WINTERREISE
FRANZ SCHUBERT
“I will sing you a cycle of horrifying songs…”
—Franz Schubert
Artists
Christopher Hossfeld tenor
Christopher Hossfeld is the Director of Music and Ritual and Instructor in Sacred Music at Harvard Divinity School and Music Director at First Parish Church of Stow and Acton in Stow, Massachusetts. His professional experience spans many years as a conductor, composer, vocal performer, and lecturer in academic, church, and community settings. His compositions have been performed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Music Garden, and Jordan Hall. He has received commissions from various ensembles, including the Cantata Singers of Ottawa and the Grammy-nominated string orchestra A Far Cry. In Montréal, Québec, he was the conductor and co-artistic director of Opera da Camera and co-founded One Equall Musick, a collaborative vocal ensemble.
Trevor Berens piano
Trevor Berens is a pianist, composer, and music therapist. His former piano teachers include Tania Flesicher, Peter Miyamoto, and Vicki Ray, and his former composition teachers include Paul Humphreys, Stephen “Lucky” Mosko, Mark Saya, and James Tenney. He enjoys playing the piano in a variety of styles, including avant-garde classical music, traditional classical music, and free improvisation. As a collaborator, he works with solo vocalists and instrumentalists, chamber groups, dancers, and choruses. Trevor is the founder of Sonic Liberation Players, a Boston ensemble specializing in music by modern experimental and avant-garde composers. Trevor runs the Berens Voice and Piano Studio out of Pepperell with his wife, Jessica, works as a music therapist for young children, and is accompanist for the Halalisa Singers and First Parish Church of Stow and Acton.