Program
Undergraduate Division
Annie Swanson, mezzo-soprano
Leah Mellinger, piano
The Mermaid's Song | Franz Joesph Haydn
Les berceaux | Gabriel Fauré
Barb'ry Allen | Jake Heggie
Lorelei | Clara Schumann
Notte | Ottorino Respighi
De los álamos vengo, madre | Joaquín Rodrigo
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Ellie Lewis, soprano
Luca Albano,piano
Kling! | Richard Strauss
Vaghissima sembianza | Stefano Donaudy
Als Louise die Briefe | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Audience Song | Benjamin Moore
Notre amour | Gabriel Fauré
Pequena, pequenita | Jaime Leon Ferro
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Alexander Ebright, tenor
Hannah Zaborski, piano
Were Has Summer Gone? | Benjamin Moore
Sylvie | Gabriel Fauré
Von ewige Liebe | Johannes Brahms
T'intendo, si, mio cor | Vincenzo Righini
Andenken | Ludwig van Beethoven
The Lincolnshire Poacher | arr. Benjamin Britten
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Mackenzie Jones, soprano
Luca Albano, piano
I Believe | Benjamin Moore
Vorrei di te fidarmi | Vincenzo Righini
¿Corazón, porqué pasáis? | Fernando Obradors
Mein Stern | Clara Schumann
La diva de l'empire | Erik Satie
Le charme | Ernest Chausson
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Ashlyn Slocum, soprano
Lorenzo Rambo, piano
The Lake Isle of Innisfree | Benjamin Moore
Das Veilchen | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Malinconia, Ninfa gentile | Vincenzo Bellini
Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Reynaldo Hahn
얼굴 (Face) | Gui-bok Shin
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Madelyn Shepherd, soprano
Letong Shi, piano
Mai | Reynaldo Hahn
Meine Liebe ist Grün | Johannes Brahms
A Route to the Sky | Jake Heggie
This Heart that Flutters | Benjamin Moore
Vorrei di te fidarmi | Vincenzo Righini
Zueignung | Richard Strauss
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Sara Murray, mezzo-soprano
Giorgos Kyriazidis, piano
Despite and Still | Samuel Barber
Lied der Mignon | Franz Schubert
Les cloches | Claude Debussy
Ich liebe Dich | Ludwig van Beethoven
Invito alla danza | Ottorino Respighi
In Our Quiet | Jennifer Higdon
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Audrey Martin, soprano
Isabella Brill, piano
Freudvoll und Leidvoll | Franz Liszt
Wild Nights | Lori Laitman
La danza | Gioachino Rossini
An Chloë | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gather Ye Rosebuds | Thomas Pasatieri
C'est l'extase langoureuse | Claude Debussy
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Graduate Division
Sophia Dove, mezzo-soprano
Xinyi Zhang, piano
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn | Johannes Brahms
Als Louise die Briefe | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Anzoleta dopo la regatta | Gioachino Rossini
Violon | Francis Poulenc
The Wintry Mind | Ned Rorem
Desconocido, a quien ofrezco | Cristina Spinei
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Lindsay Uhrich, mezzo-soprano
Georgios Kyriazidis, piano
Als Luise die Briefe | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ideale | Paolo Tosti
Anzoleta avanti la regatta | Gioachino Rossini
La flûte de Pan | Claude Debussy
The Seal Man | Rebecca Clarke
Sorcery | Melissa Dunphy
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Britta Williams, soprano
Shanshan Li, piano
Interlude | Benjamin Moore
En Sourdine | Claude Debussy
Suleika I | Felix Mendelssohn
Ridente la calma | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
My Life’s Dream | Roger Quilter
Vorrei di te fidarmi | Vincenzo Righini
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Dani Hummel-Sass, mezzo-soprano
Parker Olson, piano
La partenza | Ludwig van Beethoven
Sapphische Ode | Johannes Brahms
Mond, so gehst du wieder auf | Eric Korngold
La Diva de l’Empire | Eric Satie
The Haughty Snail-King | Jake Heggie
Suspiro cuando te miro | Modesta Bor
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Logan Gutierrez, baritone
Niayesh Jaheri, piano
I vidi interra angelici costumi | Franz Liszt
Chanson romanesque | Maurice Ravel
Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend | Ludwig van Beethoven
Tide | H.T. Burleigh
My Dearest Ruth | Stacey Garrop
Der Kontrabandiste | Robert Schumann
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Hailie Crowder, soprano
Letong Shi, piano
