Anne McKenna - Schedule

Schedule

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES - 2014

November 16, 2014

Anne will appear in concert entitled Banquetto - A Musical Banquet with Affetti, a new vocal ensemble that she co-founded. The concert will take place at the United Methodist Church in Madison, New Jersey at 4:00 pm. Specializing in solo and ensemble vocal music, Affetti will present an afternoon of vocal chamber music and instrumental songs and dances with lute, guitar and renaissance recorders, featuring selections by Des Prez, Monteverdi, Caccini, Peri, Dowland and Morley. Consisting of sopranos Anne McKenna and Lieve Hendren, alto Christine Bancroft, tenor David Kellett and baritone Matthew Walsh. For Banquetto, the vocal group will be assisted by guest artists John Burkhalter on renaissance recorders and John Orluk Lacombe on lute and baroque guitar.

December 9, 2014

Anne will participate in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective concert exploring music from 1614 including music by Caccini and Monteverdi. The final concert will be presented at 8:00 pm at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY.

Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Richard Kolb, Judith Malafronte and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2014

September 13, 2014	Anne sang with the NYCC in a rendition Monteverdi's Ave Maria Stellis as part of the celebration of the life of beloved lutenist and teacher Patrick O'Brien held at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, organized by Tony Elitcher and Andy Taras under the auspices of the New York Continuo Collective, the teaching and performing organization which Pat was responsible for creating.
May 14, 2014	Anne participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored music from Francesco Cavalli's operas, Giasone and La Callisto. The final concert (8:00 pm) will be held at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 15, 2014	Anne will participate in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which will explore from Francesco Cavalli's operas, Giasone and La Callisto. The final concert (8:00 pm) will be held at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 3, 2014	Anne joined with tenor, David Kellett, lutenist, John Orluk and recorder player, John Burkhalter in selections hearalding the return of Spring and the Maypole in a private function for the Princeton Friends of Opera.
April 13, 2014	Anne appeared as the soprano soloist in a concert with the Concordia Chorale and Camerata in a concert that includes Schubert's Mass in G and selections from Mendelssohn's Elijah under the baton of Jason Thoms at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY.
January 30, 2014	Anne joined the Drew Camerata for their debut concert. This new ensemble is 24-member, professional chamber choir in residence at Drew University. The Camerata rehearses and performs during the off-seasons of the academic year, primarily in the winter and summer months. Under the direction of Jason Bishop, Drew's Director of Choral & Vocal Studies, Camerata's membership represents a cross-section of Drew faculty, staff, and students with extensive singing experience, as well as professional musicians from the wider community. The concert was presented in the Concert Hall of the Dorothy Young Center for Arts at Drew.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2013

December 3, 2013

Anne participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored the music of Claudio Saracini. The final concert was held at Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, New York, NY.

Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.

June 13, 2013

The New York Continuo Collective took its spring project (17th century English, French and Italian songs) as a a fringe event at the Boston Early Music Festival, at Gordon Chapel, Old South Church. The project was part of NYCC's 15 year anniversary celebration!

May 14, 2013

Anne participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which explored 17th century English, French and Italian songs. The spring concert was be held at St. Luke's Lutheran Church.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2012

December 11, 2012	Anne participated in the Fall Semester New York Continuo Collective which covered French Airs de Cour including songs by Moulinié and Guédron. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 16, 2012	Anne participated in the second performance of the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective's opera workshop project with performances of selections from Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse and L'Incoronazione di Poppea. For more information on the Collective, visit their website.
May 15, 2012	Anne participated in the Spring Semester New York Continuo Collective which included 3 classes in early baroque ornamentation and an opera workshop project culminating with performances of selections from Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse and L'Incoronazione di Poppea. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper and Charlie Weaver, this unique organization provides the participants with the opportunity to learn the art of continuo from some of the best continuo players on the New York early music scene. The singers work with the players in every rehearsal and it is truly a special experience! For more information on the Collective, visit their website.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2011

July 25, 2011

Anne appeared in Songs on the Sand: A Broadway Concert Celebrating Tom Brent.

21 alumni of Tommy Brent's Theatre By The Sea performed in a concert of Broadway music, to honor the late Tommy Brent's 20 years as producer of the theatre. Performers included those who got their professional start at the theatre from 28 to a staggering 41 years ago.

The performers were accompanied by a 10-piece onstage band, led by arranger and TBTS alumnus Fred Barton.

April 17, 2011

Anne appeared as soprano soloist in the Rossini Stabat Mater with the Glen Ridge Choral Society with Tom Mustachio, music director and conductor. The concert was presented at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2010

November 21, 2010	Anne will be singing the soprano solos in Messiah at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY.
March 21, 2010	Anne appeared as soprano soloist in the Bach cantata 80 with at the Concert for Haiti/Festival Choir Spring Concert at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2009

June 14th, 2009	Anne appeared as soprano soloist in Rossini's Petite messe solennelle with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey.
May/June 2009	Anne appeared as the mute in the Princeton Festival's production of The Fantasticks at the Matthews Acting Studio on the Princeton University campus.
March 22nd, 2009	Anne appeared as soprano soloist in Hadyn's Creation with the Concordia Chorale in Middletown, New Jersey.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2008

December 8th, 2008	Anne sang the soprano solos in Messiah with the Concordia Chorale in Red Bank, New Jersey with her husband, David Kellett as tenor soloist.
November 2nd, 2008	Anne sang as soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem with the Concordia Chorale.
September 7th, 2008	Anne sang music from Westside Story, Guys and Dolls, and Sweeney Todd in the revue Together and Apart for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
September 6th, 2008	Anne sang music from Westside Story, Guys and Dolls, and Sweeney Todd in the revue Together and Apart for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 8th, 2008	Anne sang the role of Mrs. Segstrom in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 7th, 2008	Anne sang the role of Mrs. Segstrom in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 2nd, 2008	Anne sang the role of Mrs. Segstrom in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
March 1st, 2008	Anne sang the role of Mrs. Segstrom in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
February 29th, 2008	Anne sang the role of Mrs. Segstrom in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2007

November 17th, 2007	A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Afternoon with David Amram. Mr. Amram's guests included Midhat Serbagi, viola; Heidi Upton, piano, Anne McKenna, soprano, David Kellett, tenor, John Ventimiglia, narrator, Gail Merrifield Papp, and Adira, Alana, and Adam Amram. Works performed included "The Wind and the Rain" for viola and piano; "Variations on a Theme from Macbeth from Amram's Piano Sonata; excerpts from Amram's opera Twelfth Night (libretto by Joe Papp); and songs for various productions of the New York Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Amram, who celebrated his 77th birthday on the day of this program, composed music for the New York Shakespeare Festival from 1956-1967. This was my Lincoln Center debut!
September 16th, 2007	Anne McKenna sang scenes from La Traviata and La Boheme with sopranos Jennifer Winn, Michelle Petro, tenor David Kellett and baritone, Dirk McCoy in an operatic revue entitled L'Amour: Opera's Love Songs for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.
September 15th, 2007	Anne McKenna sang scenes from La Traviata and La Boheme with sopranos Jennifer Winn, Michelle Petro, tenor David Kellett and baritone, Dirk McCoy in an operatic revue entitled L'Amour: Opera's Love Songs for the South Mountan TheaterWorks at the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre in the Westminster Arts Center @ Bloomfield College.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2006

June 2006

Anne appeared as the Foley Artist in the Princeton Festival's Young Stars production of Menotti's Old Maid and the Thief.

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2005

PAST PERFORMANCES - 2004