Ward Virts Concert Series Features Soprano Annaliese Pappas June 8 in Prince Frederick

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) continues its 2024 Ward Virts Concert Series with a live performance by Soprano Annaliese Pappas June 8 at the college’s Prince Frederick Campus.

Pappas most recently made her international debut as Flora in Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” with the Trentino Music Festival in Italy. Her festival performances also included scenes as Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante, as well as an aria concert and several masterclasses. Currently based in the Washington, D.C. region, Analiese has performed concert scenes as Adele in Die Fledermaus and the role of Fiorella in Offenbach’s The Brigands with the Victorian Lyric Opera Company.

In addition to her operatic endeavors, Analiese is a versatile choral and chamber performer of early, sacred, and new music who has performed at venues such as the National Cathedral, Willard InterContinental Hotel, and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The Ward Virts Concert Series celebrates the life and talent of Ward Virts, a talented Southern Maryland pianist who died suddenly in 1993. A group of Ward’s friends and classmates conceived the Ward Virts Piano Project to bring the love of life, beauty and music that Ward embodied to a new generation of Southern Maryland students, performers and appreciative audiences. Today, pianists of the concert series perform on the world-class handcrafted Bosendorfer Grand Piano, a gift to CSM’s Prince Frederick Campus from the Ward Virts Piano Project.

The Ward Virts Concert Series is presented by sponsors CSM Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Virts, George 'Stovy' and Anne Brown. The series is also supported by the Arts Council of Calvert County.

The concert will be held at CSM's Prince Frederick Campus, Building B Multipurpose Room, 115 J W Williams Rd. in Prince Frederick, Maryland on Saturday, June 8 at 3 p.m.  

Calendar: Ward Virts Concert Series: Annaliese Pappas, Soprano. June 8, 3 p.m. Prince Frederick Campus, Building B, Multipurpose Room 104. Analiese Pappas most recently made her international debut as Flora in Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” with the Trentino Music Festival in Italy. In addition to her operatic endeavors, Analiese is a versatile choral and chamber performer of early, sacred, and new music who has performed at venues such as the National Cathedral, Willard InterContinental Hotel, and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/06/ward-virts-saprano-jun8.html.