned soloist, recitalist, Artistic Director and teacher.  His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry and engaging personality has made him one of the most sought after and active cellists today.

Mr. Bailey has been featured with symphony orchestras and music festivals worldwide.  He won the Best Solo Performance Grammy Award in 2017, for his recording of  Michael Daugherty's "Tales of Hemingway," with the Nashville Symphony led by Giancarlo Guerrero.  His extensive discography includes his newest release – the world premier recording of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Cello Concerto with the Santa Rosa Symphony. In 2021 he released his second recording of the Bach Cello Suites for PS Audio's Octave Records label, recorded and mixed in stereo and multichannel sound.

Timothy Smith, who has been described as "A pianist who interlaces grace with bursts of power and color" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, and "an excellent pianist" by Vers l'Avenir (Belgium) is Professor of Piano and head of Piano Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Raised in Seattle, Washington, Smith began private piano studies at age five, and at ten was accepted into the Pre-College division of the Juilliard School. He made his orchestral debut at the age of 15. His undergraduate studies were at the University of Washington in Seattle, with Bela Siki, where Smith received numerous awards and scholarships. He continued graduate study as a scholarship student of Martin Canin at Juilliard where he received his Master of Music degree, and later at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, again with Martin Canin, where he was awarded the Doctorate of Musical Arts in 1985. Dr. Smith has won major prizes and recognition in international competitions, including the Casadesus (5th prize), Gina Bachauer (4th prize), Washington, D.C. International (3rd prize), Queen Elizabeth (Brussels) (semi-finalist), among others. As a winner of the Artists International Competition, Smith made his New York recital debut in Carnegie Recital Hall. He has appeared with many orchestras, including the Seattle and Utah Symphonies, the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras in Anchorage, Japan, and China (see below). Smith has performed on National Public Radio, WQXR-FM (New York), RTB (Belgium), and others. He has given master classes in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, PRC, and also in North and South America. He has given over 50 concerts in Asia, including many venues in Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai, Sapporo, and many others, from Asahigawa in the north to Kure in the south. In the U.S., his students have received honors and recognition in local, state, regional, and national competitions, and have been featured on NPR and on WQXR-FM in New York. He has recorded for Seoul Records (Korea), is listed in Who's Who among America's Teachers, and American Keyboard Artists. Previous to his appointment at UAA, Smith taught class piano at the Juilliard School, and undergraduate piano at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In addition to teaching piano at UAA, Dr. Smith teaches Chamber Music and Piano Master Class. Smith has extensive university administrative experience, with 19 years as Chair of the Department of Music, and currently as Associate Dean for the Fine Arts at UAA. As Department Chair in the 1990s, Smith led the department to receive its accreditation with NASM. His solo recording, Timothy Smith plays Liszt, has been released nationally by Albany Records and is currently available online at MSR Classics, and also on iTunes. Of this recording, Adrian Corleonis of Fanfare Magazine wrote, "...impressive and towering...one of the more gripping accounts of the (Liszt) Sonata in recent memory."

Danielle Talamantes
"It's not often that an operagoer is fortunate enough to witness the birth of a star!," noted of Soprano Danielle Talamantes' recent turn as Violetta in La Traviata with Hawaii Opera Theatre. Last season she made her Washington National Opera début as Maria Hernández in Kamal Sankaram's Rise as part of their production Written in Stone, returned to her signature role as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème with Jacksonville Symphony and three world premiers: Mosaic for Earth by composer Dwight Bigler at her Alma Mater, Virginia Tech, the rhapsody written for Talamantes and orchestra based on T.S. Eliot's iconic poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock with the National Philharmonic, and the stunning choral cantata Kohelet with the Washington Master Chorale and Santa Clara Master Chorale; the latter two works by acclaimed composer Henry Dehlinger. The conclusion of the season was with the Fairfax Symphony in the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and a debut as guest soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

This season's engagements include Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Ginastera's Milena with the National Philharmonic, Verdi's Requiem with the Pensacola Symphony and the NC Master Chorale, Britten's War Requiem with Opera Roanoke, Handel's Messiah with The US Naval Academy, as well as concerts with Lyric Fest, Choralis, and the Artist Series of Sarasota.

Recent seasons performances include Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen and Anna in Verdi's Nabucco with The Metropolitan Opera, Beatrice in Catán's Il postino with VA Opera, Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with Princeton Festival; Violetta in La traviata with Hawaii Opera Theater, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, and Finger Lakes Opera, Mimì in La bohème with St Petersburg (FL) Opera and Jacksonville Symphony; the title role of Susannah with Opera Roanoke; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater; and a Spoleto Festival USA début as Sergente in Cavalli's Veremonda.

