AMERICAN
TRADITIONS
HOPE KOEHLER, MEZZO-SOPRANO
ROBERT MILLS, PIANO
ERIN ALDRIDGE, VIOLIN & VIOLA

/ FACULTY AND GUEST ARTIST CONCERT SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2007 • 2:30 PM

M U SIC
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Erin Aldridge has won numerous awards as both soloist and chamber musician and
has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, South
America, and the United States. She is a sought after performer, clinician, and
presenter.
Dr. Aldridge holds degrees from Indiana University, University of MilwaukeeWisconsin, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her teachers have included Josef
Gingold, Nellie Shkolnikova, Rostaslav Dubinsky, the Fine Arts Quartet, Efim Boico,
and Vartan Manoogian.
Currently, Dr. Aldridge is a member of the music faculty at the University of
Wisconsin-Superior where she is Assistant Professor of Music, a member of the
faculty piano trio Trillium, and Director of Orchestras. In April 2005 she was
appointed concertmaster of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Hope Koehler received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance and
Music Education at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, and her Master of
Music degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. Her Doctor of Musical Arts degree was completed at the University of
Kentucky in Lexington where she studied with soprano Gail Robinson. Currently, she
teaches voice and opera at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Dr. Koehler has appeared in many operas, including the title roles of Carmen,
Fidelio, and Madama Butterfly. She has also appeared in concert venues all over the
United States, as well as Europe and China.
Dr. Koehler is a regular performer and featured soloist with the American Spiritual
Ensemble, a group that performs all over the world, and whose mission is to keep the
American Negro Spiritual alive and vibrant. She has also been on the faculty of the
prestigious Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts for six years and in 2006 served
as chair of the vocal music department. In addition, in July and August of 2006 she
was a member of the voice faculty at the American Institute of Musical Studies in
Graz, Austria.
Dr. Robert Mills is assistant professor of Music and the vocal coach/accompanist for
Arizona State University's Lyric Opera. Dr. Mills holds a BA in Music from the
University of Maryland as well as a MM and a DMA in Accompanying from Arizona
State University. Additionally, Dr. Mills holds both a Juris Doctor and a Master of
Library Science from Brigham Young University.
For nearly three years, Dr. Mills served as an assistant vocal coach and accompanist
for the Opera Institute at Boston University. In 2005 he joined the American Institute
of Musical Studies Summer Program (AIMS) in Graz, Austria as a repetitor/coach.
Prior to joining ASU's faculty, he was the coordinator of piano accompanying at Mesa
Community College. Dr. Mills has collaborated with vocal artists and technicians
such as Ariel Bybee, Ingo Titze and Phyllis Curtain, in concert, workshop and master
class settings. Dr. Mills performs frequently with the Mesa Symphony as well as the
Phoenix Bach Choir and the Three Tenors of Mexico.

Four Folk Songs

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Alan Smith, arr.

I Know Where I'm Going
Early One Morning
I Once Loved a Boy
Oh, Johnny!
Erin Aldridge, viola

The Doe
Autumn
In the Wand of the Wind
The Serpent
Second Sonata for Violin and Piano

I.
II.
III.

Autumn
In the Barn
The Revival

Lee Hoiby
(b. 1926)

Charles Ives
(1874-1954)

Erin Aldridge, violin
**There will be a 10-minute intermission**
The Lass from the Low Countree
Ribbon Bow
My Lover is a Farmer Lad
The Gambler's Wife

John Jacob Niles
(1892-1980)

Lyric Suite
I.
Dramatic Declamation

Robert L. Morris
(b. 1941)

Gospel Blues
Humoresque
Lament
Juba: Ev'rytime I Feel the Spirit!
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Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please
turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you.

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Paul W. Estes
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