After a successful first season last year in Lookout Valley, we're thrilled to be offering another set of art song performances. This season's concerts will be at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Chattanooga, an intimate space with great acoustics.
VENUE
Pilgrim Congregational Church
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FORTHCOMING EVENT
Claudia RamÃrez-Treiyer
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June 18, 2024 | 7:00 P.M.
Spanish Songs by Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla Claudia Ramírez-Treiyer, Soprano Ethan McGrath, Pianist Claudia Ramírez-Treiyer, who has loved singing ever since she was two years old, began taking formal voice lessons at age 16 and continued throughout her college years at Southern Adventist University, where she studied voice under Dr. Julie Penner and sang with the choral ensembles under Dr. Gennevieve Brown-Kibble. Since her graduation from SAU in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Claudia has enjoyed working in various areas of critical care as well as teaching as a clinical instructor at SAU’s School of Nursing. Claudia has had the opportunity to give concerts locally and internationally in both English and Spanish, and has completed various CD recordings, including a recent recording of hymn arrangements with her husband, pianist Roy Treiyer. Since 2019 Claudia has sung regularly for the international broadcasting network It Is Written. |
PAST EVENTS
Vincent Hale
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January 9, 2024 | 7:00 P.M.
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs Roland Carter: Spiritual Arrangements Ethan McGrath: Four Whitman Songs Vincent Hale, Baritone Ethan McGrath, Pianist Vincent Hale is a Chattanooga native, educator, musician, and yogi. He performs with the Kings and Queens of Classical Soul, Chattanooga Spirituals Ensemble, and Voci Virili Men's Chorus. He graced the Chattanooga Theatre Centre stage as Mister in The Color Purple and subsequently served as the music director for the CTC production of Something Rotten. He was also the music director for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Colonnade. He currently serves as the Dean of Fine Arts and director of the Men’s Ensemble at his alma mater, Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, and as Worship Leader at East Ridge United Methodist Church. He loves running in nature, reading captivating stories, traveling to explore different destinations, and shopping for new threads. |
Janelle Wagoner
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April 9, 2024 | 7:00 P.M.
Aaron Copland: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Samual Barber: Hermit Songs Janelle Wagoner, Soprano Ethan McGrath, Pianist Chattanooga native Janelle Wagoner graduated summa cum laude from Valparaiso University in May 2018 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Music. Janelle began singing in her church choir at a young age and has sung regularly ever since. Janelle became a member of the Royal School of Church Music at age 11 and later received the prestigious RSCM Gold Award with Honors for the highest understanding of liturgical music, tradition, and music theory. Since graduating from Valparaiso, Janelle has become an active member of the Chattanooga Bach Choir and the Chattanooga Chamber Choir, and has helped to organize the In Spiritu Compline Choir, comprised of singers from local Episcopal churches. Janelle is also the founder and artistic director of Chorus Angelorum, a semi-professional choral ensemble that sings regularly in the Chattanooga area. |
Erik Gustafson
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May 14, 2024 | 7:00 P.M.
Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin Erik Gustafson, Tenor Ethan McGrath, Pianist Erik Gustafson is active across the nation as an oratorio soloist and choral artist. A native of Portland, OR, he received his education from Arizona State University, and currently resides in Sewanee, TN, where he is a voice instructor at The University of the South. Erik has collaborated on two Grammy-winning recordings with the Phoenix Chorale, as well as albums with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Bach Collegium San Diego, Conspirare, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Spire Chamber Ensemble, and Sounding Light. He currently performs with such acclaimed ensembles as Seraphic Fire, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Brevitas, and Kinnara. While living in New York City, Erik performed with the American Symphony Orchestra and the Collegiate Chorale in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall. As a soloist, Erik has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony, Colorado Bach Ensemble, Delaware Valley Chorale, Phoenix Opera, Bach Society Houston, and the West Valley Chorale, as well as being featured at the Oregon Bach Festival, the Arizona Bach Festival, and the renowned Bach Vespers series at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City. |
ADMISSION
Suggested donation amount: $20.00
We are offering these concerts on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a suggested donation of $20.00.
We are offering these concerts on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a suggested donation of $20.00.
