Josephine Kopff, Senior Recital, voice
Program:
Piano
Fantasia No. 4 in C minor, K. 475 (1785) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 (1826) by Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
The Cat and the Mouse (1920) by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
Art Songs & Arias
“Deh vieni non tardar” from Le Nozze Di Figaro (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Opus 34, No. 2 (1834) Music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Text by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Le Papillon et la Fleur, Opus 1, No. 1 (1869) Music by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Text by Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Colette (1891) Music by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
“Laurie’s Song” from The Tender Land (1954) by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Musical Theatre
“When He Sees Me” from Waitress (2016) by Sara Bareilles (b.1979)
“On the Steps of the Palace” from Into the Woods (1986) by Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
“My House” from Matilda (2010) by Tim Minchin (b. 1975)
“Vanilla Ice Cream” from She Loves Me (?) Music by Jerry Bock (1928-2010) Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (1924-2023)
Biography:
Josephine (Josie) Kopff is a senior at WashU in the college of Arts & Sciences completing her A.B. degree with a major in Music and a minor in Mathematics. A lifelong musician and performer, Josie has been playing the piano for 17 years and singing “since birth.” She also played violin (4 years), flute (2 years), and hammered dulcimer (3 years), but piano and voice were the instruments that stuck. At WashU, she has studied under Sandra Geary and Ben Worley, served as the Music Director for More Fools Than Wise (WashU’s premier folk, jazz, and chamber a cappella group), and sang in the WashU Concert and Chamber Choirs every semester, serving as the soprano section leader for the past five semesters. Josie enjoys performing in musical theatre, most recently with the WashU Performing Arts Department in their productions of Cabaret (Fall 2023) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (next weekend). Last Spring, she played in the pit orchestra for three musicals—two at local high schools and one with Cast & Crew, one of WashU’s student theatre groups. Outside of music, Josie enjoys knitting and crocheting with String Theory and competing with WashU’s Bridge Club at collegiate tournaments (and at nationals in 2022!). After graduation, she plans to get a master’s degree in Music Education with the career goal of becoming a choir director. As the child of two professional musicians, she has been surrounded by music her whole life, so it is no surprise she has landed in the same field as her parents.