Music from Before and After World War I

Music from Before and After World War I, featuring works by Alma Mahler, Nadia Boulanger and Lili Boulanger (for Women’s History Month)

Program

Funf Lieder (1910): Alma Mahler
1. Die stille Stadt
2. In meines Vaters Garten
3. Laue Sommernacht
4. Bei dir ist es traut
5. Ich waddle unter Blumen
Prelude in D flat major (1911) and Prelude in B major (1911): Lili Boulanger
Three pieces for piano (1914): Nadia Boulanger
Trois morceaux pour piano (1914): Lili Boulanger
1. D’un Vieux Jardin
2. D’un Jardin Clair
3. Cortège
Elegie for voice and piano (1906): Nadia Boulanger

Reflets for voice and piano (1911): Lili Boulanger
Vers la vie nouvelle (1919): Nadia Boulanger

A native of Vancouver, Canada, Judy Woo has performed in venues including the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Orpheum Theater in Vancouver and at International House New York. As a collaborator she has performed as a member of a piano trio and as a duo with a clarinetist. In performance, she shares unexpected pairings in programming with contemporary composers. A first place winner of the Canadian Music Competitions, her repertoire ranges from Corigliano, Louie and Bach to Schumann, Ligeti and Messiaen.

A recipient of the Johann Strauss Foundation Award, Judy Woo received a full scholarship for study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, broadening her musical studies to three countries and two continents. As a grantee of the Women in Leadership Award from International House, she was mentored by celebrated violinist Midori, whom inspired her to create access to music for all communities. She was also awarded the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) grant, which lead her to Germany for her doctoral dissertation research.

Judy Woo holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Victoria. In addition, she holds Associateship degrees in Performance and Pedagogy from the Victoria Conservatory of Music and an Associateship in Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music. She currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY) and as Director of the Music of the Music Access Project at Bloomingdale School of Music.

Sun Young Chang, soprano, has worked extensively both teaching voice and performing for over two decades. She received her Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College of Music, The New School for Music.

Sun Young was named a Finalist in the Connecticut Opera Guild Competition and the Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition, Riverside Opera Competition and a Semi-Finalist in Rochester Oratorio Vocal Competition and Joy In Singing Competition. She has featured as a frequent soloist in Hoch Chamber Music Series, Noonday Concert Series at Interchurch, More Than Music Series in Bronxville, Afternoon Music Series in Summit, Hot Springs Music Festival, Rangeley Friends of the Art Summer Concert Series and other numerous concert series. She has performed opera roles such as Mimi, Lauretta, Giulietta, Micaela, Donna Elvira, Pamina, Nella, Gilda, Anne Truelove, and Zerlina, with Empire Opera, the Delaware Valley Symphony Orchestra, Kaye Playhouse, and the Actors Studio. Sun Young is also an advocate of contemporary music. She recently premiered Helen Rasquier’s Aspera Tempora with the Classical Saxophone Project and created the role of Anna in The Fairy Tale by JP Redmond.

As an active educator, Sun Young has been on the faculty at United Nations International School,College of Mount Saint Vincent, Concordia Conservatory at Concordia College, Berkshire Choral International, Kean University, and Westerhoff School of Music and Art after she completed the internship program with Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department.

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