Здесь хорошо ("How Fair This Spot") | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
고향의 노래 ("Song of Hometown") | Soo-in Lee
La pastorella delle Alpi | Gioachino Rossini
Between the Lights | Benjamin Moore
Dans un bois solitaire | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kling | Richard Strauss
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Joicy Carvalho, soprano
Georgios Kyriazidis, piano
An Chloë | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La gondola | Gaetano Donizetti
Amor | Richard Strauss
I send my heart up to thee | Amy Beach
Les Filles de Cadix | Léo Delibes
Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed) | Ricky Ian Gordon
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Sydney Shook, mezzo-soprano
Kyle Yang, piano
In Time of Silver Rain | Jean Berger
Summer Night, Riverside | Jennifer Higdon
D'Anne jouant de l'espinette | Maurice Ravel
Seit ich ihn gesehen | Robert Schumann
Als Luise die Briefe | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dormendo stai | Stephano Donaudy
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Colleen Bur, soprano
Francisca de Castanheiro de Freitas, piano
Adelaide | Ludwig van Beethoven
L’infinito | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Sterbelied | Erich Korngold
Mutta | Benjamin Moore
Évocation | Pauline Viardot
Melodia Sentimental | Heitor Villa-Lobos
Dr. Marjorie Conrad was born on January 24, 1922, in Philadelphia to Sue and William Conrad. Her mother, a nurse, encouraged her to get the best education possible. Her childhood interest in biology led to a degree in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943 and a medical degree in 1946 from what was then Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. She established a practice in Wilmington and worked there almost 20 years. She and Dr. Peatee met at a medical meeting, and she received her Ohio medical license in 1965, according to a state database. The couple married on January 29, 1966, and she moved to Bowling Green, where her husband had a longstanding practice. She opened a family practice with a focus on obstetrics. “She wanted to get back to work,” Mr. Bennett said. “She had a special interest in promoting the well-being of women and children in a family perspective.” The married doctors also were pilots — she’d learned in Wilmington — and flew to medical meetings together. She was a former president of the Soroptimist Club in Bowling Green and was credited with being the first woman on the boards of the former MidAm Bank and MidAm Inc. in Bowling Green.
She studied voice as a young woman and resumed in retirement, taking lessons with the late Barbara Lockard Zimmerman, who directed vocal studies at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Conrad was a member of Pro Musica, a group that supports the BGSU College of Musical Arts. Her own gift led to the Dr. Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition, first held in 2000.
The vocal competitors, BGSU students — dressed in formal concert attire, as Dr. Conrad directed — are to show mastery of songs from the classical and romantic periods, from the 20th century, and by a living composer. While vocal students often aspire to be opera singers, “art song is a great way for a singer to learn their trade and learn languages and composers,” said Christopher Scholl, associate professor of voice and competition coordinator. Prize money is split equally between singer and pianist. “They learn to listen to each other, to pay attention and to play off one another,” Mr. Scholl said. Dr. Conrad attended every year until her death in 2014. Early on, she sat through the daylong competition and then returned for the evening concert. “It was almost as though she was singing vicariously through the students as she sat there,” said Myra Merritt, BGSU professor of voice. “She was fascinated by it.” Dr. Conrad endowed a voice scholarship. She also funded BGSU scholarships for undergraduate students in premedicine and in allied health professions.
The College of Musical Arts is forever grateful for Dr. Conrad’s contributions, especially to this special competition designed to encourage students enrolled at BGSU to approach the art song in a serious, intense manner and enhance their learning experience.
Updated: 04/03/2025 01:24PM