Discovering the Music of Bach
with conductor and educator Oliver Prezant
featuring Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
Saturday, June 10, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
General admission: $25
Seating is limited, purchase your tickets HERE.
Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh for an in-depth look at a Prelude and Fugue from Bach’s celebrated Well Tempered Clavier. During the program, Oliver will lead an interactive exploration of the music, as we look at how Bach works his material to create a brilliant, character-filled Prelude. Then we’ll examine the short melody that begins the Fugue and follow its twists and turns as it appears and reappears throughout the piece. Kathy will demonstrate a variety of approaches to creating an expressive, artistic performance on the harpsichord and she’ll provide insights about the virtues and limitations of the instrument. In addition, audience members will be invited to share their feelings and impressions as they develop a relationship with the music and the performer. At the end of the program, we’ll hear a full performance of the music we’ve explored as well as one or two extra musical treats.
Discovering the Music of Bach is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects
This program is sponsored in part by: Bernhard Holzapfel, in memory of Barbara Holzapfel, and Lynn Lee.
Program and artists subject to change.
Photo captions and credits:
Left: Conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant: Ruthanne Greeley
Right: Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord: Charles McMillan
Artist Biographies:
Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord, has been a Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival artist since 1996, and has performed in festivals in the United States, Cuba, Japan, Peru, Spain and Germany. She has appeared as soloist with chamber orchestras in places as diverse as Russia and Vietnam, and has taught in workshops and as a guest artist in Havana (with Conjunto Ars Longa and Semana de Musica Sacra), Lima (Conservatorio de Musica Nacional) and Opole (Poland – Diecezjalny Instytut Muzyki Koscielnych). An enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, she has premiered works by Melinda Wagner, Leo Brouwer, John Steinmetz, Carl Mansker and many others, and premiered works by Lei Liang and Gregory Spear on Chatter's 2021-2022 series. A resident of Santa Fe, McIntosh has appeared with Severall Friends, the Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica and Serenata of Santa Fe, and was soloist with New Mexico Philharmonic in 2019. A highlight of 2022 was a performance of Handel arias with acclaimed countertenor, Anthony Roth Costanzo. She can be heard on Maricam Studio and Gasparo recordings.
Oliver Prezant, conductor and arts educator, has presented lectures and education programs for the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Performance Santa Fe, the Tanglewood Association of Volunteers, Road Scholar, and the Guilds of the Santa Fe and San Francisco Opera companies. As the music director and conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, he worked with community musicians and choristers, professional soloists, public school music students, composers, creative artists, and community partners from Santa Fe and northern New Mexico to present a wide variety of innovative performances, unique education programs, and community collaborations. He has presented programs on the relationship of art and music for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. Oliver was one of the founding teaching artists in Partners in Education’s ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers in the areas of music, poetry, visual art, theater, and dance. As the artistic advisor to the program, he trained teaching artists and classroom teachers, and coordinated with area poets, museums, and other arts organizations. He studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York City and the Pierre Monteux School for conductors in Hancock, Maine, and he was an Assistant Professor in the Contemporary Music Program at the College of Santa Fe and an instructor at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Media Contact: Oliver Prezant
Phone: 505-660-8834
email: oliver@oliverprezant.com