Mary Ashton Gray, soprano
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon, soprano
Katrina Saporsantos, soprano
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano
Laura Mercado-Wright, mezzo soprano
This concert will last about one hour without intermission.
Please silence your electronic devices.
Photography, video, or recording of any part of this performance is prohibited
Program
*Included on VAMP debut album
Laura Mercado-Wright b. 1979
First Bird* 2024
Laura Mercado-Wright
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon
Mary Ashton Gray
Abbie Betinis b. 1980
Be Like the Bird* 2009
Caroline Shaw b. 1982
Dolce Cantavi* 2015
Page Stephens
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon
Laura Mercado-Wright
J.S. Bach 1685-1750
arr. Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon b. 1987
Gute Nacht, o Wesen from Jesu, meine Freude before 1735
Remel Derrick. b. 1981
I Have Come to Bury Love* 2020
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon
Mary Ashton Gray
Page Stephens
Dana Lyn b. 1974
Daytime Atheist* 2019-2021
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon
Mary Ashton Gray
Page Stephens
Laura Mercado-Wright
Charles Villiers Stanford 1852-1924
The Blue Bird 1910
Bobby Troup 1918-1999
Their Hearts Were Full of Spring 1957
Peter Stopschinski
The Smell of Rain* 2023
Appalachian traditional
arr. Linda Kachelmeier b. 1965
Silver Dagger* 2015
Laura Mercado-Wright
Smile* 2023
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon
Mary Ashton Gray
Katrina Saporsantos
Page Stephens
Joan Szymko b. 1957
Excerpt from As a Woman* 1988, 2013
Katrina Saporsantos
Laura Mercado-Wright
Anthem* 2020
Russell Podgorsek b. 1980
Teasdale Epigraph 2025
World premiere, written for VAMP in celebration of our first album release
About the Program
Some of the music on this album has been with VAMP since March 2020 when we were rehearsing in parking garages and backyards, our voices like the very birds we sang about, soaring across space to reach one another. You'll hear pieces that were born from our lived experience as women, honed by impossible and paradoxical pressures. Other songs serve as a peaceful refuge, or in some cases, a plea for peace. This debut album is a hallmark in our collective and individual journeys as singers, composers, poets, producers, business owners, and friends. We hope you can hear in every chord and line all the love we have for this music and each other.
About Vamp
Conceived pre-pandemic and born in March 2020, VAMP is a vocal quintet of formidable female artists touting a motley songbook and a bold red lip. Versatile in style and genre, they are committed to programming and commissioning new work and making classical vocal music relatable for audiences.
VAMP Vocals seeks to create unconventional musical experiences that embrace vulnerability and emotional intensity and provide audiences with a unique women-led perspective and a renewed sense of connection to their community, themselves, and the world.
Mary Ashton Gray
Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon
Katrina Saporsantos
Page Stephens
Laura Mercado-Wright
Event Details
Free admission