Songs From the Heart -ARCA's 15th Anniversary Concert

42 S. Palmer Street,Foxburg PA 16036

07 November, 2021

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Fifteen years after singing ARCA’s inaugural concert, Mezzo-soprano Katherine Soroka returns to celebrate ARCA’s Anniversary. Fifteen years after singing ARCA’s inaugural concert, Mezzo-soprano Katherine Soroka returns to celebrate ARCA’s Anniversary in a gala Birthday Concert of Songs from the Heart at 2 PM on Sunday, November 7, 2021 in Lincoln Hall. The eclectic celebratory program will include many of the classical genres that ARCA audiences have enjoyed through the years, including opera and operetta arias, art song, chamber music, piano solos, musical theatre and popular song – and a hauntingly beautiful work by Purcell remembering ARCA’s founders and all those who have generously supported it over the years. Pianist Walter Morales will perform two piano solos including a special tribute to ARCA’s President and founder, Dr. Arthur Steffee. Hailed for her “masterful” and “heartfelt vocalism” and “dramatic intensity… commanding the stage”, Katherine will be joined by tenor Robert Frankenberry, violinist Monique Mead and pianist Walter Morales in classical works by Rossini, Mozart, Strauss, Menotti and Bizet to the more popular fare of Bernstein, Gershwin, and Les Miserables. ARCA is grateful for the generous sponsorship of this concert by Kears and Karen Pollock. And, yes… this is an “ARCA family” celebration and gala birthday party, with the audience invited to enjoy a glass of champagne (or other bubbly) at intermission (provided by an anonymous donor) AND birthday cake and coffee served at the back of Lincoln Hall at its conclusion! Celebrated each in their own right, Katherine and her collaborating artists will delight the festive Lincoln Hall audience sharing the joy they have had making music together on some of the leading concert series in Pittsburgh. Katherine has performed with pianist Walter Morales as a soloist with the Edgewood Symphony (for whom he serves as Music Director) singing Mahler, Bernstein and David Stock and with Robert Frankenberry in many Aria412 concerts and a Mozart celebration for Chatham University. Katherine, Robert and Walter have performed together in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera and Richard Strauss’ Elektra with the Chatham Concert Opera. Internationally acclaimed violinist Monique Mead joins the ensemble in chamber music, performing Massenet’s Élégie and the achingly beautiful violin obligato in Richard Strauss’ Beim Schlafengehen, as well as the first Gershwin Prelude arranged by Jascha Heifetz. ALLEGHENY RIVERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS is registered as a Charitable Organization with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations under The Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P.S. § 162.I et seq., and is authorized to solicit charitable contributions under the conditions and limitations set forth under the Act.