<html>
<head>
<style>
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma
}
</style>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'>
<br><font size="4">Concerts at the Crossroads</font>, the concert series hosted by Christ Church in Shaker Heights, continues its dedication to art song with performances of Robert Schumann's four narrative song cycles in three concerts.<br><br>The first concert, this <span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, October 4th</span>, features soprano Amy Christina Hall singing "Frauenliebe und -leben" (Woman's Life and Love) as well as Mignon's songs from Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister." Nathan Carterette (Director of Music and Concerts at Christ Church) accompanies on piano, and plays the "Dances of the League of David."<br><br><br>The concert begins at 4:30 pm and will last about one hour. Tickets are $10, and a reception with the artists follows the program.<br><br><br>Christ Church is unmistakably located at the corner of Warrensville Center Rd & Chagrin Blvd, 3445 Warrensville Center Rd. For more information, please call 216.991.3432 or email music@cometochristchurch.org<br><br><br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amy Christina Hall</span>, soprano, originally from Indiana, attended the Cleveland Institute of Music completing a Professional Studies degree in Voice. Ms. Hall has won many awards including the Bürgermeister Stingl Award in Austria. She has appeared as a concert soloist in works such as Mozart’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria,<br>Rutter’s Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah. She recently premiered the chamber piece New York, In September at a Cleveland Composers Guild Concert. She has performed with Opera Cleveland on Tour in Die Fledermaus (Adele), Elixir of love (Adina), The Barber of Seville (Rosina) and The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel). She also sang the role of Papagena in Cleveland Opera’s mainstage production of Die Zauberflöte.<br><br><br><br>The winner of both the Steinway Society of Massachussetts and the Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev competitions of 2004, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nathan Carterette</span> has been praised as very compelling in his power and presence” (International Composer). He has been presented in Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Yamaha Piano Salon in New York City, Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, among many others. Mr Carterette has also appeared with many orchestras, including the Cleveland Philharmonic and the Heights Chamber Orchestra. He is a frequent guest artist on recital series at Kent State University in Ohio, Radford University in Virginia and the Berklee School of Music in Boston. He inaugurated the Concerts at the Crossroads series in 2006 with three concerts featuring the complete song cycles of Franz Schubert.<br><br><br><br><br><br>The remaining concerts in the series will be "Dichterliebe" sung by tenor JR Fralick on<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Saturday, October 25th</span>, and the two "Liederkreis" sung by Ms Hall and Mr Fralick on<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Saturday, November 22nd</span>. All concerts begin at 4:30 pm and have ticket prices of $10 (free for children).<br><br /><hr />See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/' target='_new'>See Now</a></body>
</html>