Dr. Anne Schantz, a voice professor at Reinhardt University, visited College of the Ozarks last Friday, February 3, for a master class and guest artist recital. C of O’s piano professor, Dr. Clara Christian, played the piano for her recital.
“Dr. Schantz was a joy to work with and we're delighted she was able to come here to perform.” Dr. Christian said, “Her recital featured works in all major languages, styles, and periods, and are songs all aspiring singers need to hear. She sang some standard repertoire that many of our students have sung or will sing, and gave us performances that showed us ‘how it should be done.’ And for all the piano students in the audience—the piano part is extremely important, too! Each piano accompaniment functions like a duet with the singer and it was a treat to play this music with Dr. Schantz.”
Dr.
Schantz’s program was varied and spanned several musical periods and composers
from different countries. Besides Handel, she also sang songs by English
composer Henry Purcell ("Music for a While," "Bess of Bedlam"), Mozart ("Als Luise
die Briefe," "Un moto di gioa"), Hahn, Fauré, and Poldowski. After the intermission,
Dr. Schantz launched into more recent compositions, beginning with English
composer Roger Quilter. She then sang five selections from Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs and “Fair Robin I love”
from Kirke Mechem,’s Tartuffe. She
ended the evening with three songs by Georgia Stitt. Throughout her
performance, Dr. Schantz combined an expressive delivery with technical skill.
Dr. John Cornish, C of O voice professor, said that “We were pleased to have Dr. Schantz on campus with us. Her expertise was invaluable to our voice students participating in the master class, and her evening recital was exquisite. These types of experiences serve to broaden our students’ musical perspectives, and to open their eyes to the caliber of performance that can be achieved through disciplined study and hard work."
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