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Tiberius défilé at the Nationalbibliothek
An Evening of Classical Delights
MS Amadeus Elegant performances
Marry Me a Little
The Hot Box Girls "Hot Burlesque Revue"
NYC's The Hot Box Girls: Hot Burlesque Revue hits Vienna August 27th with the sultry sirens of the stage. Featuring Jessica DoRight, Dixie DeLight,Trixie La Fée, Sean D'Leer and Ladybird Finch under the music direction of Chanda VanderHart. A delicious feast for all your senses!!!
The Hot Box Girls "L'Opéra Burlesque"
The Hot Box Girls: L’Opera Burlesque graces the stage of Wien’s Porgy and Bess on August 29th. Featuring the lusty operatic talents of Jessica DoRight, Dixie DeLight, Trixie La Fée, Sean D’Leer and Ladybird Finch under the music direction of Chanda VanderHart.
Concert with soprano Melissa Primavera
Ein Abend der Operette und Wienerlieder: Strauss ● Lehár ● Stolz | 23. Juni 2015, 19.00 Uhr at Wien Kunstpalais
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Concert Tour on MS Europa with Valda Wilson
Kolkata Classics tour - Night of Make Believe at The Little Gym
Kolkata Classics tour - Talespin
Kolkata Classics tour - Dreams of Summer
MS Amadeus Elegant performances
Tiberius défilé at the Nationalbibliothek
An Evening of Classical Delights
PODIUM FESTIVAL Mödling 2015
Marry Me a Little
Musical direction for the Hot Box Girls
Concert with soprano Melissa Primavera
AIMS Gala Concert in Graz
Private Drama exclusive concert in Tyrol
Late Night Liederabend
AIMS Gala Concert
Waldgespräch Liedermatinée
Mahler, Strauss & Wolf recital
Winter journey this Autumn
Hear my Song
The Volkstheater honors Walter Arlen
Concertgebouw De Doelen
Jewish Museum Vienna
I Hate Music… but I like to Sing!
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St. Goar International Music Festival and Academy
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The Sankt Goar International Festival and Academy is a venue for the study and performance of classical music in an ideally located yet remarkably peaceful and beautiful setting in the heart of Germany’s Upper Middle Rhine Valley, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Chanda VanderHart graduated from high school
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a National Merit Scholar, and attended the prestigious Eastman School of Music on a George Eastman Merit Scholarship, graduating with distinction with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance. A Fulbright Grant recipient, Chanda did her graduate work in Milan and Vienna, studying under numerous teachers including Julius Drake, Roger Vignoles, Carolyn Hague, Kristin Okerlund, David Aronson, Maria Grazia Bell’Occhio, Anna Fre, David Lutz and the Altenberg Trio. She received a Performance Diploma in Opera Coaching from the Vienna Conservatory in 2005, and completed her Master’s Degree in Lied and Oratorium Accompaniment in 2006. She received a post-graduate diploma in vocal accompaniment with honors under the renowned Julius Drake in June 2012, and is currently a PhD candidate in musicology at the University for Music in Vienna researching forgotten song composers of the 19th Century....
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Short 300 words English and German biographies. Last revision January 2015
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Talespin, musical tales for big & small
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R. Strauss - Die Nacht (Eric Stokloßa)
Send in the Clowns cover
Brahms CD on CD Baby Editor's Pick listing
Jason Bridges, tenor
Rebecca Nelsen, soprano
15. International Johannes Brahms competition
Jewish Museum Vienna
I Hate Music… but I like to Sing!
Wigmore Hall Competition 2007
Brahms trio Op. 40
Pantheon, trio recording
Eastman School of Music
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Concert Tour on MS Europa with Valda Wilson
Kolkata Classics tour - Night of Make Believe at The Little Gym
Kolkata Classics tour - Talespin
Kolkata Classics tour - Dreams of Summer
MS Amadeus Elegant performances
Tiberius défilé at the Nationalbibliothek
An Evening of Classical Delights
PODIUM FESTIVAL Mödling 2015
Marry Me a Little
Musical direction for the Hot Box Girls
Concert with soprano Melissa Primavera
AIMS Gala Concert in Graz
Private Drama exclusive concert in Tyrol
Late Night Liederabend
AIMS Gala Concert
Waldgespräch Liedermatinée
Mahler, Strauss & Wolf recital
Winter journey this Autumn
Hear my Song
The Volkstheater honors Walter Arlen
Concertgebouw De Doelen
Jewish Museum Vienna
I Hate Music… but I like to Sing!
