Cornell soprano Lisa Hearne presents faculty recital March 14

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College soprano Lisa Hearne will present a faculty recital Tuesday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Ringer Recital Studio of Armstrong Hall at Cornell.

Admission is free.

The recital will feature songs by American composer Richard Wilson on the poetry of humorist Phyllis McGinley, including a set called “Three Painters: Marc Chagall, Grandma Moses, and Jackson Pollock.”

“Snake,” by American Jake Heggie from his cycle “Eve-Song,” chronicles the Garden of Eden story, and tells the tale of “the downfall of humanity in a three-minute art song.”

The program includes selections from Benjamin Britten’s “Irish Melodies” on poetry by Thomas Moore, featuring an improvisation on “The Last Rose of Summer.”

Other pieces include lieder by Gustav Mahler and Felix Mendelssohn, songs by Camille Saint-Saens and an aria from the opera “Les Huguenots” by Giacomo Meyerbeer.

Hearne, associate professor of music, is the department chair, director of choral music and voice area head at Cornell. This is her ninth faculty recital since joining the college in 1992. She will be accompanied by Lynda Hakken, college organist and a member of Cornell’s piano faculty.

This performance was rescheduled from an earlier date.