Vocal Arts Society

Chronology

1991-1992
Christopher Trakas, baritone and Glenn Parker, pianist
Renee Fleming, soprano and Helen Yorke, pianist
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist

1992-1993
Janis Taylor, mezzo-soprano and Levering Rothfuss, pianist
Olaf Baer, baritone and Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano and Craig Rutenberg, pianist

1993-1994
Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano and Steven Blier, pianist
William Sharp, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Christopher Trakas, baritone, Korliss Uecker, soprano and Glenn Parker, pianist
Christopheren Nomura, baritone and Kayo Iwama, pianist
Gerard Souzay, baritone: three master classes

1994-1995
Stanford Olsen, tenor and Kenneth Griffiths, pianist
Janet Williams, soprano and David Gross, pianist
Kurt Ollmann, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Siggal Zeira, mezzo-soprano and Gila Goldstein, pianist
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano and Alla Brosterman, pianist
Rockwell Blake, tenor and Denise Masse, pianist

1995-1996
Benita Valente, soprano and Cynthia Raim, pianist
Bernard Levasseur, baritone, Bonnie Hoke, soprano and Dalton Baldwin, pianist
Sanford Sylvan, baritone and David Breitman, pianist
Christopher Trakas, baritone, Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano with Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano and Ken Noda, pianist
Thomas Allen, baritone, and Warren Jones, pianist
Renee Fleming, soprano and Helen Yorke, pianist

1996-1997
Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor and Donald Wages, pianist
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano and Kevin Murphy, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Steven Blier, pianist
Frances Lucey, soprano and Donald Sulzen, pianist
Boje Skovhus, baritone and Warren Jones, pianist
Franz Hawlata, bass and Leonard Hokanson, pianist
Rockwell Blake, tenor and Jeffrey Goldberg, pianist

1997-1998
Helen Donath, soprano and Klaus Donath, pianist
Norah Amsellem, soprano and Dalton Baldwin, pianist
Christoph Pregardien, tenor and Michael Gees, pianist
David Daniels, countertenor and Martin Katz, pianist
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone and Russell Ryan, pianist
Olga Makarina, soprano and Elena Kurdina, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
James Morris, bass-baritone and Warren Jones, pianist

1998-1999
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano and Paul Wynne Griffiths, pianist
Ewa Podleś, contralto and Jerzy Marchwinski, pianist
William Sharp, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Marjana Lipovsek, mezzo-soprano and Anthony Spiri, pianist
Renee Fleming, soprano and Steven Blier, pianist (in association with WPAS)
Christoph Pregardien, tenor and Michael Gees, pianist
Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, pianist
Matthias Goerne, baritone and Eric Schneider, pianist
Rodney Gilfry, baritone and Grant Gershon, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Jon Vickers, tenor: narration and Richard Woitach, pianist

1999-2000
Wendy Nielsen, soprano, Brett Polegato, baritone and Iain Burnside, pianist
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor and Warren Jones, pianist
Roberta Alexander, soprano and David Triestram, pianist
Nathan Gunn, baritone and Julie Gunn, pianist
Christine Schäfer, soprano and Ted Taylor, pianist
Gregory Turay, tenor and Cliff Jackson, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano, Nancy Herrera, mezzo-soprano, Jeffrey Picon, tenor, Edward Scott Hendricks, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Christine Goerke, soprano and Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone and Justus Zeyen, pianist (in association with WPAS)

2000-2001
David Daniels, countertenor, Martin Katz, pianist, Daniel Foster, violist
Rockwell Blake, tenor, Timothy Long, pianist
Ewa Podleś, contralto, Ania Marchwinska, pianist
Catherine Malfitano, soprano, Robert Tweten, pianist
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Warren Jones, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Dominique Labelle, soprano, Yehudi Wyner, pianist
Stephan Loges, baritone, Alexander Schmalcz, pianist
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano, Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Lisa Saffer, soprano, Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Blier, pianist

2001-2002
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist
Dae San No, baritone and Laura Ward, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Elizabeth Futral, soprano and Robert Tweten, pianist
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano, Paul Groves, tenor and Steven Blier, pianist
Stephan Genz, baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Sanford Sylvan, baritone and David Breitman, pianist
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano, Harolyn Blackwell, soprano, and JJ Penna, pianist
Deborah Voigt, soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist
Renée Fleming, soprano and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist (in association with WPAS)
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone and Justus Zeyen, pianist (in association with WPAS)

2002-2003
Susan Platts mezzo-soprano, and Dennis Helmrich, pianist
José van Dam, bass-baritone and Maciej Pikulski, pianist
Edith Wiens, soprano and Erika Switzer, pianist
Gerald Finley, baritone and Julius Drake, pianist
Randall Scarlata, baritone, Marcy Rosen, cello, and Cameron Stowe, pianist
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano and JJ Penna, pianist (presented in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Jennifer Dudley, mezzo-soprano, William Ferguson, tenor, John Hancock, baritone, and Steven Blier, pianist
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone and Russell Ryan, pianist
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Malcolm Martineau, pianist

2003-2004
Eric Cutler, tenor and Bradley Moore, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist
Lisa Saffer, soprano and Judith Gordon, pianist
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano, Hugh Russell, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone and Malcolm Martineau, pianist
Ewa Podleś, contralto and Ania Marchwinska, pianist
Daniil Shtoda, tenor and Larissa Gergieva, pianist
Matthias Goerne, baritone and Eric Schneider, pianist
Dana Hanchard, soprano, Darius de Haas, tenor, James Martin, baritone, Michael Barrett, pianist and Steven Blier, pianist (in association with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)

2004-2005
(Artist names link to Vocal Arts Society program pages.)
Jessica Jones, soprano and Michael Baitzer, pianist ( in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Michael Schade, tenor, Russell Braun, baritone and Carolyn Maule, pianist
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano and J. J. Penna, pianist
Thomas Hampson, baritone (in association with the Library of Congress)
Dina Kuznetsova, soprano, Nicolai Janitzky, baritone, Steven Blier, pianist and Kathleen Chalfant, reciter
Dana Hanchard, soprano, Darius de Haas, tenor, James Martin, baritone, Michael Barrett, pianist and Steven Blier, pianist (in association with the University of the District of Columbia)
Christopher Maltman, baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano and Warren Jones, pianist
Soile Isokoski, soprano and Marita Viitasalo, pianist

2005-2006
(Artist names link to Vocal Arts Society program pages.)
Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, pianist
Joan Rodgers, soprano, Stephan Genz. baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Stephen Salters, baritone and David Zobel, pianist
Frederica von Stade, mezzo, Richard Stilwell, baritone and Laurana Mitchelmore, pianist
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor and Howard Watkins, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Dame Felicity Lott, soprano and Graham Johnson, pianist
Marie Lenormand, mezzo, Hugh Russell, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano, Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, pianist

2006-2007
(Artist names link to Vocal Arts Society program pages.)
Carolyn Betty, soprano, Sacha Cooke, mezzo, Jeremy Little, tenor and Steven Blier, pianist
Christine Brewer, soprano and Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo and Joseph Breinl, pianist
Susan Bickley, mezzo, Stephan Loges, baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo and Julius Drake, pianist
Vinson Cole, tenor and Jonathan Kelly, pianist
Quinn Kelsey, baritone and Craig Rutenberg, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, Hermine Haselböck, mezzo, Susanna Phillips, soprano and Russell Ryan, pianist
Christopher Maltman, baritone and Julius Drake, pianist