April 7, 2026

Junior Recital: Ray Hospenthal, soprano and Joshka Seward, tenor with Dr. Po-Chuan Chiang, piano and Lina Perry, cello
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: COFAC Recital Hall
Description: This performance is free and open to the public.

PROGRAM

Twelve Songs, Op. 8 - Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)/Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
III. Italien
X. Romanze
- Ray Hospenthal, soprano

Dichterliebe - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
II. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
III. Die Rose, die Lilie, Die Taube
- Joshka Seward, tenor

Si mes vers avaient des ailes - Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
Mai
- Ray Hospenthal, soprano

Pöme d'un jour - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
I. Rencontre
II. Toujours
III. Adieu
- Joshka Seward, tenor

Quando m'en vo from La Bohème - Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
- Ray Hospenthal, soprano

O You Whom I Often and Silently Come - Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
- Joshka Seward, tenor

Sound the Trumpet - Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- Ray Hospenthal, soprano
- Joshka Seward, tenor

Vocalise - André Previn (1929-2019)
- Ray Hospenthal, sopano
- Lina Perry, cello

Run Away - Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
Beautiful City from Godspell - Stephen Schwartz (b. 1969)
- Joshka Seward, tenor

Shades of Grey - Peter Tork (1942-2019)
Home from The Wiz - Charlie Smalls (1943-1987)
- Ray Hospenthal, soprano
- Joshka Seward, guitar





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