Upcoming Engagements
poem|music Presents: Like Sun Through Eyelids
June 6th, 4pm, First UCC Church, Northfield MN
Justin Spenner (baritone) and Carson Rose Schneider (piano) invite you to experience 125 years of songs grappling with the human condition.
Features Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams and a collection of songs by familiar and unfamiliar composers.
Summer Concert Series #1
June 13th, 7pm, First Presbyterian Church, Red Wing MN
Featuring trios of different combinations of instruments by Amy Beach, Camille Pepin, Massenet, Gaubert, and Louise Farrenc.
Performing with Hannah Peterson (flute), Emma Plehal (bassoon), Audrey Snyder (cello), and Elena Stabile (soprano)
Wesley Balk Institute, Adjunct Staff (Music Director)
June 22nd-July 11, at University of Minnesota campus
Now in its 47th year, the Institute builds upon the basic skills of singing, acting, and moving, and unifies these essential musical and theatrical components into integrated performance.
Hudson Bandshell Concert with St Croix Valley Opera
July 14th, 7pm, Hudson Bandshell, Hudson, Wi
Opera and music theatre hits featuring a quartet of singers (Madison Holtze, Emily Triebold, Logan Barat, Alex Ritchie) and piano quintet.
Source Song Festival’s Annual SongSlam
August 1st, 6pm, Icehouse, Minneapolis, MN
Premiering a new song with composer Daniel Ness and mezzo Alyssa Anderson at the SongSlam competition.
Summer Concert Series #2
August 15th, 3pm, First Presbyterian Church, Red Wing MN
Featuring Saint-Saens’ Septet & other works for strings, trumpet and piano
Summer Concert Series #3
August 29th, 3pm, First Presbyterian Church, Red Wing MN
Featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet for strings, winds & piano, Schubert’s Auf dem Strom f.or soprano, horn & piano, and more
2023-2024 Engagements
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Faculty-Summer Vocal Institute
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Associate Music Director
Minneapolis, MN
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Voice Competition Winners Recital, pianist for Justin Anthony Spenner, baritone
7pm, Mindekirken Norwegian. Church, Minneapolis, MN
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Premiere of Sea by Alexis Lamb, performed with Melissa Holm Johansen, soprano
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Chamber music for unusual combinations
Also featuring Allison McSwain, trumpet; Jeffrey Paul, oboe; Emma Plehal, basson; Elena Stabile, soprano; Elizabeth York, violin
Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
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Music Director/Pianist for Humperdink’s Hansel & Gretel
Duluth, MN and surrounding areas
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Music Director and pianist for Michael Ching’s Speed Dating, Tonight!, with Lyric Opera of the North
Duluth, MN
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Music Director and pianist for Three Tenors Christmas, at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
Also featuring tenors Sam Baker, Nathan Bird, and David Walton
Chanhassen, MN
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A performance of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise with baritone Justin Spenner.
4pm talk, 4:30pm music
First UCC, Northfield, MN
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Pianist with the Minnsänger for Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 by Brahms & Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 by Brahms.
April 14th, First Lutheran Columbia Heights, 2pm.
Recent Engagements
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More information coming soon!
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Recital includes Jake Heggie’s “The Deepest Desire” with flutist Evan Fraser.
Location: 2:30pm at the Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, University of Minnesota
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A program of opera highlights featuring Tamar Simon (soprano) and Geoffrey Schellenberg (baritone). More details coming soon!
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A performance of Franz Schubert’s famous Winterreise with Justin Anthony Spenner, baritone.
Location: 4pm at Hamline Church, St Paul, MN.
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A Franz Schubert’s Winterreise with Justin Anthony Spenner, baritone.
Location: Union Congregational church, United Church of Christ in Elk River, MN
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Premiering a new song by Simon Sperl and Kathleen Tucker with Tracey Engleman at Source Song Festival’s SongSlam.
IceHouse, Minneapolis, MN, 8pm on Jan 6th.
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Music Director and Pianist for Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Park Square Theatre, December 2022 in St Paul, MN.
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Music director and pianist for the US premiere of the mini opera BESSE, created by Infinite Opera
October 11th, 5:30-8:30
Fat Pants Brewing, Eden Prairie, MN.