The Scripps College Music Department will host a faculty recital by Jennifer Goltz, professor of voice and music theory at Scripps College, on Sunday, September 19, at 3:00 p.m. in Balch Auditorium on 10th and Columbia on the Scripps College campus. Goltz will be accompanied by Gayle Blackenburg on piano. The concert will feature works by Fauré, Kaprálová, Pizzetti, and Schoenberg. This event is free and open to the public. For additional program information please call the Scripps College Music Department at (909) 621-8280.
Soprano Goltz specializes in the performance of new music, art song, and early cabaret. She has performed across the country with the Ann Arbor-based new music ensemble Brave New Works. In 1999, she performed Luciano Berio’s Circles with Klangforum Wien at the Salzburg Music Festival, at the invitation of the composer. As a student of Freda Herseth and Martin Katz, she has given celebrated performances of turn-of-the-century European art song and Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire.
Ms. Goltz holds two master’s degrees in vocal performance and music theory from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She will receive her Ph.D. in music theory in December. She joined the music department at Scripps College in fall 2004.