Bright is the Ring of Words (and Music Too!)

This concert of vocal solos and duets features classical accordionist Mary Ann Covone, performing music ranging from Scarlatti’s Sonata #56 through contemporary compositions by Karen Fremar, Astor Piazolla, and the world premiere of Recipe of Life by Gorka Hermosa commissioned by Mary Ann for accordion and soprano voice. The program also includes Fremar’s Introduction and Allegro for Accordion and Synthesized Tape. Mary Ann Covone is one of a handful of classical accordionists in the United States. She studied under the internationally acclaimed conductor and performer Joan Cochran Summers and received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Accordion Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Since then, she has performed as a soloist and with accordion orchestras as well as teaching extensively in the Chicago area for years. She recently performed with the West Suburban Orchestra and the Loyola University Orchestra in works by Shostakovich. Ms. Covone recently closed her law offices allowing her to focus on her accordion performance and leadership as well as founding the Chicagoland Accordion Academy. Mary Ann is the immediate past president of the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG), an organization that strives to promote excellence in teaching and playing and to promote accordion playing at all levels in all genres Anne Marie Carden is a Boston-based lyric soprano who will perform arias by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, and Antonin Dvorak as well as art songs by Joesph Marx and the world premiere of Recipe of Life by Gorka Hermosa. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance at Lawrence University, and recently graduated with a Master of Music degree at Boston Conservatory at Berklee studying with Kathryn Wright. She has performed with the renowned Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Salzburg, Austria; with the Frost School of Music at University of Miami; as well as Chicago Summer Opera. Anne Marie’s most recent performance was Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti’s The Medium with the Chicago Summer Opera. Anne Marie Carden is currently employed by the Boston Symphony. For this concert Napa’s own baritone, Ben Covone, will be singing arias by Giuseppe Verdi, Vicenzo Bellini, and Wolfang Amadeus Mozart as well as art songs by Ralph Vaughn Williams. Following his extensive career in business, Ben Covone began seriously studying voice at the age of 55 and is currently working with Vicky Vandewark. In recent years, Ben performed numerous classical and Broadway solos and duets with Sing Napa Valley and was a featured performer in a Kurt Weill retrospective last fall. He is also a frequent guest artist in the All-Stars & Guests recitals for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Ben has sung with many men’s choruses throughout the United States. He was a founding member of the Oakland East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus under the baton of Dick Kramer where he also assisted in the establishment of the non-profit organization and its federal status. Ben lends his tremendous professional skills to the Sing Napa Valley Board of Directors as well as coordinating the benefit salons, including this one, for Sing Napa Valley.

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