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The Lyric LetterPRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Greetings everyone!
I’m excited to enter one o f D L O G ’ s m o s t important times of the year. Here is what we have to look forward to:
*Fundraising event on Jan. 27 honoring deceased member Hilja Herfurth who bequeathed an extensive gem collection to the School of Mines. We will enjoy dinner and special entertainment.
*Master Class on Feb. 4 conducted by Jeremy Reger who will coach several singers to improve their techniques for the competition. It is fascinating and informative to see the changes good coaching can accomplish. Box Lunches may be ordered in advance.
*Preliminary Competition on Feb. 25 from 9:00 am -4:30pm, at Bethany Lutheran Church where you will hear around wonderful 35 singers. Box lunches may be ordered in advance.
*The Finals Competition on March 25, from1pm-5pm, is very special. We hear 15 fabulous singers compete and renown judges from all over the country choose the top 10 finalists. Monetary awards are granted to all singers. All events are held at Bethany Lutheran Church and are free-of-charge.
*Reception for Judges and Finalists following the Finals Competition will be at Wellshire Events Center. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served while you visit with the judges and singers. There will be an opportunity to ask Judges and singers questions.
*On April 4, Opera On Tuesday, the Finalist will sing at our luncheon and receive their awards. This is one of the highlights of the year!
In this issue, you will also see our monetary awards schedule and what the DLOG gives to colleges in grants. This is also a very important part of our purpose, giving grants to colleges and opera programs to support them in all the good they do for young singers.
In order for the Guild to continue supporting young singers and to give our members the opportunity to witness wonderful talent, the Board has decided it will be necessary for the dues to increase by $10 to $50 beginning in April 2017. We have had many cost increases: insurance, Country Club costs, and increased competition expenses.
Please take advantage of these wonderful events and ask other interested people to attend. Our organization not only needs your monetary support but the singers would love to have an audience to encourage them to sing even better.
We hope you participate in and enjoy all the upcoming events. We are here to serve our devoted members and we encourage you to bring your friends to help spread the joy of music and beautiful singing!
Marleen Diamond, President
PS: Boxed lunches for the Masterclass and/or the Preliminary competition please call Linda Young @ 303-778-1906. All event flyers and Box Lunch Request Forms are on our website: denverlyricoperaguild.org
Volume 18, Issue 3 Winter 2017 14 January 2017
Thomas Kittle - Editor
The Hilja Herfurth Fundraising Party
January 27, 2017
5:30p.m. - 8:00p.m.
To be held at:
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
1310 Maple Street
Golden 80401
We hope you received your invitation and are planning to join us! This promises to be a fun and entertaining party and an important way to add your support to DLOG as we prepare to celebrate our Competition for Colorado Singers.
On this special evening, we will honor the generosity of DLOG member Hilja Herfurth and her contribution to the Guild while enjoying the beautiful gems she and her husband, Gerry, bequeathed to Mines.
Questions: 303-526-1260 or www.denverlyricoperaguild.org
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
Finance Report
Proposed Awards for 2017 Competition for Colorado Singers 1st Place: Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Foundation $6000
2nd Place: Kenneth King Foundation $5000
3rd Place: Merle F. Hoffman Memorial Award $4500
4th Place: Ada Belle Spencer Award $4000
5th Place: Shirley and Marlis Smith Award $3500
6th Place: Bernard Polak Memorial Award $3000
7th Place: Sherry Sheperd Sargent Memorial Award $2500
Three Certificates of Merit Awards, $1000 each:
Liverpool Card Group & Members of DLOG $3000
Five (5) Honorable Mention Awards $300 each $1500
Total: $33000
Scholarships and Grants for 2017 Colorado State University $4000
U of Northern Colorado Opera Theater $4000
U of Colorado at Boulder Eklund Opera $3000
Lamont School of Music $3000
Metropolitan State U of Denver Dept of Music $2000
Opera Fort Collins $2000
Opera Theater of the Rockies $2000
Central City Opera House Assoc.-Apprentice Artists $5500
Opera Colorado Young Artists $5500
Total: $31000
We are sincerely grateful for all the foundations and individuals who donate competition awards. We thank you and our competition winners thank you!!
