Betany Coffland in recital with pianist Jenna Ristilä

Muses in the Museum:

1. Margaret Bonds’ Four Song on poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

2. Rebecca Clarke’s The Seal Man

3. Lara Poe’s Farewell pianolle

4. Fanny Mannsén’s L'Adieu (Souvenir à l'Åbo/Fantaisie melancolique)

5. Stacy Garrop’s You Pierce My Soul (from Jane Austen’s Persuasion)

6. Iida Antola’s Kolme laulua L. Onervan runoihin

   Location: Villa Gylllenberg at 15.00 in Helsinki, Finland

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist Megumi Tiensuu

A Summer Concert:

1. Jean Sibelius’s Flower Songs, Opus 88

2. Margaret Bonds’ Four Poems on Edna St. Vincent Millay

3. Claude Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis

4. Manuel De Falla’s Siete canciones populares

Location Lauttasaari Kirrko, Helsinki, Finland at 13.00

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist Collin Hansen

Between Your Beauty and My Heart: Finnish & American Songs

1. Summer Songs Part I

Amy Beach: For Me the Jasmine Buds Unfold

George Gershwin: Three Preludes for Piano, Part I

2. Margaret Bonds: 4 Songs on poems by

Edna St. Vincent Millay

3. Summer Songs Part II

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Viatonten valssi

George Gershwin: Three Preludes for Piano, Part II

4. Aulis Sallinen: Lauluja unesta

5. Summer Songs Part III

Yrjö Kilpinen: Kesäyö

Rebecca Clarke: June Twilight

George Gershwin: Three Preludes for Piano, Part III

Yrjö Kilpinen: Suvilaulu

Location Kauniainen Kirkko, Helsinki, Finland at 18.00

Betany Coffland sings as a soloist with members from Amore Barocco

Antonio Caldara’s Aria “Aime sento il mio core”

Betany Coffland, mezzo-soprano

August Zimmerman, cello

Arto Wikla, lute

Jani Snellman, bass

Location Oulunkylän kirkko at 18.00 in Helsinki, Finland

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist, Alan Johnson

A Remigration Story in Concert: American and Finnish Composers

1. Libby Larsen’s Raspberry Island Dreaming

2. Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Songs

3. Jean Sibelius’s Flower Songs, op. 88

4. Shawn Crouch’s Arias from Visions and Ecstasies, A Mass

5. NYC premiere of a new work by Kristian Attila

   Kaksi laulua Eeva-Liisa Mannerin runoihin

Opera America’s Scorca Hall at 4pm

New York, NY

*Supported by The Finlandia Foundation

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami

Betany sings John Harbison’s Mirabai Songs with Ensemble Ibis

With conductor, Shawn Crouch

Located in Miami, Florida

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist, Alan Johnson

A Remigration Story in Concert: American and Finnish Composers

1. Libby Larsen’s Raspberry Island Dreaming

2. Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Songs

3. Jean Sibelius’s Flower Songs, op. 88

4. Shawn Crouch’s Arias from Visions and Ecstasies, A Mass

5. A world premiere of a new work by Kristian Attila

   Kaksi laulua Eeva-Liisa Mannerin runoihin

Urness Recital Hall at St. Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota

*Supported by The Finlandia Foundation

Betany sings as a soloist with the St Nicholas Chamber Choir in their Choral Evensong performance at Helsinki’s Tuomiokirkko with Erik Johannes Riekko, conductor

Soloist in Wash Me Thoroughly by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Soloist in Magnificat by Ruth Gipps

