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Savanna Butcher, soprano Lexy Jensen, soprano Connor Vrooman, tenor Brian Johnson, baritone

“Presentation of the Rose” from Der Rosenkavalier

Savanna Butcher - “Je suis encor”, Manon, Massenet

Six Poems by Emily Dickinson - John Duke 1. Good Morning, Midnight 2. Heart, We Will Forget Him 4. An Awful Tempest Mashed the Air 5. Nobody Knows This Little Rose 6. Bee! I’m Expecting You Savanna Butcher, soprano Areum Park, piano

Savanna Butcher, soprano - "Je suis encore tout étourdie" from Massenet's "Manon"

Minnelied, Op. 47, No. 1 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34, No. 2 Neue Liebe, Op. 19a, No. 4

Clairières dans le ciel - Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) 1. Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie 2. Elle est gravement gaie 7. Nous nous aimerons tant 8. Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme 9. Les Lilas qui avaient fleuri

An original composition by Savanna Butcher. Think of an icy burst of light. This piece attempts to tell a story through imagination of the title and the kind of emotions one would feel while walking through a barren, icy landscape. When I think of Gelid Coruscation, I think of existing in nothingness and then suddenly finding hope. I think of the spark of an idea. A match being lit in the dark…...

An original composition by Savanna Butcher. Immix - “to blend” This was my first electronic music endeavor, as a project in a class. It was written for fixed electronic media and a live performer, and it transformed into a blend of various styles, sounds, techniques, instruments, and art forms. Performer - Savanna Butcher, flute and voice

An original composition by Savanna Butcher. I began writing this near the beginning of my compositional journey, and then hung it up on the shelf, unfinished. I found it recently and wanted to create something out of it. The final score ended up being different than anything I’ve written before. The middle section, which is out of time, is put together by a series of cues. The players were give...

An original composition by Savanna Butcher. This composition began with and is structured around 3 pitches. From there, it turned into an amazing collaboration spread out over my years at West Virginia University. Dodger has two characters-a question and an answer, each having a distinct musical motive. The “question” is asked many times, in different ways. The “answer” is finally given, but in...

An original composition by Savanna Butcher. This piece was written specifically for the PHACE Ensemble based in Vienna, Austria for the Vienna Summer New Music Festival in 2019. As a participant of the composer forum within the festival, I was assigned to select 1- 4 instruments from the available instrumentation list. The piece had to be under 10 minutes in length but had no other requirements...

“Though you may be trapped in darkness, Lurking and caged within the shadows, You will shine as the sun. In time.” - Savanna Butcher An original composition by Savanna Butcher. This was written before the pandemic began, but can speak to how many people are feeling. We will heal, in time. "In Time" was written in 2019, and recorded in spring of 2021 for my senior composition recital. This advan...

An original composition by Savanna Butcher. "Shift" was written in 2019, mainly because I wanted to write a song for string quartet. Listen for snippets of ideas that are layered over each other and shifted over rhythmically to slightly differ layers and create new sounds. The recording takes place at Cooper's Rock overlook in West Virginia, featuring the following performers: Nathanael Turner,...

All Ears - Savanna Butcher