By Nicole Cooke,
October 14, 2024
From left, Dr. Mia Kim, Dr. Jake Sentgeorge and Dr. Courtney Fletcher will perform
a recital on Monday, Oct. 21 in Hart Recital Hall at UCM.
The 欧美视频 (UCM) Division of Music will present a recital
featuring female composers at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 in Hart Recital Hall in the Utt
Building.
鈥淚 Hold My Soul: Music by Women Composers鈥 will offer solo and duet music performances
that spotlight female composers Edie Hill, Undine Smith Moore, Margaret Bonds, Florence
Price, Maria Malibran, Augusta Holm茅s, and Lili and Nadia Boulanger.
Dr. Jake Sentgeorge, tenor, presents this recital with Dr. Mia Kim, piano, and special
guest Dr. Courtney Fletcher, mezzo-soprano.
鈥淭hese incredible songs and duets by female composers deserve to be performed widely,鈥
Sentgeorge said. 鈥淭hey show how much tremendous music was disregarded by the misogynist
decision-makers of their time. The duets span the Romantic era to the 20th century,
and the solo songs run from the WWI era to current times.鈥
Sentgeorge, a professor of Voice at UCM since 2008, has performed as a tenor soloist
in a broad range of performances in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Italy. He
has premiered several new works in addition to his own compositions for voice and
electronics. He has taught Applied Voice, Diction, and Vocal Literature and directed
opera workshops and musical theatre productions.
Kim is a Piano and Piano Pedagogy professor and the Community Music Program director
at UCM. She made her professional debut with the Indianapolis Symphony at age 12 and
has since performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. In January,
Kim performed at the historic Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Kim frequently appears as a clinician and adjudicator across America and in several
other countries. She is highly involved in the music culture across Missouri, including
being the founder and current president of the Warrensburg Friends of Music.
Fletcher is an assistant professor of Voice at the University of Kansas who has taught
various genres, including classical, musical theater, jazz, pop and folk. In 2022,
she was selected as one of 12 young teachers from the U.S. and Canada to participate
in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern Program. She is the
2024 third place winner of the NATS Artist Awards.
As a performer, Fletcher has traveled domestically and internationally for various
operatic roles and performances. In January, she will perform her role debut as Giovanna
Seymour in 鈥淎nna Bolena鈥 with Winter Opera St. Louis.
The recital is free and open to the public, but tickets are needed. To reserve tickets,
visit .
For more information, contact Sentgeorge at sentgeorge@ucmo.edu or visit ucmo.edu/music.