Our concert of art song offers poetry and music, including songs by Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, Quilter, among others. These songs highlight the importance and symbolism of birds from the Romantic period until today. The music will be accompanied by readings from naturalists which bring to life our wonderment at the world of birds.
Musicians:
Soprano
Mary Hubbell
Soprano Mary Hubbell enjoys performing a wide range of repertoire from Baroque to contemporary music. She has appeared with a variety of ensembles in both Europe and North America, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Louis Andriessen’s Tao), Orkest Vereniging Musica (Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3), Beaufort Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Exsultate jubilate), South Hadley Chorale (Haydn’s Creation), and the Williams College Wind Ensemble (Jayce Ogren’s Evening). An accomplished recitalist, Dr. Hubbell has performed art song and chamber music in a variety of venues, including the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC and the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Dr. Hubbell maintains a strong commitment to new music and has appeared as a soloist with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Composer’s Voice Series, and counter)induction. In the Netherlands, she performed at the contemporary music venues of the Young Composer’s Festival in Apeldoorn and the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam. Her album of new art song, All these little things, featuring music by Alice Jones, Sarah Rimkus, Ronald Perera, and Gregory W. Brown was released in March 2026 on Navona Records. Also in March, she was the featured guest performer at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival.
Dr. Hubbell earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, as well as degrees from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Boston College.
Pianist
Sarah Puckett
Featuring Music Composed by
Gregory Brown
Songs:
French
Le colibri – Chausson
Le rossignol des lilas – Hahn
Villanelle des petits canards - Chabrier
German
Liebe Schwalbe – Zemlinsky
Schwanenlied – F. Mendelssohn
Lerchengesang – Brahms
English
Song of the blackbird –Quilter
The Little Pretty Nightingale – Ned Rorem
Wild Swans – H. Leslie Adams
There will come soft rains - Perera
Sweet Suffolk Owl - Hundley