D’Anna Fortunato, Peter H. Bloom and Mary Jane Rupert: voice, flute and piano concerts, SC and TN

BOSTON - Sept. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- Grammy-nominated mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato has been called “affecting…superb” (The New York Times) and “a mezzo-soprano of profound musicality and technical aplomb” (The Village Voice). Ms. Fortunato will perform a Gala Vocal Chamber Concert with Peter H. Bloom (flute and alto flute) and Mary Jane Rupert (piano).  The ensemble will appear in three venues:

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 7:30 pm, Erskine College, Memorial Hall, Corner of College and Main Streets, Due West, SC 29639.

Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 7:30 pm, Lee University, Squires Recital Hall, Humanities Center, 1250 Parker Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311.

Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7:30 pm, North Greenville University, Hamlin Recital Hall, 7801 N Tigerville Rd, Tigerville, SC 29688.

The Gala Vocal Chamber concert will include vivid and wide-ranging selections:  Cherubino’s arias from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro; Beethoven’s Adelaide Opus 46 with variations; songs by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn; Sonata Opus 22 by Marion Bauer; Schubert’s masterpiece Shepherd on the Rock; and This Is My Letter to the World (2001, texts by Emily Dickinson) by Elizabeth Vercoe (“one of the most inventive composers working in America today” - The Washington Post).

Shepherd on the Rock by Franz Schubert is one of the treasures of the repertory for voice, clarinet and piano.  In these concerts, the piece is performed on voice, alto flute and piano in a stellar arrangement by Peter H. Bloom, published by Noteworthy Sheet Music https://www.noteworthysheetmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:schubert-der-hirt-auf-dem-felsen-alto-flute&catid=5&Itemid=8

D’Anna Fortunato (mezzo-soprano) has appeared as a soloist with preeminent American orchestras (Boston, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Houston, Cleveland, Dallas, Minnesota, St. Luke's Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and others).  She has performed major operatic roles with leading companies, including Glimmerglass, Kentucky Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Opera San Jose, Florida Grand Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera.  Acclaimed as “a Handelian of crisp accomplishment” (The New Yorker), she has performed Handel’s operas in such venues as Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Monadnock Music, while singing major roles in 8 premiere Handel CDs for Albany, Newport Classic, and Vox.  Among her many repeat festival appearances are Vaison-la-Romaine, Berlin’s Spectrum Concerts, the Rome Bach Festival, Marlboro, Casals, Tanglewood, Blossom, and Newport.  She has recorded 40 CDs for Harmonia Mundi, London/Decca, Sony Classical, Nonesuch, Koch International, Naxos, and Albany. A regional Met Winner, she also received the Naumburg Prize and the Jacopo Peri Award.  She serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.  In 2006, Ms. Fortunato was a Grammy nominee in three categories including best classical vocal recording.

Peter H. Bloom (flute) and Mary Jane Rupert (piano) have performed with Ms. Fortunato for many years, and they tour the globe as the Duo “2” (“beautiful phrasing, consummate duet passages, superb technical facility”- St. Andrews Performing Arts).

Peter H. Bloom, flute, whose playing has been called “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength” (The Boston Globe), concertizes in North America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and Asia; is featured on more than 40 CDs (SONY Classical, Dorian, Newport Classic, Leo, other labels); and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award.  An active recitalist and chamber musician, he has performed for The National Gallery in London, Animusic Portugal in Braga, New Zealand School of Music (Wellington), Goethe Institute in Bangkok, University of Canberra (Australia), National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, The New York Flute Club, Boston’s Jordan Hall, and the Edison Theatre in St. Louis, to name a few. He is also a noted jazz artist, veteran of the legendary Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (43^rd season).  He is historical performance consultant to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, serves on the faculty of Snow Pond Composers Workshop, and is contributing editor for Noteworthy Sheet Music.

Mary Jane Rupert (piano), praised by The New York Times as exhibiting “indeed real sensitivity,” has performed throughout the world from Carnegie Recital Hall to the Beijing Concert Hall.  She has appeared as concert pianist and harpist with symphony orchestras and chamber music groups across the United States, including The Record Players, Musica Sacra, Cecilia Society, Masterworks Chorale, the Boston Philharmonic, the New Hampshire Symphony, Boston Classical Orchestra and New Philharmonia.  She records for North Star, Navona, Ravello, and Harmony Hill; serves on the music faculties of Tufts University and Boston College; and taught previously at Western Michigan University, Missouri Western, MIT, and Wellesley College. Her arrangements of the Nutcracker Suite for Flute & Harp and Flute & Piano are published by Noteworthy Sheet Music. Dr. Rupert holds a DM in Piano Performance and Music Literature, an MM in Piano, and an MM in Harp from Indiana University, as well as a BM in Piano from Oberlin College.

D'Anna Fortunato, Peter H. Bloom and Mary Jane Rupert are managed by Management by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, Director, telephone 1-888-887-7169, email delamotte-amw@comcast.net