Finding Home…And Holiday Favorites!

December 7th & 8th, 2024, 3pm both days

Dr. Emily Mariko Eng, Music Director

Finding Home

Experiencing the magic of inner cities, far away destinations, and the familiarity of home, this concert will include Mason’s Inner City Rhapsody, Copland’s Letter from Home, Gershwin’s American in Paris, and Holiday favorites! We are proud to feature renowned baritone Isaiah Feken. Join us to celebrate the opening of our 25th Anniversary season with new Music Director, Dr. Emily Eng!

BRO Revels! 2024 is generously sponsored by Mosaic Realty.


Program:

Carlos SIMON - The Block

MAHLER - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

Isaiah Feken, Baritone Soloist

Quinn MASON - Inner City Rhapsody

INTERMISSION

COPLAND - Letter from Home

GERSHWIN - An American in Paris

Holiday Favorites!


Featured Artist:
Isaiah Feken, Baritone

A former Patricia and Dr. Carl S Hoveland Opera Fellow, baritone Isaiah Feken has appeared on operatic and symphonic stages across the US and abroad.  Isaiah’s recent performances include Harry Easter in Street Scene, 2nd Man in Kiss Me, Kate, and Giuseppe in Light in the Piazza with Central City Opera as well as covering Papageno in Des Moines Metropolitan Opera's recent production of Die Zaubertflöte. Isaiah has also appeared with Opera Colorado, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Des Moines Ballet, Athens Choral Society, Crested Butte Music Festival, and the Des Moine Community Orchestra. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Isaiah received his B.M. from the University of Tulsa, later completing his M.M. and D.M.A. at the University of Georgia. Dr. Isaiah Feken currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Voice at Western Carolina University, and was the Artistic Director/Principal Conductor for Drake Opera Theatre at Drake University from 2022-2024.

1st Performance
December 7th, 2024

Charles Beall Auditorium (Hemlock Building) at Haywood Community College
185 Freedlander Drive
Clyde, NC 28721

 

2nd Performance
December 8th, 2024

Lipinsky Auditorium
at UNC Asheville

300 Library Lane, Asheville NC 28804

Lipinsky Auditorium is a 550-seat auditorium on the campus of UNC Asheville. It is handicap-accessible via elevator from parking lot P16.

 

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