KC VITAs
KC VITAs Presents
Voices of VITAs 2022
St. John’s United Methodist Church
6900 Ward Parkway - KCMO
Sunday, February 6, 2022 - 3:00 p.m.
Jackson C. Thomas, Artistic Director
in Just
music by Michael O'Callahan (CT)
text by E.E. Cummings
Kirsten Hyde, soprano - Robert Pherigo, piano
universe is trying to tell me something but it's mute
music by JD Daniel (MO)
text by Irina Rakhilkina
Kaitlyn York, mezzo-soprano - Robert Pherigo, piano
Three Love Songs
music by Keane Southard (NY)
"My Love It Should Be Silent" text by Theodosia Garrison
"A Red, Red Rose" text by Robert Burns
"Again and Again" text by Rainer Maria Rilke
Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano - Robert Pherigo, piano
The Grass is Above My Head
music by Kota Hayton (MO)
text by Alan Retamozo
Elizabeth Birger, soprano - Ryan Morris, bassoon - Robert Pherigo, piano
#College
music by Chris Burton (TX)
text anonymous, Daily Kansas Free For All
"Misplaced Priorities"
"#GingerProblems"
"Turn Signals"
"It's Not That I'm Bored in Class"
Elizabeth Birger, soprano - Robert Pherigo, piano
i dared to say it to the sky
music by Sarah Lianne Lewis
texts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
I. Vöglein auf der Weige
II. Gedankenstille
III. Das glaubst du nur nicht
Alyssa Toepfer, soprano - Alex Smith, Percussion
Sentiments
music by Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee (Taiwan)
I. Patience text by Nesca Stroud
II. The Watch text by Holly Wren Spaulding
III. Two Epigrams text by Ron Nyren
IV. Diamond Impressions text by Bob Janes
Louis Tiemann, baritone - Robert Pherigo, piano
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