Special Holiday Concert | Opera Singer, Will Liverman and Pianist Judith Lynn Stillman
This holiday season, Manhattanville University will host a spectacular evening of music featuring GRAMMY Award-winning baritone Will Liverman and acclaimed pianist Judith Lynn Stillman. This exclusive performance in O’Byrne Chapel promises an unforgettable showcase of world-class artistry. Together, Liverman’s rich baritone and Stillman’s celebrated piano artistry bring art songs, arias, festive selections, and original compositions to life through their extraordinary collaboration.
The performance marks one of Liverman’s few appearances outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Tickets on sale now!
General Admission: $75.00 (concert only 7:30pm-8:30pm)
VIP: $250 includes a special post-concert reception and photo opportunity (7:30pm-9:30)
Tickets are available online. Order yours TODAY!
Judith Lynn Stillman and Will Liverman’s ESSENTIAL BUSINESS: A Mini-Opera with film, musical score, and piano/instrumentals by Judith Lynn Stillman, featuring Will Liverman, was the First Prize winner of the worldwide OperaVision/Opera Europa International Quarantine Competition. The film was spotlighted as “a watching and listening highlight” by The Guardian. Liverman and Stillman also performed Art Song to Aria at the Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts. Their duo recital included the world premiere of Stillman’s song cycle, “Where There’s A Will…”, commissioned by Liverman.
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:
Will Liverman: Baritone
Called “a voice for this historic moment” (Washington Post), GRAMMY Award-winning baritone Will Liverman is the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award recipient and co-creator of The Factotum (Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2023 world premiere). This season’s engagements include the Metropolitan Opera (The Magic Flute), Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera (La Bohème), Dutch National Opera (Peter Grimes), Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, National Sawdust, New York Festival of Song, String Theory, The Concertgebouw, and Oxford International Song Festival. Cedille Records released Liverman’s Show Me The Way (March 2024), a celebration of American song. His Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers (Cedille, 2021) was GRAMMY Award-nominated for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Liverman is an alumnus of the Ryan Opera Center (Lyric Opera of Chicago), The Juilliard School (M.M.), and Wheaton College (B.M.).
More about Will Liverman: www.willliverman.com
Judith Lynn Stillman: Pianist/Artistic Director
Judith Lynn Stillman is an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, music director, and filmmaker. Honored as an Artist of The American Prize and a Pell Award recipient, she holds Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School. Praised by Wynton Marsalis as “a consummate artist,” Stillman is Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Rhode Island College. Her career includes performances at prestigious festivals such as Marlboro and Tanglewood, serving as Music Director for Operafestival di Roma, and playing at the GRAMMYs honoring Rostropovich. She has premiered works at Lincoln Center and held residencies in China, Russia, and the Czech Republic. Her Sony Music duo album with Marsalis reached Billboard’s Top Ten, earning critical acclaim. Collaborating with artists like Herbie Hancock and the Beach Boys, Stillman’s compositions and films have won numerous international awards, praised for their brilliance and emotional depth. Her holiday recordings are celebrated for their “spirit-lifting” arrangements.
More about Judith Lynn Stillman: https://judithlynnstillman.com
About Manhattanville University
Manhattanville University (formerly Manhattanville College) is a private liberal arts institution dedicated to academic excellence, purposeful education, and social responsibility. For three years in a row, “U.S. News and World Report” has ranked Manhattanville the number one private, non-profit institution in New York among Top Performers of Social Mobility in Regional Universities North. The university has been recognized among the best colleges in The Princeton Review for close to 20 years. Located 30 miles from New York City on a 100-acre suburban campus in the heart of Westchester County, Manhattanville enables easy access to entertainment offerings, educational resources, and business opportunities for its diverse student body. The university serves more than 1,300 undergraduate students and nearly 1,000 graduate students from more than 44 countries and 33 states. Founded in 1841, the university offers more than 75 undergraduate and graduate areas of study in the arts and sciences, education, nursing and health sciences, business, and creative writing, as well as continuing and executive education programs. Graduate students can choose from over 70 graduate and certificate programs. Extracurricular offerings include more than 45 clubs and activities and 23 NCAA Division III teams