We are in for a real treat this Sunday afternoon at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, where Soprano, Erin Nizolak, is joined by Deborah Gatland, Bridget Dean and Richard Dewland. Erin performed for us alongside the Lee Choral Society in January drawing huge admiration from the audience. On Sunday, Erin, Deborah, Bridget and Richard are bringing us a very different concert.

Free entrance with retiring collection; your donations help us to maintain our historic Handel organ - thank you. Tea and cake to follow. A warm welcome awaits you, followed by an hour of stunning music - see you there.

Programme

Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?	Aaron Copland
Sull’aria From Le nozze di Figaro	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Duet: Erin Nizolak and Bridget Dean
Ave Maria	Franz Schubert	With Deborah Gatland, Violin
Gymnopédie No.1	Erik Satie	Piano solo by Richard Dewland
Après un rêve	Gabriel Faure
Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon) From Rusalka	Antonín Dvořák
Ain’t it a Pretty Night? From Susannah	Carlisle Floyd
The Trees on the Mountains From Susannah	Carlisle Floyd
Lied ohne Worte in A major	Felix Medelssohn	Piano solo by Richard Dewland
Soave sia il vento	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Trio: Erin Nizolak, Bridget Dean, Richard Dewland, with Deborah Gatland
Cosi fan tutte	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Trio: Erin Nizolak, Bridget Dean, Richard Dewland, with Deborah Gatland
Donde lieta usci From La bohème	Giacomo Puccini
O mio babbino caro From Gianni Schicchi	Giacomo Puccini
Sei come voi piccina From Le Villi	Giacomo Puccini
Spanish Dance	Sarasate	Violin solo, Deborah Gatland
Beim Schlafengehen	Richard Strauss Lieder	Erin Nizolak and Deborah Gatland
Morgen	Richard Strauss Lieder	Erin Nizolak and Deborah Gatland
Zueignung	Richard Strauss Lieder

Biographies

Erin Nizolak is an American soprano from Seattle. She earned her Bachelor of Music with a minor in English from Western Washington University, where she performed in choral concerts, art song recitals, opera scenes, and premiered a role in a newly composed operetta. She served as a church cantor, finding in sacred music a space of discipline and devotion. After graduation, her family travelled to South Korea, Germany, and now England. Throughout these travels, and amid the joyful uproar of raising five children, music remained a steady thread. Erin returned to solo performance this past October at St Faith’s, Lee-on-Solent. She is grateful for the chance to lift her voice and share in the beauty of live music and we are delighted that she has chosen to sing here at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport.

Richard Dewland is a Bristol Born, Birmingham Conservatoire Graduate, working as a freelance musician in Hampshire. As an organist, pianist, flautist, singer and composter, his professional engagements are broad and varied; Head of Music at Boundary Oak School, organist and Director of Music at St Faith’s Lee-on-Solent, private tutor, organ recitalist and published composter of Liturgical music.

Deborah Gatland is a violinist with a diverse career including classical, folk and Americana styles. She is a regular player with the Bossard String Quartet, local orchestras and she plays fiddle with the South Coat folk band, The Courtiers. Deborah studied music with Peter Rhodes whilst he was Head of Music at South Downs College. It was whilst studying under the guidance of Bulgarian violin and viola professor, Deborina Gamalova, that Deborah discovered a love of Spanish music, namely Sarasate’s Spanish Dances. This inspired her to study langauges at the University of Portsmouth, alongside her violin studies. After her degree, Deborah spent three years on tour with a leading British folk band, playing major folk festivals in Britain and on the continent. Highlights of this time include performance at Glastonbury and the Skagen Festival in Denmark.

For Bridget Dean, singing has always been a part of life. Fortunate to have supportive music teachers in both primary and secondary school, she received training and opportunities to perform from an early age. Over the years, she has sung in London at all the main concert venues and with local choirs wherever she’s lived. Never turning down an opportunity to sing, she has sung opera, with folk bands and small chorale groups as well as solo work. She is a worship leader for the contemporary service at St Faith’s Church, Lee-on-Solent, where she also plays clarinet, recorder and Irish whistles.