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Ben Johnson Master’s Voice Recital

Ben Johnson, tenor 
Thomas Kasdorf, piano

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Program

Les Illuminations         Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Fanfare
Villes
Phrase
Antique
Royauté
Marine
Interlude
Being Beauteous
Parade
Départ

Trzy pieśni do słów arabskich z X wieku           Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Mamidło
Inna
Samotność

Songs of the Seasons          Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Poème d’Automne
Winter Moon
Young Love in Spring
Summer Storm

Kaksi laulua, op. 8            Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)
Suutelo
Marjatan laulu

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Palestinian-American tenor Ben Johnson is a second-year M.M. Voice Performance student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studies with Mimmi Fulmer. He also holds a B.M. in Voice Performance from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY.

His recent stage credits include the roles of Piquillo in Songbird (Madison, WI), Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza (Madison, WI), Pane in La Calisto (Madison, WI), Tony in West Side Story (Somerset, NJ), Pluton in Orphée aux enfers (Waimea, HI), and Milio Dufresne in Zazà (Potsdam, NY). Ben was also the tenor soloist for the world premiere of the symphony Revelation by William Banfield with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. He is originally from Hellertown, PA, and currently lives in Madison, WI with his boyfriend and his cat.