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Friday, February 9, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Anchorage Museum Lunch Concert (FREE with museum admission) at Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Alaska Airlines' Winter Classics - Zuill Bailey and Timothy Smith at UAA University of Alaska Anchorage Recital Hall, Anchorage, AK

7:00 PM – Zuill Bailey, cello and Timothy Smith, piano

Join Grammy-winning cellist, Zuill Bailey with pianist Timothy Smith for an afternoon concert with selections from the evening concert below.

Zuill Bailey, widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, is a Grammy Award winning, internationally renowned soloist, recitalist, Artistic Director and teacher.  His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry and engaging personality has made him one of the most sought after and active cellists today.

Mr. Bailey has been featured with symphony orchestras and music festivals worldwide.  He won the Best Solo Performance Grammy Award in 2017, for his recording of  Michael Daugherty's "Tales of Hemingway," with the Nashville Symphony led by Giancarlo Guerrero.  His extensive discography includes his newest release – the world premier recording of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Cello Concerto with the Santa Rosa Symphony. In 2021 he released his second recording of the Bach Cello Suites for PS Audio's Octave Records label, recorded and mixed in stereo and multichannel sound.

Timothy Smith, who has been described as "A pianist who interlaces grace with bursts of power and color" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, and "an excellent pianist" by Vers l'Avenir (Belgium) is Professor of Piano and head of Piano Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Raised in Seattle, Washington, Smith began private piano studies at age five, and at ten was accepted into the Pre-College division of the Juilliard School. He made his orchestral debut at the age of 15. His undergraduate studies were at the University of Washington in Seattle, with Bela Siki, where Smith received numerous awards and scholarships. He continued graduate study as a scholarship student of Martin Canin at Juilliard where he received his Master of Music degree, and later at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, again with Martin Canin, where he was awarded the Doctorate of Musical Arts in 1985. Dr. Smith has won major prizes and recognition in international competitions, including the Casadesus (5th prize), Gina Bachauer (4th prize), Washington, D.C. International (3rd prize), Queen Elizabeth (Brussels) (semi-finalist), among others. As a winner of the Artists International Competition, Smith made his New York recital debut in Carnegie Recital Hall. He has appeared with many orchestras, including the Seattle and Utah Symphonies, the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras in Anchorage, Japan, and China (see below). Smith has performed on National Public Radio, WQXR-FM (New York), RTB (Belgium), and others. He has given master classes in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, PRC, and also in North and South America. He has given over 50 concerts in Asia, including many venues in Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai, Sapporo, and many others, from Asahigawa in the north to Kure in the south. In the U.S., his students have received honors and recognition in local, state, regional, and national competitions, and have been featured on NPR and on WQXR-FM in New York. He has recorded for Seoul Records (Korea), is listed in Who's Who among America's Teachers, and American Keyboard Artists. Previous to his appointment at UAA, Smith taught class piano at the Juilliard School, and undergraduate piano at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In addition to teaching piano at UAA, Dr. Smith teaches Chamber Music and Piano Master Class. Smith has extensive university administrative experience, with 19 years as Chair of the Department of Music, and currently as Associate Dean for the Fine Arts at UAA. As Department Chair in the 1990s, Smith led the department to receive its accreditation with NASM. His solo recording, Timothy Smith plays Liszt, has been released nationally by Albany Records and is currently available online at MSR Classics, and also on iTunes. Of this recording, Adrian Corleonis of Fanfare Magazine wrote, "...impressive and towering...one of the more gripping accounts of the (Liszt) Sonata in recent memory."

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Alaska Airlines' Winter Classics - Danielle Talamantes at UAA University of Alaska Anchorage Recital Hall, Anchorage, AK

7:00 PM - Danielle Talamantes, soprano with Henry Dehlinger, piano

Danielle Talamantes
"It's not often that an operagoer is fortunate enough to witness the birth of a star!," noted of Soprano Danielle Talamantes' recent turn as Violetta in La Traviata with Hawaii Opera Theatre. Last season she made her Washington National Opera début as Maria Hernández in Kamal Sankaram's Rise as part of their production Written in Stone, returned to her signature role as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème with Jacksonville Symphony and three world premiers: Mosaic for Earth by composer Dwight Bigler at her Alma Mater, Virginia Tech, the rhapsody written for Talamantes and orchestra based on T.S. Eliot's iconic poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock with the National Philharmonic, and the stunning choral cantata Kohelet with the Washington Master Chorale and Santa Clara Master Chorale; the latter two works by acclaimed composer Henry Dehlinger. The conclusion of the season was with the Fairfax Symphony in the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and a debut as guest soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

This season's engagements include Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Ginastera's Milena with the National Philharmonic, Verdi's Requiem with the Pensacola Symphony and the NC Master Chorale, Britten's War Requiem with Opera Roanoke, Handel's Messiah with The US Naval Academy, as well as concerts with Lyric Fest, Choralis, and the Artist Series of Sarasota.

