The Department of Music at Greenville College is pleased to announce that Sarah Coleman Toth, soprano and Elizabeth Goodenough, pianist will perform on campus the weekend of November 7-8. Both alumni of Greenville College, Toth (’06) is an internationally acclaimed performer of opera, recital, and oratorio, while Goodenough (’06) is sought as an accomplished pianist/accompanist. Toth and Goodnight will perform a voice and piano recital on Saturday, November 8 at 7 p.m. in the Whitlock Music Center at Greenville College.
Ms. Toth recently made her Sydney Symphony Orchestra debut at the Sydney Opera House as Vierte Magd and Die Vertraute in Strauss’s Elektra. Earlier this year, Toth created the role of Zveryeva in the well-received World Premiere of Mayakovsky with Sydney Chamber Opera. Other recent role debuts include as Mimì in Opera New England’s production of La bohème, and Countess in a new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. She has been the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Toth trained as a Young Artist at La Musica Lirica Music Festival in Novafeltria, Italy, as an Advanced Artist at OperaWorks Training Program in Los Angeles, California, and as a Mainstage Artist at The Midwest Institute of Opera in Bloomington, Illinois. After graduating from Greenville College, Sarah earned a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Ithaca College (New York). More recently, she completed a Masters of Music in Opera Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Australia).
Taking her passion for piano and working with vocalists, Ms. Goodenough worked at Sam Houston State University in Texas as an accompanist for singers, choirs and instrumentalists after graduating from Greenville College. In 2008, the Coordinate Movement program taught by Lisa Marsh at Portland State University took her to Oregon. While in the Northwest, Goodenough continued to freelance as a pianist for local choirs, community organizations and churches, as well as working as Instrumental Staff Accompanist at George Fox University. A growing interest in opera coaching spurred summer involvement as an apprentice coach for the Midwest Institute of Opera and the Atlantic Music Festival, and led her to complete an intensive language course at the Goethe Institute in Freiburg, Germany. She currently lives in Indianapolis, maintaining a studio of private piano students in addition to accompanying for the Indianapolis Children's Chorus and Butler University.
PROGRAM:
Guest Recital
Sarah Toth, soprano
Elizabeth Goodenough, piano
Saturday, November 8, 2014 7:00 p.m. James E. Wilson Recital Hall
Ma quando tornerai....................................................................................................... ...G.F. Handel
from Alcina (1685-1759)
from Cinq Poéme de Baudelaire............................................................................... Claude Debussy
Le Balcon (1862-1918)
Harmonie du Soir
Recueillement
Pagodes......................................................................................................................Claude Debussy
from Estampes (1862-1918)
Elizabeth Goodenough, piano
Three Songs, Op. 14..................................................................................................... Zoltán Kodály
Siralmas nékem (1882-1967)
Imhol nyitva én kebelem
Várj meg madaram
INTERMISSION
El Puerto......................................................................................................................... Isaac Albéniz
from Iberia, Book 1 (1860-1909)
Elizabeth Goodenough, piano
from Hermit Songs, op. 29.......................................................................................... Samuel Barber
St. Ita’s Vision (1910-1981)
The Crucifixion
Sea Snatch
The Monk and his Cat
The Praises of God
The Desire for Hermitage
Nun eilt herbei................................................................................................................. Otto Nicolai
from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Solomon Hermann Mosenthal) (1810-1849)