NEWS

Please join us for a conversation with soprano Lindsay Kesselman and her father, Chicago-based composer and pianist Lee Kesselman. They will preview their concert program, which will offer a variety of music —   sacred and secular, historic and present-day, art song and musical theater. The centerpiece of the concert will be the world premiere of Prairie Epitaphs, composed by Lee Kesselman. Lindsay and Lee will introduce us to Prairie Epitaphs, a song cycle inspired by Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology.

Event Details

Date: November 24

Time: 2 p.m.

Cost:  Free and open to the public.

Location: St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane **

** The pre-concert program is free, but tickets are required to stay for the concert. Tickets may be purchased online at the M@SA website or at the door until they sell out. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

About the Performers

Lindsay Kesselman is a twice GRAMMY-nominated soprano known for her warm, collaborative spirit and investment in personal, intimate communication with audiences. She regularly collaborates with orchestras, wind symphonies, chamber ensembles, opera/theater companies, and new music ensembles across the United States, often premiering, touring and recording new works written for her by living composers. Lindsay serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at UNC Greensboro and holds degrees in voice performance and music education from Rice University and Michigan State University.

Lee Kesselman served on the music faculty at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn from 1981 to 2021. He holds undergraduate degrees in piano and composition from Macalester, and a master’s degree in conducting from the University of Southern California. In addition to teaching and composing, Lee is active as a conductor, pianist, clinician and lecturer. He is best known as the composer of over 140 works, including opera, music for chorus, chamber music and solo songs.