Brodt, Weaver, Fogerty perform recitals: Debussy, Copland, and More

This weekend marked a milestone for three of Moravian’s music majors--Lizzie Brodt, Megan Weaver, and Cailin Fogerty each had their senior recitals.

Saturday night, October 15th, was the recital of Megan and Cailin, titled “Pan Pipes and Siren Songs.” 

Megan, a vocalist, is a senior music education major, and she performed a variety of pieces, from Mozart to Strauss to Benjamin Britten.

Cailin, a flutist, and also a senior music education major, chose a fantastical theme for her portion--the legends and myths of the Greek god Pan. The styles ranged from smooth and lilting to jumpy and energetic, touching on the various phases of the character Pan himself.

Both Megan and Cailin had great performances engaging the audience and meeting grand applause at the end.

Megan really showed off her bold classical voice, and Cailin dazzled us with her sweeping flute melodies. And both of them looked great in their turquoise, and purple gowns, respectively.

It also didn’t hurt that they treated us to a little surprise show tune as an encore!

Afterwards family, friends, and peers congratulated the two and joined for a reception of cupcakes and cannoli.

But the next day brought another great musician to the scene.

Sunday, October 16th, Lizzie had her clarinet recital.

Lizzie decided on a beautiful dark blue gown for this event, which lent itself to the “romantic” atmosphere of her pieces.

Lizzie tackled it all, from smooth German romantic pieces like Baermann, to French impressionistic works like Fantasie Italienne, to to 20th century works like Libby Larsen’s “Yellow Jersey” and Copland’s Clarinet Concerto.

Especially entertaining was her duet piece, "Yellow Jersey", which she performed with her teacher, Deborah Andrus. 

The piece was to represent Lance Armstrong’s victories in the Tour de France. It  was very engaging and unpredictable, and did seem to portray a bike race. The two clarinetists really brought out the piece as well with their energy and collaboration.

All of Lizzie’s hard work and anticipation proved to be worthwhile, when she impressed the audience with her virtuosity and had a spectacular performance which was met with thunderous applause.

Each of these students this weekend did fantastic, and are sure to be successful in their future careers as musicians and teachers!

Some up coming performances in the music department:

Alan Gaumer, jazz trumpet- Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Foy Hall

Student Recital, Julie Montes de Oca and Kim Van Orden- Oct. 23, 4:00 p.m., Peter Hall

Robin Kani, flute, and Martha Schrempel, piano- Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m., Peter Hall