Join us on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 3:00 pm to enjoy a performance of vocal music featuring soprano Sarah Fleiss and pianist Ting Ting Wong.
Ms. Fleiss appears by special arrangement with Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music.
Program
The program will be announced soon.
About the Artists
Sarah Fleiss
Described as “bright” and “stylish” by Opera News, American soprano Sarah Fleiss is currently pursuing her Master’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music. This season, she sings the Vixen in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and in Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with the Curtis Opera Theater, and in the final trio of Der Rosenkavalier under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra.
She makes exciting debuts as the soprano soloist in the Fauré Requiem with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra as well as in Poulenc’s Gloria and Dvořák’s Te Deum with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. She also sings in the Pergolesi Stabat Mater and in the Ned Rorem Memorial Concert at Curtis. This summer, she travels to the Aspen Music Festivalas a Renee Fleming Artist, covering Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and singing in a baroque concert with conductor Nicholas McGegan.
Prior to Curtis, Sarah attended Columbia University and the Juilliard Exchange program. At Columbia, she sang Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the Columbia New Opera Workshop, and narrated Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat. She also performed around New York in musical theater and cabaret-style performances.
Ting Ting Wong
Collaborative pianist Ting Ting Wong is a vocal coach and accompanist in the Philadelphia area. She made her debut as a collaborative pianist at the Kennedy Center in 2016 and performed with IlluminArts in Miami in April 2019.
Ms. Wong is currently a staff accompanist for the Academy of Vocal Arts; accompanist for the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, the Jefferson University Singers (East Falls Campus), and the Philadelphia Voices of Pride; and director of music at Newtown Square Presbyterian Church and the Union League Voices. She joined the adjunct faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in 2019.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ms. Wong holds a master’s degree in piano performance from Carnegie Mellon University, where she also earned a piano pedagogy certificate; and a master’s degree in piano accompanying and coaching from Temple University, where she studied with Lambert Orkis and Charles Abramovic.
About the Concert
This performance begins at 3:00 pm. Join us an hour earlier for a pre-concert discussion about the music on the program. After the performance, you’ll have an opportunity to meet the artists and learn about their backgrounds, interests, and career plans.
The address of the venue is 103 North Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Driving time from Providence, Newport, Westerly, and southeastern Connecticut is under an hour, and Amtrak’s Kingston Station is only five miles away.
We ask each adult guest attending the concert to make a $40 contribution at the door. We accept cash, personal checks, and credit cards. Checks should be payable to “Core Memory Music”. Children under 18 are welcome to join us free of charge.
Reservations
If you’d like to attend this concert, send us an email with the full name of each person in your party. If seating is still available, we’ll confirm your reservation.
If you can’t attend the concert in person, you’re welcome to listen to our audio livestream (no reservation required).
Seating capacity for this concert: 25
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