Piano Lunaire welcomes you to reconsider identities of queer artists in classical music and reflect on the nature of the "queer" musical canon. This evening brings together the exceptional talents of mezzo-soprano Claire McCahan, baritone Nathaniel Sullivan, and pianist Adam Sherkin, as each of these three artists bring their own corners of the canon to the stage in a myriad song program that asks big questions about the queer experience.

Composers and performers unacknowledged or uncelebrated in their own time are here given voices afresh. Join us in celebrating what author E.M. Forster identified as a "great unrecorded history" of queer artists and their contributions through the 20th and 21st centuries.

Program to include works by Michael Genese, Adam Sherkin, Annika Socolofsky, Chris DeBlasio, David Del Tredici, and more.

General Admission: $25
Seniors & Arts Workers: $20
Students w/ valid ID: Free Admission

For the inaugural season of Riverview Chamber Series, baritone Nathaniel Sullivan and pianist Jesse Goldberg present a program featuring Robert Schumann’s beloved Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Eichendorff), paired with Samuel Barber’s enigmatic song cycle Despite and Still.

Admission is free and open to the public. Advanced ticket reservation is encouraged.

For more than 100 years, Brick Church has performed John Stainer’s The Crucifixion on Good Friday. This year’s 101st performance will feature soloists Sean Fallen and Nathaniel Sullivan, along with organist Alistair Reid.

Stainer’s music tells the story of Jesus’ sacrifice and humanity’s redemption with dramatic solos, choruses, and hymns sung by the entire congregation. Its enduring popularity testifies to Stainer’s skill in painting the text, most famously in his sublime unaccompanied setting of “God So Loved The World.”

Admission is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be collected.

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, mezzo-soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $25 - $80
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $35 - $50

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, mezzo-soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $25 - $80
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $35 - $50

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs & Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-sopranos
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $23 - $78
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $33 - $48

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs & Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-sopranos
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $25 - $80
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $35 - $50

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs & Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-sopranos
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $25 - $80
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $35 - $50

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs & Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-sopranos
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $25 - $80
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $35 - $50

Artists

Kelley O’Connor: Carmen
Nathaniel Sullivan: Escamillo
Kayla Harriott: Micaëla
Appalachian Children’s Chorus
West Virginia Symphony
Maurice Cohn, music director
Additional cast to be announced.

Individual Tickets: $14 - $74

Nathaniel joins Chamber Music Quad Cities in a recital featuring a variety of chamber music repertoire. Also joining CMQC on this program is violinist Sunmi Chang and CMQC artistic co-directors Gregory Sauer (cello) and Thomas Sauer (piano).

Program

• Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105

• Alexander von Zemlinsky: Tod in Ähren, from Vier Gesänge, Op. 8

• Franz Schubert: Kriegers Ahnung, from Schwanengesang, D. 957

• Johannes Brahms: “O Tod, wie bitter bist du,” from Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

• Ned Rorem: Selections from Aftermath

• David Conte: Everyone Sang

• Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op. 80

General Admission: $20

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

This performance is currently sold out.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Francesca Federico
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $100.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $100.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $100.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $100.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Francesca Federico
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $100.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $100.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

Tickets range $20 - $150.

Heartbeat Opera's radical take on an iconic work

Performances run February 4-16, 2025.

A brand new adaptation, sung in English.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto from Hedwig Lachmann’s translation of the French play by Oscar Wilde.
English singing translation by Tom Hammond.

Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova.
Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosberg.
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova.
Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth.

Cast

Salome: Summer Hassan
Herod: Patrick Cook
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herodias: Manna K. Jones
Narraboth: David Morgans
Soldier: Jeremy Harr
Page: Melina Jaharis

This performance is currently sold out.

Artists

Penelope Shumate, soprano
Viola R. Dacus, mezzo-soprano
David Tayloe, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
James M. Meaders, conductor
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Individual Tickets: $24 - $76
Student Tickets: $10

Artists

Penelope Shumate, soprano
Viola R. Dacus, mezzo-soprano
David Tayloe, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
James M. Meaders, conductor
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Individual Tickets: $24 - $76
Student Tickets: $10

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sonya Headlam & Erica Schuller, sopranos
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $30 - $85
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $40 - $55

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sonya Headlam & Erica Schuller, sopranos
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $30 - $85
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $40 - $55

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sonya Headlam & Erica Schuller, sopranos
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $30 - $85
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $40 - $55

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sonya Headlam & Erica Schuller, sopranos
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $15 - $85
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $40 - $55

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sonya Headlam & Erica Schuller, sopranos
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $28 - $83
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $38 - $53

Artists

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Sonya Headlam & Erica Schuller, sopranos
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel & Charles Wesley Evans, baritones

Nathaniel will join the chorus of Apollo’s Singers.

Adult Admission: $28 - $83
Student Admission: $10
Young Adult (<40) & Senior (65+) Admission: $38 - $53

PROGRAM:

Sean Shepherd: Three Preludes (2005-06)
David Sawer: The Melancholy of Departure (1990)
Adam Sherkin: Still Reeling (2024)
Charlie Piper: In Suspension (2021-24)
Emily Hall: selections from 2020 Arrangements – Songs Made in Lockdown (2020)
Bruce A. Russell: For Celine (1995) & Fourths + Fifths (2012)
Christopher Mayo: Reel (2023)

General Admission: $30
Arts Professional (Faculty or Arts Worker): $25
Student Admission: Free with valid student ID

Converging British and Canadian aesthetics, this program features fresh commissions from Christopher Mayo and Charlie Piper, among others.

In 2020, Piano Lunaire helped to commission an extended work for solo piano from Christopher Mayo. The result as been the distinctive Reel, which now receives its world premiere in November 2024.

Christopher Mayo has curated a fine-tuned program to complement his own centerpiece, including a new commission from British colleague Charlie Piper and a set of "Lockdown" songs by Emily Hall, sung by baritone Nathaniel Sullivan.

Pianist Saffron Chung joins Nathaniel for Downtown Music at Grace’s lunch recital series, featuring Robert Schumann’s complete Dichterliebe, Op. 48.

Program

Henry Purcell: Three Divine Hymns (realized by Benjamin Britten)
I. Lord, what is Man
II. We sing to Him
III. An evening hymn
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Admission is free and open to the public