45th YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS
THE NEW YORK DEBUT OF JENNIFER CHECK, SOPRANO

October 25, 2005 – American soprano Jennifer Check will make her New York recital debut on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall with pianist Laura Ward. Ms. Check completed the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 2003 and continues to sing a variety of roles at the Met, where she has appeared on stage with Placido Domingo, Jane Eaglen, and Dolora Zajick and sung under James Levine.

Ms. Check won the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, as well as the John Browning Prize for her performance of songs by Samuel Barber, and holds YCA’s Lindemann Vocal Chair. In the annual Auditions, Young Concert Artists chooses singers who - aside from opera - have the special ability to communicate in the song/lieder repertoire.

Ms. Check’s many other prestigious prizes include the Zarzuela Prize in the 2003 Operalia Competition, sponsored by Placido Domingo, and First Place awards in the Loren L. Zachary Competition, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, and the Oratorio Society of New York Solo Competition. She received a Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation and the Leonie Rysanek Memorial Prize from the George London Foundation.

Young Concert Artists, Inc. is a non-profit organization which presents the winners of its annual Auditions in debuts in New York , Boston , and Washington , DC and provides ongoing management services to launch the careers of exceptional young musicians. Previous singers on the YCA roster have included Dawn Upshaw, Camellia Johnson, Gregory Turay, and Christòpheren Nomura. For more information about Jennifer Check and Young Concert Artists, please visit http://www.yca.org or call (212) 307-6655.

PROGRAM

SCHUMANN:	Frauenliebe und Leben

PURCELL:	The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation

STRAUSS:	Lieder

American Songs


Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Carnegie's Zankel Hall

TICKETS

$35/$25 (AmEx, MasterCard, Visa)

At the Carnegie Hall Box Office or
call Young Concert Artists at (212) 307-6656.

PRESS CONTACT:
Ann Binder, Publicity Manager, YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS, Inc.
Telephone: (212) 307-6655 ext. 201
E-mail: ann@yca.org Website: http://www.yca.org