All Montagskonzert: AIMS Artists in Recitals are held at Pfarrsaal, St. Leonhard
Monday, July 27, 2020 at 19.30
Monday, August 3, 2020 at 19.30
Singer and collaborative piano participants may sign up to perform on these recitals.
TBA – MurInsel (AIMS Short)
Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 19:30 – Konferenzsaal der ams AG, Premstätten
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 19:30 – Casino Graz, Casineum
Coordinators and coaches: Michael Ramach and Stephanie Weiss
Music will be selected from the following:
A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)
Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Corner of the Sky (Pippin)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (Evita)
I Am What I Am (La Cage aux Folles)
I Believe (The Book of Mormon)
I Don’t Know How To Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
I Want It All (Baby)
I Won’t Send Roses (Mack & Mabel)
I’m Alive (Next to Normal)
Let It Go (Frozen)
Lily’s Eyes (The Secret Garden)
Magic To Do (Pippin)
Man Up (The Book of Mormon)
Moonfall (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Nobody’s Side (Chess)
One Night in Bangkok (Chess)
Out Tonight (Rent)
Pulled (The Addams Family)
So Much Better (Legally Blonde)
The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
The Schuyler Sisters (Hamilton)
This is the Moment (Jekyll & Hyde)
Unusual Way (Nine)
Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen)
You Could Drive a Person Crazy (Company)
Operetta Concerts (with piano)
TBA – Pfarrsaal, St Leonhard (Benefit for the Odilien-Institut)
TBA – Casino, Restaurant (AIMS Short)
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 19:30 – Casino Graz, Casineum
Coordinator and coach: Vanessa Bosch
The Operetta Program at AIMS is a unique opportunity for AIMS singers and pianists to become acquainted with a genre that has a vast repertoire and remains popular in German speaking countries and around the world. Most Americans only know of operetta through two of its towering hits, Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr and Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar. At AIMS, participants will encounter other works by the famous Strauss and Lehar, as well as operetta gems by composers such as Kálmán, Lortzing, Dostal, and Graz-born Robert Stolz. Far from being a poor stepchild of opera, operetta has vocal demands no less exacting than opera and a style all its own. Singers looking to establish themselves in Germany and Austria will find that many opera houses regularly perform operettas and prize performers with skills in this genre. The AIMS Operetta concerts with piano are well-attended by the Graz public, who view these concerts as yearly events not to be missed. The programs of arias, duets, and ensembles are animated with staging and choreography.
Spirituals and American Sacred Music Concerts
Friday, July 24, 2020 at 19:30 – Pfarrkirche Kainach
Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 19:30 – Wallfahrtskirche Maria Straßengel
Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 20:00 – Münzgrabenkirche
Coordinator and coach: Alfonse Anderson
Spiritual solos and ensembles. Open to all singers. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring music you want to perform.
Concert dress:
Ladies – floor-length gowns with modest necklines and shoulders covered. (No exceptions)
Men – dark suits with ties.
Buona sera, Graz! Italian Arias & Songs Concert
TBA – aiola upstairs (AIMS Short)
Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
Coordinator: Piotr Wisniewski
Italian opera arias and ensembles. Open to all singers. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring music you want to perform.
Performance opportunities at Graz church services
Sunday, July 12, 2020 at TBA – TBA
Sunday, July 19, 2020 at TBA – TBA
Sunday, July 26, 2020 at TBA – TBA
Sunday, August 2, 2020 at TBA – TBA
Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 10:00 – Münzgrabenkirche
Coordinator: TBA
Open to all singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring sacred music you know.
Viva Espana! Spanish Concerts
Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 19:30 – Meerscheinschlössl
Coordinator and coach: Gustavo Halley
John Muratore, guitar
Songs in Spanish from Spain/Latin America, and arias from Zarzuelas.
Bring music you wish to perform.
Kammermusik – Instrumental Chamber Music
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal, St Leonhard
Coordinator: David Thomas
Open to all instrumentalists. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring ensemble music you know. (Additional chamber music available in the AIMS library.)