Recent seasons performances include Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen and Anna in Verdi's Nabucco with The Metropolitan Opera, Beatrice in Catán's Il postino with VA Opera, Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with Princeton Festival; Violetta in La traviata with Hawaii Opera Theater, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, and Finger Lakes Opera, Mimì in La bohème with St Petersburg (FL) Opera and Jacksonville Symphony; the title role of Susannah with Opera Roanoke; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater; and a Spoleto Festival USA début as Sergente in Cavalli's Veremonda.

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Alaska Airlines' Winter Classics - Hermitage Piano Trio at UAA University of Alaska Anchorage Recital Hall, Anchorage, AK

4:00 PM – Hermitage Piano Trio

Now entering their second decade, the United States-based Hermitage Piano Trio has solidified its place as one of the world's leading piano trios, garnering multiple GRAMMY Award nominations and receiving both audience and press accolades for their performances that The Washington Post singled out for "such power and sweeping passion that it left you nearly out of breath."

The Trio is a champion of immense repertoire ranging from the works of the great European tradition to more contemporary American pieces.  Hallmarks of the Hermitage Piano Trio are their impeccable musicianship, sumptuous sound and interpretative range, which have led to demand for many repeat performances.  They have appeared on major chamber music series and festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Washington, D.C., Tucson, Portland (OR), Tulsa, San Diego, Corpus Christi, Newport (RI), San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), Winnipeg (Canada), New Orleans, and many others.  In addition to their extensive touring engagements, the Trio is involved in educational and outreach projects.

Hermitage Piano Trio began its multiple-album recording deal with Reference Recordings, debuting its CD titled "Rachmaninoff," which featured Sergei Rachmaninoff's two trios and his unforgettable Vocalise.  Echoing many enthusiastic reviews of the "Rachmaninoff" recording, The Stradlauded the Trio's "outstanding playing in intense, heartfelt performances," and American Record Guide praised that "the Hermitage wants to burst forth with passion, to let the whole world know!  I am really glad that someone can still play that way in our utterly unromantic age."  Their second album "Spanish Impressions," released in September 2023, has the Trio exploring the rich and diverse musical heritage of early 20th century Spanish composers, including works by Arbós, Turina, Cassadó and Perelló.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Winterlude at Miner Music Center at Stevenson Hall, Sitka, AK

Join soprano Danielle Talamantes for an intimate evening at the Miner Music Center at Stevenson Hall. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for Prosecco and wine at an open bar with lite fare. Music will follow featuring Romantic French  chanson and Duke Ellington Standards.

Dress code is open - you can choose to wear your operatic finest or come in Xtratufs.

Danielle Talamantes
"It's not often that an operagoer is fortunate enough to witness the birth of a star!," noted of Soprano Danielle Talamantes' recent turn as Violetta in La Traviata with Hawaii Opera Theatre. Last season she made her Washington National Opera début as Maria Hernández in Kamal Sankaram's Rise as part of their production Written in Stone, returned to her signature role as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème with Jacksonville Symphony and three world premiers: Mosaic for Earth by composer Dwight Bigler at her Alma Mater, Virginia Tech, the rhapsody written for Talamantes and orchestra based on T.S. Eliot's iconic poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock with the National Philharmonic, and the stunning choral cantata Kohelet with the Washington Master Chorale and Santa Clara Master Chorale; the latter two works by acclaimed composer Henry Dehlinger. The conclusion of the season was with the Fairfax Symphony in the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and a debut as guest soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

This season's engagements include Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Ginastera's Milena with the National Philharmonic, Verdi's Requiem with the Pensacola Symphony and the NC Master Chorale, Britten's War Requiem with Opera Roanoke, Handel's Messiah with The US Naval Academy, as well as concerts with Lyric Fest, Choralis, and the Artist Series of Sarasota.

Recent seasons performances include Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen and Anna in Verdi's Nabucco with The Metropolitan Opera, Beatrice in Catán's Il postino with VA Opera, Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with Princeton Festival; Violetta in La traviata with Hawaii Opera Theater, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, and Finger Lakes Opera, Mimì in La bohème with St Petersburg (FL) Opera and Jacksonville Symphony; the title role of Susannah with Opera Roanoke; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater; and a Spoleto Festival USA début as Sergente in Cavalli's Veremonda.

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Date: February 6-13, 2024

Location: Various Towns in Alaska

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