VAMP

Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon

Mary Ashton

Katrina Saporsantos

Page Stephens

Laura Mercado-Wright


Saturday, March 23rd, 7:30 pm

Highland Recital Hall

Building 2000


As a Woman

Joan Szymko, text adapted from “Three Guineas” by Virginia Woolf

Anthem (Summer 2020)

Laura Mercado-Wright with contributions from Adrienne Pedrotti,

text adapted from The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key

Wanting Memories

Ysaye Maria Barnwell

Il vostro di partir

Maddalena Casulana, text author anonymous

Dolce Cantavi

Caroline Shaw, text by Francesca Turina Bufalini Contessa di Stupinigi

Daytime Atheist from Slow Point on a Curve

words & music by Dana Lyn

Silver Dagger

traditional Appalachian tune, arr. Linda Kachelmeier

This Little Bird

words & music by John D. Loudermilk

Be Like the Bird

Abbie Betinis, text by Hugo Wolf

I Have Come To Bury Love

Remel Derrick, text by Sara Teasdale

Inertia

words & music by Laura Mercado-Wright

The Smell of Rain

words & music by Peter Stopchinski

Smile

Charlie Chaplin, words by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons,

arranged by Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon

Smile

words & music by Laura Mercado-Wright

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. VAMP’s programs are unconventional musical experiences that embrace vulnerability and emotional intensity. Deeply committed to amplifying music by living, female-identifying composers, VAMP's members have premiered scores by some of the country’s most exciting composers, including Gabriela Ortiz, Julia Wolfe, Caroline Shaw, Reena Esmail, Dana Lyn, and many others. 
VAMP is comprised of Adrienne Pedrotti-Bingamon, Mary Ashton, Katrina Saporsantos, Page Stephens, and Laura Mercado-Wright.