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Liz Pearse performs Animal Songs - A Benefit for Red Door Animal Shelter
On Sunday, Oct 27 at 3p, Liz Pearse will be performing her ANIMAL SONGS program - contemporary and classical works for voice and piano all about members of the animal kingdom. This concert is child friendly - bring your kiddos! Sit and listen, or dance along to songs about a range of creatures - maybe one of your favorites?
Represented creatures include: Camels, Goats, Grasshoppers, Dolphins, Crabs, Carp, Goldfish, Manatees, Cretoxyrhina (extinct giant shark!), Penguins, Capybaras, Wombats, and the most maligned of birds - the pigeon!
Music by:
Francis Poulenc
Fredrick Gifford
Kate Pukinskis
Stacey Barelos
Anthony Donofrio
Jason Belcher
Daniel Nass
Jacob Mashak
Andrea Reinkemeyer
This concert is FREE - there will be a free-will offering with 100% of proceeds to be donated to Red Door Animal Shelter, who will be coming to speak about their mission during the program.
ANIMAL SONGS is sponsored in part by the Culture and Animals Foundation. See less
Who is Liz Pearse?
Website: https://www.lizpearse.com/
Finding joy in variety, Liz Pearse is a musician of many pursuits. Liz began her exploration of the endless possibilities of the voice after a childhood spent playing any instrument she could lay hands upon. As a performer, her uniquely colorful and versatile voice has led to performances of wide-ranging works from medieval to modern, and though she is known as a specialist in contemporary vocal repertoire, she also deeply enjoys a well-aged song. Liz maintains a long-term project commissioning and performing works for singer at the piano (though she still enjoys the collaborative process!), Spring 2022 marked the fifth anniversary of her debut as a self-accompanying singer, and she will premiere a number of newly-commissioned animal songs - portraits of pigeons and wombats.
Liz is one-fourth of Quince Ensemble, a treble-voice quartet dedicated to "charting bold new directions in vocal chamber music" (John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune). Their fourth album, love fail, was released in April 2020. She is also a founding member of Damselfly Trio (flute/harp/voice), which celebrates and commissions new repertoire for the unique combination of instruments.
Liz belongs to Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their concert fees to organizations they care about. She supports Planned Parenthood, Black Lives Matter, and various Midwest-based new music presenters.
Event Links
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