The Brontë Sisters: Retrospection Written and compiled by Vicki Fingalson Music by Wendy Durrwachter

The Brontë Sisters:  Retrospection 
Written and compiled by Vicki Fingalson 
Music by Wendy Durrwachter
 
Performed by 
Vicki Fingalson, soprano & Wendy Durrwachter, piano
Friday, November 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
The home of Paul Robinson & Kyle Biggar (formerly a church)

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Vesper Waltz
premiere Nov 10 2024
Ifetayo Ali-Landing and Theresa Vaughan
Mitchell Auditorium CSS
Matinee Musicale



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"Ifetayo Ali-Landing’s concert on Sunday was wonderfully received! A highlight was the world premiere of Wendy Durrwachter’s Vesper Waltz. The audience loved the works by contemporary composers Kevin Day and Sir Wick, and the closing piece, Brahms’ Cello Concerto No 2 in F major, received an enthusiastic standing ovation from the nearly 300 concertgoers."
-Matinee Musicale

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Full Libretto PDF 86_dessert_-_libretto_.pdf

Saturday, June 29, 2024 @ 7PM @ the Duluth Depot Theater (Duluth, MN) 
A one-act opera reading!

Cast: Tracey Engleman, KrisAnne Weiss, Siena Forest, Vicki Fingalson, Gunnar Molstad, Maryn Hakes, and Josh Eidem!

8-piece orchestra: Lian Ojakangas (vln), Marc Harroo (vln), Kristin Sande (vln), Byron Klimek (vc), Steve Siegel (tpt), Greg Ojakangas (tbn), Melanie Sever (flute, piccolo, alto flute, bass flute)!






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WORLD PREMIERE

Sat Nov 4 2023
Symphony 2: Laurentia

performed by the
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
at the DECC ~ Duluth, MN
7pm.

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 Wendy Durrwachter presents “The   Two Trees: A Yeats Song Cycle” on the   beautiful Sacred Heart Music Center   altar stage at 7:30pm Thursday,               June 9, 2022.
 “The Two Trees: A Yeats Song   Cycle” will  present music from the   album composed by Durrwachter and   performed by Durrwachter and Adam   Sippola in 2019.
 The concert will feature Durrwachter   on piano, tenor Adam Sippola and a   string quartet of Erin Aldridge, Marc   Haroo, Jonathan Kresha, and Byron   Klimek. Flautists Paula Gudmundson   and Melanie Sever will also perform.
           

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Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra
performs:
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Chequamegon Bay, op. 23  - full orchestra     
             I. From the Copper Falls to the Sloughs                    
            II. The Flying Fluorescence                                                  
           III. March of the Glass Menagerie                                                  
           IV. Where Food Grows on Water                                                                              

World Premier October, 2020 (POSTPONED) at the Alvord Theater at Northland College
                                                                

​ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT WEBER MUSIC HALL U of M DULUTH SAT SEPT 21 @ 7:30  2019

Many thanks to Moira Villiard for her spectacular artwork!

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World Premiere Friday April 26, 2019 at 7:30!

Peace Church UCC
1111   11th Ave E
Duluth, MN 55805

WENDY DURRWACHTER - A SHOWCASE CONCERT:

Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:30pm at Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, Minnesota

Soloists: Erin Aldridge, William Bastian, and Adam Sippola
Conductor: Jean R. "Rudy" Perrault
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Additional performers: Steve Highland, Betsy Husby, Laurie Bastian, Ron Kari,  Edward Willett, Vince Osborn,
Melanie Sever, Kim Stellmaker Anderson, Jim Pospisil, Jefferson Campbell,
​Ted Schoen, Earl Salemink, Hunter Hamby,
Jeremy Craycraft, Brett Jones, & Cory Coffman

​​sacredheartmusic.org/performance-schedule-tickets/

Proudly sponsored by:
Pizza Luce  |  Chester Creek Cafe  |  Christian Eggert Violins  |   Kari Toyota  |  Dr. Susan Larson Kidd









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"I have long been a performer and advocate of new music, and to have the chance to premiere a new violin work composed by Wendy is one that is very exciting for me."
    - ERIN ALDRIDGE   |   CONCERTMASTER DSSO​

"Collaborating with Wendy over the years has been a consistent creative joy in my life. Interacting with her as a friend and colleague, I've experienced a deep sincer​ity, sensitivity, and generosity of spirit that also permeates her music making and compositions. I love the way Wendy explores harmony within the dissonant layers of life; grief, joy, sadness, humor, death, love - inviting the listener into an unexpected state of melodic self reflection."
  - ADAM SIPPOLA   |   TENOR, ACTOR, DIRECTOR

"This event is a perfect storm of a gifted up-and-coming composer with an ensemble of Duluth's finest players. Ultra Vires will display Wendy's brilliance through the mastery of Erin's formidable playing. The performance of this challenging work (for musicians and the listener) promises to be an intense artistic moment that can't be missed."
  - JIM POSPISIL   |   PRINCIPAL HORN DSSO



Thank you for your support and generosity:

Carol & Jerrold Peterson, Lou & Inger Pignolet, Stephanie Tresidder, Bill & Marian Durrwachter, John & Sandy Laurich,
Jim & Elaine Kane, Kurt Durrwachter, Beverly Martin, Lana Hamilton, Diane Crawford, Jessica Olson
Drew Digby, John Stetson, ​Linda Nervick, Lara Nie, and  Erin Keefe