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Known as a versatile interpreter of art songs, chamber music, and oratorio, Mezzo-Soprano Kathleen Shimeta’s work has been enthusiastically received throughout the United States and Europe.

For several years Miss Shimeta devoted time to discovering and recording works from the rich repertoire of American composer Gena Branscombe (1881-1977). “Ah, Love I Shall Find Thee: Songs of Gena Branscombe,” now available on Albany Records, is a collaboration of the singer with accompanist Martin Hennessy. Kathleen’s art song recital, “Life, Love, Song! A Visit with Gena Branscombe,” showcases fifteen of Miss Branscombe’s elegantly lyric songs with a vivid first-person dialogue performed and written by Ms. Shimeta and co-authored by Evan Pappas. The concert gives tribute to a woman ahead of her time, a pioneer for today’s women composers.