My daughter Jessica has been studying voice with Dina Mirskaya for four
years. She and Dina’s other four almost-High-School-graduates
presented their culminating Senior Recital at
Le Petit Trianon theater in
downtown San Jose last Saturday, on 5 May. Each of the performers had about
20 minutes on the program. For Jessica, this meant six songs, in two sets of
three.
- “Canción de la gitana habilidosa” – J. Castel (1761-1781) Spanish
- “Gretchen am Spinnrade” – F. Schubert (1797-1828) German
- “Lyubasha’s Aria” from The Tsar’s Bride – N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Russian - “Silver Dagger” (traditional American folk song) English
- “La mi Sola, Laureola” – F. Obradors (1807-1945) Spanish
- “Your Daddy’s Hands” from Ragtime – S. Flaherty (1960-present)
English
As always, Simona
Snitkovskaya was the capable and charming piano accompanist. The wonderful
food for the reception was from the Russia Cafe and Deli (1712 Winchester
Blvd., Campbell, CA 95008, 408.379.6680). All in all, the music was lovely,
the event was a delight, and the friends and family in the audience were
pleased and proud.
I took the bottom photo of Jessica at the Pittsburgh, PA airport a few weeks
ago as we set out for home after she decided to accept Carnegie Mellon’s offer for
her to join their undergraduate class in September. The CMU nametag she has on
says “Accepted Student” and the poster behind her says “Carnegie Mellon,
Pittsburgh, World Class”. Dina will be helping Jessica pick a new voice teacher
this summer so that when Jessica moves to Pittsburgh at the end of August, she can
continue her private music studies.
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Dina’s introduction: 
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Dina at the piano: 
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Simona at the piano: 
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Jessica’s opening song: 
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Jessica’s singing: 
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Jessica’s closing song: 
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