Preach Sister, Preach Katherine Jolly

• Evan Williams: Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson):
• 1Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 1, I Dwell in Possibility00:56
• 2Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 2, The Name - Of It - Is "Autumn"03:08
• 3Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 3, The Bee Is Not Afraid of Me01:22
• 4Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 4, Within My Garden Rides a Bird01:48
• 5Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 5, These Are the Days When Birds Come Back03:22
• 6Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 6, I'm Nobody! Who Are You?00:49
• 7Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 7, Wild Nights - Wild Nights!00:47
• 8Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 8, Dawn01:55
• 9Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 9, Glee! The Great Storm Is Over!02:24
• 10Emily's House (10 Poems from Emily Dickinson): No. 10, The Shelter02:06
• Katherine Bodor (b. 1994):
• 11Absent an Adjustment08:32
• Evan Mack (b. 1981): Preach Sister, Preach:
• 12Preach Sister, Preach: No. 1, Simone de Beauvoir01:30
• 13Preach Sister, Preach: No. 2, Mae West01:02
• 14Preach Sister, Preach: No. 3, Gilda Radner00:57
• 15Preach Sister, Preach: No. 4, George Eliot01:08
• 16Preach Sister, Preach: No. 5, Lucille Ball00:31
• 17Preach Sister, Preach: No. 6, Daphne du Maurier01:41
• 18Preach Sister, Preach: No. 7, Lizz Winstead00:33
• 19Preach Sister, Preach: No. 8, Leslie Jones01:15
• 20Preach Sister, Preach: No. 9, Ann Landers00:41
• 21Preach Sister, Preach: No. 10, Gloria Steinem00:32
• 22Preach Sister, Preach: No. 11, Natasha Scripture00:29
• 23Preach Sister, Preach: No. 12, Lucille Ball00:41
• 24Preach Sister, Preach: No. 13, Tina Fey00:59
• 25Preach Sister, Preach: No. 14, Ellen DeGeneres02:06
• Total Runtime41:14

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Preach Sister, Preach showcases award-winning Katherine Jolly’s “agile, bright lyric soprano” voice (The New York Times) on a series of pieces that are distinctively individual in their inspiration while cohesively united by the passions of their composers.

Collaborating with pianist Emily Yap Chua, Jolly evokes the passion and curiosity of Emily Dickinson’s poetry in Evan Williams’ Emily’s House, a collection of ten poems in which she communicates the lyrics such that one could imagine the voice being that of the poet’s herself. A keen observer, Dickinson used images from nature, religion, and science to probe universal themes: the wonders of the natural world, the identity of the self, death and immortality, and love. Together Jolly and Chua breathe incredible new life into these ideas, delivering a personal and profound performance while transporting modern audiences to another place and time.

Jolly turns to inspiration of a more contemporary and crucial nature on Absent an Adjustment in which her voice, ominous and purposeful, floats above and around the strings, frequently in a dissonant duet with the clarinet, heightening the intense spirit of the piece. The acrobatic coloratura vocal line, use of repeated motives and text, combined with the highly rhythmic ensemble in Katherine Bodor’s Absent an Adjustment, support its message of urgency in the face of ecological disaster.

Acclaimed composer Evan Mack was inspired by the energy of the first women’s march to craft Preach Sister, Preach, a song cycle which explores and celebrates the voices of ten powerful women such as Lucille Ball, Mae West, Simone de Beauvoir, Tina Fey, and Ellen DeGeneres. The intricate collaboration of Jolly and Chua succinctly portrays the power of the quotes from these women and, in doing so, offers both musical and lyrical insights into the women themselves.

An accomplished singer on the operatic and concert stages, Jolly has performed to great critical acclaim throughout the world. With Preach Sister, Preach, she demonstrates not only the power and beauty of her instrument but the importance of the female voice to enact needed change in today’s world.

Katherine Jolly, soprano
Emily Yap Chua, piano
Christa Cole, violin
Rachel Mossburg, viola
Samantha Johnson-Helms, clarinet
Per Bjørkling, double bass
Joshua Harper, conductor

Katherine Jolly
A bright, young, accomplished singer on the opera and concert stages, soprano Katherine Jolly has appeared in leading roles with Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Florida Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Virginia Opera, Amarillo Opera, Piedmont Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, American Lyric Theatre, and Union Avenue Opera. In the concert arena she has performed in multiple seasons with Bach Society Saint Louis in Bach’s Coffee Cantata, The Kingsbury Ensemble in Bach’s Wedding Cantata and Handel’s Il Delirio Amoroso, as the soprano soloist in Handel’s The Messiah with the Evansville Philharmonic, the Richmond Symphony, and the Phoenix Symphony. Jolly was also featured with the Phoenix Symphony in staged performances of Brundibar, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Sinfonia Gulf Coast, Carmina Burana with Northwest Florida Symphony, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Sacramento Choral Arts Society.

Jolly made her debut with Houston Grand Opera in 2012, performing as part of their East/West Chamber Opera series in a premier of New Arrivals. “Katherine Jolly, also making her HGO debut, employed tender and expressive soprano vocals to make her portrayal of Iris poignant and unforgettable,” stated Operaworld.com. She debuted with Virginia Opera, reprising Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and was featured with the company as one of three sopranos in their Simply Sopranos Gala. Jolly returned to New York City Opera in 2010 for performances as Laoula in L’Etoile following her performances in Cendrillon in 2007 where Variety wrote of her debut, “As the Fairy Godmother, coloratura soprano Katherine Jolly, delights with her endlessly flowing trills, runs and roulades.”

A winner of the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals, Jolly was praised by the New York Times who stated “Katherine Jolly used her agile, bright lyric soprano to superb effect in showpieces from Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail and Ariadne auf Naxos.” Jolly returned to the Met in the spring of 2010 to workshop An Enchanted Island with the company and was featured with City Opera’s VOX series in new operas, Acquanetta, and Josephine, broadcast on NPR. In addition to her Metropolitan Opera National Council Award, she has been the recipient of other awards including an honorable mention as a 2007 George London Finalist, the 2006 Opera Theatre Saint Louis William B. McMillan award, and a 2005 McAllister Career Grant.

Jolly received the Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and has taught on faculty at Saint Louis University and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She is an Associate Professor of Voice at Oberlin Conservatory.

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