2009-2010 Season Performances

(last updated 23 December 2009)

Friday, 6 November 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 7:30 p.m.
* Strauss ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Komponist)
(Double bill of Strauss PROLOGUE from ARIADNE AUF NAXOS and Donizetti VIVA LA MAMMA!)
Wortham Opera Theater, Rice University
Houston, Texas
Tickets: 713-348-8000 (Shepherd School Concert Office)

Saturday, 5 December 2009, 7:30 p.m.
* SPIRIT OF THE SEASON - Opera Scenes
(Strauss Final Trio from DER ROSENKAVALIER - Octavian)
Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University
Houston, Texas
Tickets: 713-348-8000 (Shepherd School Concert Office)

Friday, 11 December 2009, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 12 December 2009, 8 p.m.
* Handel MESSIAH (alto soloist)
Mercury Baroque
Cullen Hall, Wortham Center
Houston, Texas
Tickets: https://tix.cnptix.com/tix/SilverStream/Pages/pgIndex.html?siteID=1406

Thursday, 25 March 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, 26 March 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Monday, 29 March 2010, 7:30 p.m.
* Sondheim A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Charlotte)
Wortham Opera Theater, Rice University
Houston, Texas
Tickets: 713-348-8000 (Shepherd School Concert Office)

Friday, 9 April 2010, 8 p.m.
* MASTER'S RECITAL II
Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University
Houston, Texas
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend

Friday, 16 April 2010, 7:30 p.m.
* DMA COMPOSERS' RECITAL (performing Robert McClure's Three Songs on the Poetry of Sylvia Plath)
Room 1133, Rice University
Houston, Texas
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend

Spring 2009 Performances

(last updated 19 February 2009)

***Check back often (some dates have been rescheduled)

Thursday, 29 January 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 31 January 2009, 7:30 p.m.
* RICE OPERA THEATER WINTER SCENES PROGRAM (Albert Herring: Nancy)
Wortham Opera Theater
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Houston, Texas

Sunday, 22 February 2009, 3:00 p.m.
* METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL GRAND FINALS CONCERT
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Friday, 27 March 2009, 8:00 p.m. (***New date)
* SARAH MESKO IN RECITAL
Duncan Recital Hall
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Houston, Texas

Sunday, 19 April 2009, 3:00 p.m. (***New date)
* SARAH MESKO IN RECITAL
First Presbyterian Church
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Saturday, 25 April 2009, 7:30 p.m.
* Bach MASS IN B MINOR
Fort Smith Symphony
Arkansas Best Center for the Performing Arts
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Friday, 15 May 2009, 8:00 p.m. (fully staged)
Saturday, 16 May 2009, 8:00 p.m. (fully staged)
* Lully ARMIDE (La Sagesse, Sidonie)
Mercury Baroque
Cullen Theater
Houston, Texas

Sunday, 17 May 2009, 2:00 p.m. (concert version)
* Lully ARMIDE (La Sagesse, Sidonie)
Mercury Baroque
University of Houston at Clear Lake
Clear Lake, Texas

Sarah Mesko on the Web

Here are some links of articles and recordings that others have put on the Web:

http://www.medici.tv/#/performance/9/
***VIDEO
A live video of a Chamber Music recital at the Aspen Music Festival (June 23, 2008), where I performed the World Premiere of Richard Wernick's "A Song for Phil," which he composed in memory of late AMFS faculty members Philip West and Jan DeGaetani. It was an honor to premiere the work with violinist Carole Cowan, who was Phil's wife after the death of DeGaetani. (To see the video, click "Play" and skip forward to the 39-minute mark.)

http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/13096.htm
"University of Arkansas Graduate Wins National Singing Competitions"
An article on the U of A web site about winning the Grand Prize in the FAVA and NSAL Competitions this year.

http://www.austin360.com/arts/content/arts/stories/2008/03/0326grand.html
***AUDIO
"Arkansas, Texas singers take top prizes in UT competition"
An article in the Austin American-Statesman about winning the FAVA Grand Concours de Chant in March 2008. (Audio clip at http://www.austin360.com/news/mplayer/m/78070)

Purpose of the blog

I created this blog to function as my professional home on the web as a classical singer. It will include my current performance schedule as well as my resume, head shot, and biography.