In cooperation with Chicago Opera Theater and their Chicago Premiere of Philip Glass’ Perfect American, Fourth Coast presents a concert series highlighting the life of Walt Disney. The concert weaves quotes and stories of Walt together with song. It’s a touch of whimsy, nostalgia, and fantasy. The evening includes Juliana Hall's Fables for a Prince, John Musto's The Book of Uncommon Prayer, and Liza Lehmann's Nonsense Songs from Alice in Wonderland.
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Karen Ann Baron, soprano • Bridget Skaggs, mezzo-soprano • Zachary Vanderburg, tenor • Samuel Schultz, guest baritone
Guest Collaborator
Matthew Gemmill enjoys a varied career throughout Chicago as a pianist, accompanist, and vocal coach. He serves as adjunct faculty at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where he coaches singers and opera, and Wheaton College, where he teaches accompanying and vocal coaching. He is also faculty at the Up North Vocal Institute in Boyne City, Michigan and the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. He has accompanied recitals at the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he was twice a piano fellow, the Chicago Cultural Center and Fourth Presbyterian of Chicago. Also passionate about choral music, he currently serves as accompanist for the Young Naperville Singers of Naperville, Illinois and the Spirito! Singers of Elmhurst, Illinois. He has performed with choirs throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
His teachers include Martin Katz, Daniel Paul Horn, Katherine Collier, and Chiu-Ling Lin.
His teachers include Martin Katz, Daniel Paul Horn, Katherine Collier, and Chiu-Ling Lin.