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Molly Hennig Master’s Voice Recital 

Molly Hennig, soprano
Evan Mitchell, piano
Keslie Pharis, oboe

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Program 

Unsre Stärke heißt zu schwach (BW 14, no. 2)       Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
From cantata Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, no. 2

Tsela tseldi      Lazar Weiner (1897–1982)/words by Jacob Glatstein

Ergets vayt      Lazar Weiner (1897–1982)/words by H. Leivick

Dos gold fun dayne oygn      Lazar Weiner/words by Samuel Jacob Imber

SNÁTH / YARN (TRÍ AMHRÁN / THREE SONGS)      Jonathan Nangle (b. 1981)
1. An Croí/The Heart      words by Colm Breathnach
2. Snáth/Yarn  words by Nuala Ní Chonchúir
3. Chugat/Towards You   words by Michael Davitt

In Sleep the World is Yours       Lori Laitman (b. 1955)
1. Lullaby   words by Selma Meerbaum­-Eisinger
2. Yes
3. Tragedy

Sister of the Sky      Molly Beth Hennig (b. 1997)/words by Sara Teasdale

Let it Be Forgotten     Molly Beth Hennig/words by Sara Teasdale

The Cup       Molly Beth Hennig/words by Joyce Sutphen

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Molly Hennig is a master’s student of historical musicology at the Mead Witter School of Music and a recipient of the Leland Coon Fellowship and teaching assistantship for musicology. She will earn her MA in Spring 2023 with an area of specialty in voice under Dr. Julia Rottmayer. Molly earned her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and music industry at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 2021. Her research on Schumann’s “Frauenliebe und Leben” is in Volume XV of the Oshkosh Scholar, and her awards from Oshkosh include the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research and the 2019 Concerto Competition.

Molly has presented at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium regarding her research on her master’s thesis, which in part explores the history and identity of opera house buildings in Wisconsin. As a composer, Molly has worked with Libby Larsen and David Evan Thomas for the 2021 Source Song Festival and with Lori Laitman and the Cincinnati Song Initiative as part of the NATS Mentoring Program for Composers in 2022.