I have added a few photos from two shows I loved dearly - L'italiana in Algeri and A Little Night Music. Find them on my "look" page!
Tonight is your one-and-only chance to see and hear Toledo Opera's semi-staged production of Turandot - 8pm in the Peristyle Theatre at the Toledo Art Museum. Tickets are going fast (check their website for details)! I'm singing in the chorus, and will be appearing briefly as a costumed soloist - don't miss this! Check out my soundcloud for new additions - April's Ancient Voices of Children and the complete Book of Hanging Gardens are now available! So, Quince's spring tour went wonderfully - made new friends (and hopefully fans) in NY, Toledo, Chicago, Elkhart, and St. Louis! In the meantime, I competed in and won the Dr. Conrad Art Song Competition at BGSU with a fantastic collaborating pianist, Karl Larson. It was an honor to perform in such an artistically and musically mature group! Today's the day! Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Spring Tour kicks off in Toledo, OH as part of the ADJ-ective Music Series at 8p in Monroe St. Methodist Church. The BGSU New Music Ensemble will hold its spring concert at 8p in Bryan Hall this Thursday, 4/12. The program includes: Hsin-Lei Chen - Renascence Liviu Marinescu - A-Gain Mikel Kuehn - Flush Christian Lauba - Adria Charles Wuorinen - Big Spinoff George Crumb - Ancient Voices of Children I'll appear on the evening's final work, the Crumb - joined by some wonderful musicians, including my extremely talented brother John J. Pearse. (The percussion setup for this piece is staggering - required instruments include a jingle-bell-sheet that I helped fabricate, chisels, screwdriver "mallets", river rocks, toy piano, and a set of chimes so tall one must stand on a chair to play them.) What an honor to perform this historical work with friends! Quince's recent gig in Harlem got a review - big thank you to David! . . ."Written for percussion ensemble but entirely dependent upon careful voices, the piece ["Story", from Living Room Music] lends itself to flat performances. The mighty clarity of Liz Pearse’s first intonations made it clear that this would not be one of those." Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble's spring tour started off with a very well-received concert (shared with Color Field Ensemble) on 113th in Harlem...next up, performances in Toledo, Chicago, Elkhart, Chicago again, St. Louis, and Defiance! In the meantime, I'm performing my dear friend Curtis Rumrill's masters' thesis composition "The Haddock" on Monday at 8p at Trinity United Methodist in BG, and Ancient Voices of Children with BGSU's New Music Ensemble ta 8p in Bryan Hall on Thursday! (Check schedule for details) Hercules opened smashingly at the Donnell Theatre in BGSU's new Wolfe Center for the Arts - catch the final free performance at 8pm tonight (Saturday). If you're free earlier, catch me at Stephan Haluska's 4pm composition recital in Bryan Recital Hall - I'll be featured on Canned Soup for chamber ensemble (I may in fact be singing into tin can telephones. . .). If you're free even earlier, my dear friend and colleague Noa Even will be performing at 2pm in Bryan - DMA saxophone recital. Big day for all! After a warmly-received Cage concert at the Toledo Art Museum (I sang Aria), it's full speed ahead into Hercules dress week! Performances are 3/30 and 3/31 at 8p in the new Wolfe Center Donnell Theatre at BGSU - tickets are free.fifty! In the meantime, Saturday, 3/31 at 4p, I'll be singing in the world premiere of Canned Soup by Stephan Haluska at his composition recital in Bryan Hall. Also - I just added another movement of Harawi to my soundcloud! Check out "Bonjour toi, colombe verte" for a sample of what's to come with this summer's recital of the whole work with pianist Karl Larson. | 
kimono photography 2009
Liz Pearse
Hi, I'm Liz (some folks call me Elizabeth) - soprano, multi-instrument experimenter, and member of Quince. ArchivesMay 2012 
No bunny was hurt for this photo.
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