Nantucket Academy of Vocal Arts
Summer of 2024 Student Recital Program
Sunday, June 23, 4pm at The 'Sconset Chapel
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"Mystery's Song" from The Fairy Queen…………………………..Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Maria Frable, Soprano
"Gioite al canto mio" from Euridice…………………………………….Jacopo Peri (1561 - 1663)
Fiorella Gutierrez, Alto
"Amarilli, mia bella"............................................................................................Giuio Caccini (1546 - 1618)
Maya Indrakanti, Mezzo-Soprano
"She's Like the Swallow".................................................................Canadian folk song arr. Craig Cassils
Ginevra Miglio, Soprano
"The Water Is Wide"........................................................................Scottish folk song arr. Harold Birston
Olivia Gillies, Soprano
"Homeward Bound"........................................................................................................Marta Keen (b. 1953)
Juliet Frable, Mezzo-Soprano
"Beautiful Dreamer".......................................................................Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)Lyric Pearl, Soprano
"Ave Maria".........................................................................................................Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Maya Indrakanti, Mezzo-Soprano
"A la nanita nana".....................................................................................José Ramón Gomis (1856 - 1904)
Fiorella Gutierrez, Alto
"On Your Way Home" from James and the Giant Peach..………...…..Ben Pasek and Justin Paul
Ginevra Miglio, Soprano
"Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid…..…...……Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Maria Frable, Soprano
"In My Own Little Corner" from Cinderella…………......………...…..Rogers and Hammerstein
Olivia Gillies, Soprano
"Ich Liebe Dich" (Zärtlich Liebe)...............................................................L.V. Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
"Im wunderschöenen Monat Mai" from Dichterliebe…...………..R. Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Ian Robertson, Tenor
"Moon, sing"………………………………………….………………..Jon Washburn (b. 1942)
"If You Become the Moon"……………….…………....Kevin Helppie (b. 1956) Forrest Kinney (b. 1957), and Jaclyn Weber (b. 1958)
Annie Scott, Soprano
"Death of an Old Seaman"……………………….…………………...Cecil Cohen (1894 - 1867) Text by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Ian Robertson, Tenor
"Leaving on a Jet Plane".....................................................................................John Denver (1943 - 1997)
"Long Long Time".............................................................................................................................Gary B. White
Ashly Aikin, Alto
"Stairway to Paradise"..............................................................................George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
Annie Scott, Soprano
About Nantucket Academy of Vocal Arts
Founded in 2024, Nantucket Academy of Vocal Arts seeks to preserve the legacy of teaching, learning and performing classical vocal music on Nantucket. Teaching Artists of the Academy enrich the cultural life of Nantucket through the dissemination of traditional pedagogical methods modernized and unified by the outstanding curriculum of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Dr. Greta Feeney, Soprano and Co-Founding Director of Nantucket Academy of Vocal Arts (BM, MM, DMA) - Educated at the Mannes College of Music, The Juilliard School, Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music and the State University of New York, Dr. Feeney is a former Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera. She has served on the faculties of the University of California, Santa Cruz and Bergen College, and is former Chair of Voice at both Concord Conservatory of Music and Powers Music School.
Jeffrey Cutts, Tenor and Co-Founding Director of Nantucket Academy of Vocal Arts (BM, MM) - Mr. Cutts received his Master of Music degree in Sacred Music and Conducting from Westminster Choir College in 2013, and his Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Vanderbilt University. As a tenor and countertenor, he has appeared as a chorister and soloist with multi Grammy Award-winning choir, The Crossing, as well as Choral Arts of Philadelphia, Les Canards Chantants, and Vox Fidelis.
Laine Cutts, Mezzo-Soprano and Teaching Artist of Nantucket Academy of Vocal Arts (BM in Music Education) - Laine received her degree from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in 2012. She has spent her career in general music and choral education, while also focusing on providing private voice lessons to members of the communities where she teaches.