BCC Rotunda Concert Series will be available for streaming online. Performers for Spring 2022 will be Dr. Emmalinda McSpadden, Prof. Michael Rose and Laura Strickling.

Dr. Emmalinda McSpadden, mezzo-soprano (Department of Social Sciences) and Dr. Monique Renée Briggs, piano (Art and Music Department)

Guest artist Laura Strickling, soprano and Prof. Michael Rose, piano (Art and Music Department)

Guest artist Laura Strickling: Laura Strickling was praised by The New York Times for her, “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence.” Celebrated for her work on the concert and recital stage, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, National Sawdust, Trinity Church on Wall Street, Washington National Cathedral, Tanglewood Music Festival, Ravinia Music Festival, the Opera America Center, Mexicoliederfest, Liederfest in Suzhou (China), and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. https://www.laurastrickling.com

Michael Rose has written extensively for voice, drawing inspiration from Korean vocal techniques, and composed several works for non-western instruments, including a set of pieces for komungo. His compositions have been performed by eighth blackbird, JACK Quartet, ICE, Richmond County Orchestra, Brooklyn Art Song Society, and American Opera Projects. He has also written for theater and film and done arranging work for Angelique Kidjo. Awards include a Fulbright to India and residencies at Djerassi, VCCA, and Yaddo. An Oberlin graduate, he is currently working towards his PhD at NYU while on faculty at Brooklyn Conservatory and Bronx Community College/CUNY. He also runs the Brooklyn New Music Collective concert series, now in its seventeenth season. https://michaelrosecomposer.com

BCC Rotunda Concert Series will be available for streaming online. Performers for Fall 2021 will be Dr. Benjamin Yarmolinsky, Dr. Oliver Markson, and Nina Berman.

• Dr. Benjamin Yarmolinsky composer and guitarist (Art and Music Department)
• Guest artist Nina Berman, soprano, and. Oliver Markson pianist (Art and Music Department)

Guest artist Nina Berman: New York-based soprano Nina Berman has performed in a variety of settings, from vocal improvisation to opera, with a particular focus on chamber music and art song. Her most recent projects include performances of Milton Babbitt’s Solo Requiem with pianists Steve Beck, Eric Huebner, and Stephen Gosling; singing as a featured soloist in Justine Chen’s The Turing Project with American Lyric Opera; and singing the soprano in the Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble’s premiere of Him Sophy’s Bangskol: A Requiem for Cambodia. Past seasons have also included creating several roles in the premiere of Christopher Williams’ and Gregory Spears’ ballet-opera Wolf-in-Skins in a joint collaboration between American Opera Projects and Philadelphia Dance Projects, as well as singing as a member of a three-voice improvisational sound installation in Maja Bajevič’s most recent New York exhibition, To Be Continued. https://ninabermansoprano.com

Gonzalez de Peña, Mavis Hastick, Emalinda McSpadden, and Danira Roman with Dr. Renée Briggs on Piano and Dr. Benjamin Yarmolinsky as Director and Guitarist.

Program Link: BCC Chorus Spring Performance