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Bachtrack - concert reviews
PhD research
Forgotten Lieder Composers
The development of the Art song in Viennese concert life from 1850 to 1900
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This particular topic has yet to be exhaustively covered. To do so, it is essential to first establish basic principles for delineating the term “Lied” in this study. Subsequently, “Lied” is defined in terms of its usage in dictionaries from and around the period in question and within the context of specific performance venues. Since concert organizers decided which programs were performed, their influence as well as reception from critics and in terms of publications is examined. A portrayal of the concert scene over a fifty year period aids in narrowing the focus to a number of favored composers, performers and songs. In the interest of completeness, works of major composers are also included. Forgotten individuals and their social positions are scrutinized. The gender perspective is of particular interest: the representation of female composers was fostered notably by the growing number of concerts. Thus, their presence coincided with the tendency towards specialization. Lieder became increasingly challenging and found, in the Musikverein, an appropriately elite performance venue. Those who managed to have their Lieder sung there had the best chance at non-transient, lasting reception. In the section on music, poetry is surveyed in terms of its poets, texts by women, themes…
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Masterclass
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American Institute of Musical Studies
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The AIMS Vocal Program prepares you for a professional career in opera or on the concert stage. In six weeks of intensive study, you’ll join the Opera Studio or Lieder Studio, receiving world-class instruction from professionals working at the top of their craft.
Coaching Lied at AIMS Graz
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Read here about Chanda’s experience at the Summer Academy in Graz.
Sankt Goar IMFA - Germany
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The Sankt Goar International Festival and Academy was founded with the aim of creating an exceptional venue for the study and the promotion of classical music in an ideally located yet remarkably peaceful and breathtakingly beautiful setting; offering world-class instruction and performance opportunities, first rate facilities and an enjoyable work and study environment for both faculty members and participants; and providing an unforgettable listening and learning experience for the public.
Bel Canto Bella Voce
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5-day masterclass in the heart of Vienna
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Post M.A. studies
Kunst Uni Graz
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Never one to turn down further education, Chanda returned to school, this time as a postgraduate (post-M.A.) student studying exclusively under the excellent Lied accompanist and chamber musician, Julius Drake in October 2010. She received her post-graduate degree in the instrumental study of vocal accompaniment with honors in June 2012.
Postgraduale Studies in KUG with Julius Drake
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Master Thesis
Master Thesis
A Musical Interpretation of Icelandic Lyric Poetry Set to Music within the Framework of Otto Steinbauer’s “Klangreihen” Compositional Method.
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By way of introduction, the first section of this work will involve a brief description of the theory Neumann used to compose his cycle Op. 102 for baritone, soprano and piano. This theory, largely unknown outside of the German-speaking world is formally called the “Klangreihen – Kompositionslehre der dritten Wiener Kompositionsschule”, translated in this work as “Steinbauer’s tone-row compositional method”.This method of composition is a synthesis of various modern considerations developed over the last hundred years based on the division of the octave into 12 tones separated from each other by half steps instead of divided into scales of seven tones separated by different intervals. It began, in this form, not with the well-known work of Arnold Schoenberg, but several years earlier (circa 1913) with the work of Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959), an Austrian musician, composer and music theorist. Though both men began with the same basic ideas, they developed them in dramatically different directions.
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Wendepunkte
R. Strauss - Die Nacht (Eric Stokloßa)
Send in the Clowns cover
Brahms CD on CD Baby Editor's Pick listing
Jason Bridges, tenor
Rebecca Nelsen, soprano
15. International Johannes Brahms competition
Jewish Museum Vienna
I Hate Music… but I like to Sing!
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