Susan Nace
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  • San Jose, CA
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I love what my students wrote about the Ives' Concord Symphony. Their concert review had to include information about their most and least favorite pieces of the program. Many preferred the Ives over the Schubert!"My personal favorite piece was the…
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I love what my students wrote about the Ives' Concord Symphony. Their concert review had to include information about their most and least favorite pieces of the program. Many preferred the Ives over the Schubert!"My personal favorite piece was the…
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I usually do not approve of "me too" comments; but I have to support this conclusion that sometimes there are occasions when enthusiastic applause just does not feel right. This was definitely one of those occasions. My Examiner.com piece should now…
September 27, 2009
A blog post by Susan Nace was featured
Music can move me but I was totally unprepared for tonight's concert! I wept! The Mahler 5 adagietto has always had a special place in my heart because of a very dear friend with whom I shared Mahler 5 several years ago. Thomas Hampson's Lieder ei…
September 27, 2009
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Music can move me but I was totally unprepared for tonight's concert! I wept! The Mahler 5 adagietto has always had a special place in my heart because of a very dear friend with whom I shared Mahler 5 several years ago. Thomas Hampson's Lieder ei…
September 27, 2009
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Shakespeare caught the imagination of the Romantics (note that you list primarily Romantic composers) after having languished for a century (or two). This was due to the German translations of Shakespeare that happened in the 1700s. Shakespeare was…
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Hi Susan -- I wonder if your students would enjoy comparing the Piano Variations to the Orchestral Variations -- same work, but different instruments? Lunch and curriculum talk sound great! Maybe the easiest thing is for you to email me: skey@sfsym…
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My favorite musicians:
(Beginning list)
Frederica von Stade
Janet Baker
Susan Graham
Michelle DeYoung
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
My favorite composers:
(Do I Have to? Another beginning list)
Ned Rorem
Francis Poulenc
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Orlando di Lasso
Christoph Willibald Gluck
John Adams
Joseph Canteloube
Claude Debussy
Lennon and McCartney
Rodgers and Hart
The instrument(s) I play (or played, as a kid):
piano, horn, sing!
My favorite concert of all time:
Sentimentally: My very first classical concert: Gina Bachauer playing Beethoven Sonatas. I was just beginning to play the Beethoven sonatas at 13.

As a performer:
As a soloist: My Composers' Love Songs to their Lovers Recital:
Schumann's Frauenliebe und leben
Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis
R. Strauss's Op. 28 songs

As a choral singer:
My first Carmina with the SF Symphony Chorus. I met the SF Symphony audience for the first time and was overwhelmed by their enthusiasm.
How I’m connected with the San Francisco Symphony:
sing in the Chorus

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H.S. Freshmen fall in love with Ives' Concord Symphony

I love what my students wrote about the Ives' Concord Symphony. Their concert review had to include information about their most and least favorite pieces of the program. Many preferred the Ives over the Schubert!

"My personal favorite piece was the second movement of Ives, "Hawthorne," because of
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Posted on March 15, 2010 at 4:30pm —

Susan Nace

Mahler 5 adagietto, Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen, Mahler 9 - 9/26

Music can move me but I was totally unprepared for tonight's concert!
I wept!

The Mahler 5 adagietto has always had a special place in my heart because of a very dear friend with whom I shared Mahler 5 several years ago.

Thomas Hampson's Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen bore deep into my heart.
But the final overlay of Hampson's voice on the Mahler 9 broke my heart!

I would have given a standing ovation, but I was so deeply moved that tears will have to suffice.

Thank you!

Posted on September 27, 2009 at 1:18am — 1 Comment

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At 9:43am on September 24, 2009, Rhys Cheung said…
Yes, I was one the of the Lamplighters Iolanthe fairies. I wasn't cast in the SFS production, though. And I'm back for this season! I left my job in L.A., and I've rejoined the chorus. See you at rehearsals.
At 11:24am on July 29, 2009, Jean Shirk said…
That's wonderful news about Susan Key - I saw that you and she were talking and that you'd invited her to lunch - I'm so glad you were able to do that. Happy to have been a small part of making it happen. Maybe I'll meet you one of these days when you're here with your class. Thanks for participating in the social network - I hope you'll continue to do so. Would you like to write a blog post about your conversation with Susan Key? Maybe there are ideas other teachers could use? Thanks again, Susan.
At 11:08am on July 29, 2009, Jean Shirk said…
Hi Susan - I noticed you listed horn as one of your instruments. A new group for horn players has just formed on the San Francisco Symphony social network – hope you’ll check it out and join the conversation! Here’s the link: http://community.sfsymphony.org/group/hornplayers
At 11:32am on June 20, 2009, Sasha Cooke said…
Thanks, Susan--I'm looking forward to returning to the SF Symphony!
 
 

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