Sunday, March 9th at 16.00

Betany sings as the alto soloist with Cantores Minores

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1-3

Location: Helsinki Cathedral

Between Your Beauty and My Heart: Finnish and American Songs

1. Libby Larsen’s Raspberry Island Dreaming

2. Tapani Lansio’s 9 Haikua kevasta *World premiere

3. Margaret Bonds’ Four Song on poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

4. Charles Ives’ Piano Sonata #2 “The Alcotts”

5. Aulis Sallinen’ s Nelja laulua unesta

   Location: Villa Gylllenberg at 3pm in Helsinki, Finland

Betany sings from Bach’s B Minor Mass “Laudamus Te” in Kälviän Barokkileiri

Ilona Rechardt, violin, Leena Ihamuotila, viola,

August Zimmerman, cello, Anna-Maaria Oramo, harpsichord

Thursday, July 4th, 2024 at 7pm

Located at the Kälviä Church, Kälviä, Finland

Sunday, May 19th at 2024 at 2pm

Helsinki, Finland

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist Megumi Tiensuu

Serenade in Song: A Sunday Salon Recital

1. Sibelius’s Flower Songs, op. 88

2. Dvořák’s 4 Písně, opus 2

3. Mozart’s 12 Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je Maman K. 26

4. Schumann Selections from Myrten Lieder

5. Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis

6. Debussy’s L’Isle joyeuse

Located at Villa Hakasalmi, Mannerheimintie 13b, Helsinki

Betany sings in an evening of Baroque music presented at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Repertoire includes songs by Handel, Lambert, and Morin.

Helsinki, Finland

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist Alan Johnson

When the Light Returns:

1. Libby Larsen’s Raspberry Island Dreaming

2. Stacy Garrop’s You Pierce My Soul

3. Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Songs

4. Jean Sibelius’s Flower Songs, op. 88

Located at Villa Hakasalmi, Mannerheimintie 13b, Helsinki, Finland

Friday, December 1st, 2023 at 7pm

Helsinki, Finland

Presented by LiedLab 00100

Betany Coffland in recital with pianist Erik Johannes Reikko

The Stories We Tell:

1. Dvořak’s Čtyři Písně Opus 2

2. Poulenc’s Banalités

3. De Frumerie’s Hjärtats sånger

4. John Duke’s Selections from 5 poems of Lewis Carroll

Located at The Angelicum Hall in the Stadium Catholicum, Ritarikatu 3b, Helsinki, Finland

Betany Coffland sings Baroque arias by Handel for the opening ceremony of Kreetta Järvenpää’s flower-themed photography works, Flora Favola.

Located in Kouvola, Finland at the Taidemuseo Poikilo.

With Megumi Tiensuu on piano.

https://museot.fi/exhibitions/en.php?nayttely_id=30769

Stacy Garrop’s Terra Nostra
San Francisco Choral Society
Robert Geary, conductor
https://www.sfchoral.org/site/hear-us/upcoming-events-2/

Stacy Garrop’s Terra Nostra
San Francisco Choral Society
Robert Geary, conductor
https://www.sfchoral.org/site/hear-us/upcoming-events-2/

3 songs by Reynaldo Hahn with pianist, Veronika Dafoe
https://newballet.com/fast-forward

Soloist, Beethoven - Opferlied (“Song of Sacrifice”)
Alto soloist, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Diablo Symphony
Matilda Hofman, conductor
https://www.diablosymphony.org/events/joy-beethovens-ninth-symphony/

Soloist, Beethoven - Opferlied (“Song of Sacrifice”)
Alto soloist, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Diablo Symphony
Matilda Hofman, conductor
https://www.diablosymphony.org/events/joy-beethovens-ninth-symphony

Palo Alto, CA
With Michael Dailey, tenor and Veronika Dafoe, piano
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4397014

Mendocino Music Festival
Allan Pollack, conductor
http://mendocinomusic.org/

Artemisia, a new opera by Laura Schwendinger
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Matilda Hofman, conductor
http://www.leftcoastensemble.org/dorothea-artemisia

Artemisia, a new opera by Laura Schwendinger
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Matilda Hofman, conductor
http://www.leftcoastensemble.org/dorothea-artemisia

Pride and Prejudice, a new  opera by Kirke Mechem (World concert premiere)
Redwood Symphony, Redwood, CA
Eric Kujawsky, conductor
https://redwoodsymphony.org/concerts/2018-19/concert5_2018.html

Pride and Prejudice, a new  opera by Kirke Mechem (World concert premiere)
Redwood Symphony, Redwood, CA
Eric Kujawsky, conductor
https://redwoodsymphony.org/concerts/2018-19/concert5_2018.html

Lesher Arts Center
Walnut Creek, CA
With pianist, Christine Payne

Bear Valley Music Festival
Bear Valley, CA
Michael Morgan, conductor

Bear Valley Music Festival
Bear Valley, CA
Michael Morgan, conductor