Trish Pansze, Finance VP
Mark Van Arsdale, Tenor We were very happy to welcome Mark among our finalists in our 2010 competition. He was well seasoned even before entering our program, having received his vocal training from two outstanding music programs in academia, Northwestern University and Indiana University. He had also participated in young artist programs at Tanglewood and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. And then he moved to France where he joined the Studio Artist program with the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, France where he has returned numerous times as a guest artist singing roles such as Ernesto in Don Pasquale and Marcellus in Hamlet.
A wonderful review from ResMusica, an on-line site that covers classical music and dance throughout Europe said “American Tenor Mark Van Arsdale distinguished himself with his vocal ease and clarity of timbre while facing formidable pages of music where most tenors find themselves in difficulty: the virtuosic areas “Il tuo sangue” and “Tu vivi (from G. F. Handel’s Opera Ariodante”) were executed disconcertingly easily…What breath!” And, what a review!
Mark has also sung with acclaim in Paris, Rouen, Tours and Salzburg, Austria, and returned to the US for singing engagements with the Cheyenne Symphony and University of Indiana, among others. It is so important for young singers to sing many roles in many different settings to build a career. Mark Van Arsdale has found those opportunities in Strasbourg, France and throughout Europe. We look forward to his return to this country when the time is right!
Barbara Walton
PREVIOUS WINNERS UPDATE
2017 Competition for Colorado Singers: JUDGES FINALS COMPETITION JUDGES
MARK CALKINS
We are pleased to have Mark Calkins return to Denver as a judge. In 1998 he was our 2nd place winner for the competition and in 1989 his wife, Cynthia Lawrence, was our 1st place winner with him again our 2nd place winner. He was born in Minnesota and was a recipient of Berneking Fellowships from the University of Minnesota.
ERIE MILLS
In a vocal career of over twenty-five years, Erie Mills has received critical and popular acclaim throughout the world, dazzling audiences with her sparkling coloratura voice, and captivating personality.
EMILY PULLEY
Acclaimed soprano Emily Pulley’s outstanding voice and electrifying acting have won her both national and international acclaim in Boston, Oregon, Central City, Nashville, Atlanta, Arizona, New York, and other.
PRELIMINARY COMPETITION JUDGES
RUSSELL GIVENS
Russell is a native of Louisiana and has served as a music director and church musician. He has performed in opera theatre and musicals and has directed productions of Oklahoma!, La Traviata, Pirates of Penzance, Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Mikado, Jekyll and Hyde, Hansel and Gretel, Cats, and Les Miserables.
SARA GARTLAND
Sara is a native of St. Paul, Minnesota and has earned raves as Violetta in La Traviata with Utah Opera and has sung roles in L’elisir d’amore, HMS Pinafore, Hansel and Gretel, Romeo and Juliette, La Boheme, Fidelio, Jenufa, Carmen, Heart of a Soldier, and others. Sara was the Guild’s 8th place finalist in 2004.
JAY ROZENDAAL
Jay is on the music staff of Seattle Opera, having served as Coach-Accompanist for dozens of production since 1991, including Der Ring das Nibelungen and the world premier of Daron Hagen’s Amelia. He has also worked on the staffs of Portland Opera, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Central City Opera.
COMPETITION INFO
Welcome new DLOG members!
Ralph Block 7865 E. Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80247
310.413.1121 - [email protected]
Sue Ellison 14039 W. 30th Lane, Golden, CO 80401
303.946.5857 - [email protected]
Ani Macleod 5708 S. Hickory Way, Littleton, CO 80120 720.255.6023 - [email protected]
Mike Simmons 306 Cliff Lane Rd., Golden, CO 80401 303.818.0924 - [email protected]
Erin Wenzel 8155 E. Fairmount Dr. #632, Denver, CO 80230
608.345.0353 - [email protected]
Marge Fjone 750 Clinton St. #2A, Denver, CO 80247 303.378.2774 - [email protected]
Roster Changes: Trish Pansze - New Phone Number:
303.956.5797
Helen Hull has moved to California
Sonya Ellingbow email changed to: [email protected]
Angie Pope address update: 1802 Wall Street Apt. 222, Bellevue, NE 68005
Last summer in Santa Fe.
DENVER LYRIC OPERA GUILD Marleen Diamond, President 1827 Ross Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80126