Sunday, June 5 • 3 p.m.
Barbro Osher Recital Hall
SONGFEST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECITAL
“New Beginnings”
Featuring former SFO Adler Fellow Maria Valdes, soprano*** and Javier Arrebola, piano

This recital celebrates SongFest's new home at San Francisco Conservatory and the long return of the festival to in-person music-making after the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.
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Thursday, June 9 • 7:30 p.m.
Barbro Osher Recital Hall
REMEMBERING JIM PRIMOSCH
Honoring and celebrating
James Primosch.

The recital will feature works by Primosch and performances of his close friends, colleagues and teachers: John Harbison, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Susan Narucki, George Crumb and Anna Weesner. The recital will also include the world premiere of Four Poems for Robin (text: Gary Snyder) featuring Daniel McGrew, tenor and Lydia Brown, piano.
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Friday, June 10 • 7:30 p.m. • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
RAYS OF DAZZLING LIGHT
Featuring the works of the SongFest-Sorel Composer Mentorship Program and the piano version of MILOSZ SONGS  by John Harbison.
Featuring guest artists Susan Narucki, soprano and Tomasz Lis, piano
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Saturday, June 11 • 7 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
COME MEET SONGFEST! GALA CONCERT^
Featuring SongFest alumni and special friends and artists, Frederica Von Stade and composer Jake Heggie and a “surprise guest!”
Reception to follow the concert.
Tickets: $50 includes post recital reception.

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Sunday, June 12 • 3 p.m. • Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
CELEBRATING AMERICAN COMPOSERS

World premiere performance of the Sorel 2020 & 2022 commissions by Sheila Silver and Juhi Bansal. If Trees Could Talk by Sheila Silver with four solo singers, piano, Tibetan singing bowls and video projections by filmmaker John Feldman. Works of SongFest’s Composers, David Conte, John Harbison, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen and John Musto will be featured.
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Monday, June 13 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall 
PIONEERS OF AMERICAN SONG+
Featuring the SongFest singers and pianists.
Program devised by Lydia Brown, piano
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Thursday, June 16 • 7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
EAST OF THE ELBE, DOWN THE DANUBE
Songs of Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and other countries
The rich world of Slavic composers is explored in this program and includes both beloved favorites and lesser-known but gorgeous works rarely heard.
SongFest singers and pianists
Liza Stepanova and Mark Trawka, directors
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Friday, June 17 • 7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
A JOURNEY THROUGH SCHUBERT LIEDER
SongFest singers and pianists
With narration by Graham Johnson

Saturday, June 18 • 5 p.m.
Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
BEAUTY INTOLERABLE
A Songbook based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Sheila Silver, composer

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Saturday, June 18 • 7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
SONGFEST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECITAL^
Featuring Metropolitan Opera Star Erika Baikoff, soprano** and
Liza Stepanova, piano
Tickets: $25 - Student and Senior $15

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Monday, June 20 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
THE COLBURN FOUNDATION YOUNG ARTISTS SINGERS+
Afternoon of German Artsong
Liza Stepanova, piano
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Tuesday, June 21 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
BROWN LORANGER FELLOWSHIP SINGERS+
“Echoes From Afar”
With Javier Arrebola, piano
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Friday, June 24 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
A JOURNEY ACROSS TIME WITH SONG AT ITS CENTRE+
Young Artist Showcase Concert – SongFest Singers and pianists
Program devised by Javier Arrebola
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Friday, June 24 • 7:30 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF SONGFEST WITH
THE BEST OF BROADWAY
Directed by Michele Patzakis and Devon Guthrie
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Saturday, June 25 • 7 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
AN EVENING WITH JAKE HEGGIE
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Sunday, June 26 • Noon • Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall
STUDIO & YOUNG ARTIST SHOWCASE CONCERT+
Grant Knox and Jennifer Tung, co-directors
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Sunday, June 26 • 4 p.m. • Barbro Osher Recital Hall
PARIS, BERLIN, NEW YORK
An Afternoon of Song from the Boulevard to Broadway
A tale of three iconic cities in Song, this concert will present music from the 1920s-1940s in operetta, théâtre musicale, cabaret, and Tin Pan Alley. These songs, like the composers who wrote them, are citizens of the world. Featuring music by Reynaldo Hahn, Kurt Weill, André Messager, Cole Porter, Alexander Zemlinsky, Hans Eisler, Duke Ellington, and Sidney Bechet.
SongFest singers and pianists
Amy Burton, director and John Musto, piano

2022 Guest Artist Master Class

Wednesday, June 15 • 1-3 p.m.
Barbro Usher Recital Hall
FREDERICA VON STADE & JAKE HEGGIE 

Tickets: $15