For the first time, sopranos Jessica Moss and Caitlin Glastonbury will perform as soloists in concert together with collaborating pianist Susan Dantoni in a benefit concert on Saturday, May 27, at 7 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.
Audience members will enjoy a range of styles and impressions of nature. “We hope this concert will get you excited about exploring the countryside and wild places around Brockport,” said St. Luke’s Music Director Brenda Tremblay.
Glastonbury will follow the transition from spring into summer beginning with “In The Springtime” by Betty Jackson King and descending into evening with Griffin Candey’s “The Night is Dark’ning Round Me.” Moss will begin with the vivid depiction of nature in Henri Duparc’s “Phidylé” followed by selections that wind through the simple joy of Spring. St. Luke’s Schola Cantorum chamber choir will present Renaissance madrigals and “The Peace of Wild Things,” a work by Jake Runestad inspired by the poet, activist, and American farmer Wendell Berry. Berry’s poem invites listeners to imagine spots where “the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water and the great heron feeds.”
Lyric soprano Jessica Moss has recently performed with Opera Theatre of Connecticut, Northern Lights Opera, and with the Amalfi Coast Opera Festival. She can be seen this summer in Tampa, Florida, reprising the role of Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with Sunny Side Opera. She holds a M.M. in Vocal Performance from Peabody Conservatory where she studied with Phyllis Bryn-Julson and a B.S. in Music Performance from Roberts Wesleyan University in Voice as a student of Constance Fee.
Soprano Caitlin Glastonbury earned a 2023 B.S. in Voice Performance from Ithaca College under the tutelage of Marc Webster. This summer they will attend music festivals in Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, and the Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop in Italy.
Susan Dantoni is a pianist, organist, vocalist, and physician. She is on the piano faculty for the Roberts Community Music School and the organist/pianist for the Rochester Christian Reformed Church.
A donation of a non-perishable food item for the Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf is appreciated. “Supporting events like this concert are yet another example of the amazing generosity by people in this community,” said Jake Straub, Board President of Brockport’s Ecumenical Food Shelf. “Food donations and proceeds from this concert will directly impact and help alleviate food security in the Brockport area.”
This concert is made possible through a grant from the Brockport Arts Fund of the Rochester Community Foundation.
St. Luke’s is located at 14 State Street, Brockport. St. Luke’s Main Street doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
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