Music of Benjamin Britten with Trevor Scott, Tenor

The Friends of the Music at St. Mark’s New Canaan, CT Presents

Music of Benjamin Britten.  Saturday, February 8, 2025, 5pm, in the soaring mid-century modern St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 111 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT.

Performed by Trevor Scott, tenor; with Eliana Barwinski, mezzo-soprano; Susan LaFever, French horn; all accompanied by Tomoko Nakayama, pianist.

Trevor Scott and friends will perform works of one of the most distinguished composers of the 20^th century, Benjamin Britten.  Included will be Canticle I – My beloved is mine, and I am his (tenor & piano); Canticle II – Abraham and Isaac (tenor, mezzo-soprano, & piano), and the extraordinary Serenade (tenor, horn, & piano).

General Admission tickets $30 ($35 day of event) / Students $10  available HERE

Lyric tenor Trevor Scott is currently in his second year of a Masters of Musical Arts degree in Early Music, Art Song, and Oratorio, studying through a degree program sponsored by both the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. This past summer, he was honored to make his professional international operatic debut, singing with the Danish National Opera in the chorus of Bohuslav Martinů’s The Greek Passion. He was also thrilled to be the tenor soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor (presented by Yale’s Schola Cantorum and Juilliard’s J415), which toured across England and Scotland.

Eliana Barwinski is a versatile mezzo-Soprano celebrated for her captivating performances and extensive musical expertise. Currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Religion and Music at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music, Barwinski has completed two years of her DM in Voice Performance from Indiana University and graduated with an MM and BM in Voice Performance with honors from the University of Michigan. Eliana’s stage presence spans a variety of roles, from Tebro in “O come e chiare e belle” to Alto soloist in Bach’s St. John’s Passion, and has been showcased on both national and international stages.

Horn player Susan LaFever: New York City freelancer Susan LaFever was reviewed by the New York Times, where her playing was called “bold and striking” with “a confident lyric quality”.  She is a frequent recitalist and soloist and has toured the U.S., Europe, Mexico and Asia. Susan has given master classes at the University of Iowa, Western Illinois University, and UC, Santa Barbara and has presented clinics and performances at several Northeast Horn Workshops, the International Women’s Brass Conference, the International Horn Symposium, and the National Flute Association Convention. She has degrees in performance from Union College, University of Nebraska, and Manhattan School of Music.

Pianist Tomoko Nakayama, a native of Japan, holds a Bachelor of Music in Harpsichord Performance and a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from The Juilliard School. As an alumna of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera, she has built a distinguished career as a pianist and assistant conductor. Her extensive experience includes collaborations with the International Vocal Art Institute in Israel, Opera on the Avalon, Tanglewood Music Center, Wolf Trap Opera, New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Lyric Theater of Connecticut, and Washington National Opera.

The program is presented by the Friends of Music at St. Mark’s, New Canaan, CT.

A light reception follows.

Purchase tickets here.