Rescheduled from summer 2020, Hannah has been chosen from hundreds of applicants to participate in the International Bach Competition in Leipzig, hosted by the Bach-Archiv. She will travel to Leipzig in July to compete.
Hannah joined Boston Early Music Festival’s 2017 Centerpiece Opera production as a Young Artist, covering Amanda Forsythe in the lead role of Isabelle and appearing in the ensemble cast.
BEMF’s 2021 Festival is all-online and features a lineup of new and archival recordings from their archives. Learn more at bemf.org
Hannah joins new music ensemble Stare at the Sun as “Possessed Traveler” in The Hollow, a new work by COT Vanguard Composer Matthew Recio. Performances will take place as a walk-thru installation at Linne Woods.
More information available here.
Presented by Morrison Chamber Music
San Francisco State University
April 25, 2021 at 3pm PST
Hannah joins acclaimed chamber ensemble Les Délices for a tour of “Woman Scorned”
Woman Scorned explores universal themes of desire, jealousy, shame and revenge by giving voice to the spurned lovers of antiquity. Rising star soprano, Hannah De Priest gives voice to the sorceress Circe in a bone-chilling cantata by Colin de Blamant, and wreaks vengeance as the witch Medea in works by Clérambault and Couperin.
Program:
Sonate en trio “La Junon” (1712) – Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
“Le perfide Renauld me fuit” from Armide – Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Onzième Concert from Les Goûts-réünis – François Couperin (1668–1733)
Medée (1710) – Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
Sonate pour violon in g (1710) – Jean Baptiste Senaillé (1687–1730)
Passacaille d’Armide (1689) – Jean Henry d’Anglebert (1629–1691) / Lully
Circé (1729) – Colin de Blamont (1690–1760)
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Hannah was selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2021 Audrey Rooney Bach Competition from a record number of applicants.
As part of First United Methodist Church of Evanston’s Virtual Worship series, Hannah De Priest and FUMC Music Director Dr. Brian Schoettler will perform Jaromir Weinberger’s virtuosic solo cantata for soprano and organ The Road to Emmaus.
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A pre-recorded recital from Northbrook Public Library of our favorite songs by Debussy, Fauré, Mozart, and Schubert. Free to attend, donations encouraged.
The production team of SalonEra steps out in front of the camera for a special episode full of remote collaborations and insights into how each episode is put together.
Featured musicians:
Hannah De Priest, soprano
Shelby Yamin, violin
Debra Nagy, oboe
Mélisande Corriveau, ‘cello
Eric Milnes, harpsichord
SalonEra is an initiative from Les Délices. Episodes are free to watch and remain accessible online for 48 hours following their premiere.
Soprano Hannah De Priest and fortepianist Michael Pecak join a star-studded line-up for Les Délices’ SalonEra series. They will present a Schubertiade on November 2nd, streaming exclusively on the Les Délices Facebook page.
More information about this virtual series can be found here.
“Rising-star soprano Hannah DePriest gives voice to the sorceress Circe in a bone-chilling cantata by Colin de Blamont and wreaks vengeance as the witch Medea in works by Clérambault and Charpentier.”
Hannah De Priest, soprano
Debra Nagy, oboe
Julie Andrijeski, violin
Rebecca Reed, gamba
Mark Edwards, harpsichord
This concert will premiere on October 22nd and remain accessible until Nov. 2nd.
Learn more about this concert and Les Délices entire virtual 2020-21 season here.
Hannah De Priest and pianist Michael Pecak have been selected to participate in a masterclass through CAIC with pianist and coach Myra Huang centered on works by Black, woman composers. The duo will perform songs by Florence Price.
The masterclass will take place on Oct. 1st and will be broadcast online later in the month.
”The master teacher for the class, pianist Myra Huang, regularly teaches at young artist programs throughout the U.S., including Music Academy of the West, the Houston Grand Opera Studio, and the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Acclaimed by Opera News as “among the top accompanists of her generation” and “a colouristic tour de force” by The New York Times, Huang performs in recitals and chamber music concerts around the world.”
Hannah has been selected to participate in the 2020 Cesti Competition at the Innsbrucker festwochen der alten musik. Her ability to compete is contingent on EU travel restrictions in place at the time of the competition.
The International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti is named after the Italian composer, who turned Innsbruck into a centre for the Italian opera north of the Alps in the mid-17th century. The competition was founded by Alessandro De Marchi in 2010. Meanwhile it became one of the most important singing competitions for Baroque opera worldwide.
Prizes include engagments at major opera houses, as well as prize money for the winners.
More information is available here.
Based on the quality of her entry video into the virtual Bovicelli Competition, the Schloss Weißenbrunn Foundation has financed a scholarship for Hannah and other select participants to participate in an exclusive set of virtual individual coaching sessions and diminution instruction with leading experts in the field.
Tutors will work with the scholarship holders, both in groups and in individual tutorials, with specific reference to the works submitted, and will also discuss diminution in general.
Hannah is grateful for the opportunity to further enrich her understanding of 17th century diminution practices and looks forward to working with Dr. Sven Schwannberger from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis during this course.
The long-awaited sequel to Ars Musica Chicago’s popular Beethoven at Home presentation. This concert will feature all the artists who would have performed in May’s planned At Beethoven’s Hearth concerts in Chicago: Hannah De Priest, Allison Monrow, Cora Swenson Lee, and Michael Pecak.
Hannah will perform Haydn’s cantata Arianna a Naxos with Michael Pecak, fortepiano.
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Hannah has been selected as one of 10 fellows for ARTEK’s 2020 Madrigal Madness program. This entirely-online experience includes lectures and coachings on 17th-century ornamentation, culminating in a virtual performance on Saturday, June 6th.
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Presented on Ars Musica Chicago’s Facebook page, enjoy an intimate evening of music by Beethoven, beamed directly to your home from our kitchen.
Featuring Beethoven’s seminal song cycle An die ferne Geliebte and more.
Hannah De Priest, soprano
Michael Pecak, fortepiano
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