COURTNEY J.
SHERMAN
SOPRANO

MEGAN REILLY
PIANO
ASSISTED BY
MICHAEL NAPOLEON
ALTO SAXOPHONE
DOCTORAL RECITAL SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2006 • 2:30 PM

MUSIC
-ifierbergerCollege
of Fine Arts
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Program
Songs About Spring
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.

Dominick Argento
(b. 1927)

who knows if the moon's a balloon
Spring is like a perhaps hand
in Just-spring
in Spring comes
when faces called flowers float out of the ground

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Selected Songs
Fascinating Rhythm, from Lady, Be Good!
The Man I Love, from Lady, Be Good!
Someone To Watch Over Me, from Oh, kay!
I Got Rhythm, from Crazy Girl

George Gershwin
(1898-1937)

Ellwood Den

Song Cycle for the soprano voice, alto saxophone, and piano. On
the poems by children who were incarcerated in the Nazi ghetto
for Jews in Terezin, Czechoslovakia (1942-1944) and who died
in Aushwitz before the end of October 1944.
Prologue: Terezin [Theresienstadt]
The Butterfly
The Old Man
Fear
The Garden
Michael Napoleon, alto saxophone

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**

Hermit Songs Op. 29
At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
Church Bell at Night
St. Ita's Vision
The Heavenly Banquet
The Crucifixion
Sea-Snatch
Promiscuity
The Monk and His Cat
The Praises of God
The Desire for Hermitage

Samuel Barber
(1910-1981)

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This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the performance requirements
for the degree Doctorate of Musical Arts in voice performance.
Courtney Sherman is a student of Jerry Doan.
In respect for the performers and those audience members around you,
please turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode.
Thank you.

Performance Events Staff Manager
Paul W. Estes
Senior Event Managers
Laura Boone, Yevgeniy Chainikov, Brady Cullum
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Apprentice Event Managers
Edwin Brown

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