Recent Projects
More Than Ornaments
Thursday, November 4th, 2021, 1:00pm
Festival Theatre Building, Wolfville NS
Christianne Rushton, mezzo-soprano, and Mary Castello, piano
Beyond Les Six
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
St Andrews United Church, Halifax NS
Scotia Chamber Players Series
Jack Chen, flute, and Mary Castello, piano
20th Century Song Recital
Saturday, November 16th, 2019, 7:00pm
Central Mennonite Church, Archbold OH
Sunday, November 17th, 2019
Marie Engle, mezzo-soprano, and Mary Castello, piano
works by Poulenc, Berg, Copland, and hits from Great American Songbook
Saratoga Sings for Seniors
October 2019
Opera Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, NY (and surrounding area)
Outreach concert tour featuring opera and musical theatre favourites
A 30th Anniversary Cello Recital
Tuesday October 8th, 2019
The Music Room, Halifax
Rachel Desoer cello, and Mary Castello, piano
Frank Bridge sonata
Nova Scotia Youth Choir
September 2019 Concert tour
Tatamagouche, New Glasgow, Halifax
with guest conductor, Leonard Ratzlaff
Songs for women... and by women
Thursday, September 12, 2019, 11:30am
Denton Auditorium, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
Paula Rockwell, mezzo-soprano, and Mary Castello, piano
Music by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Libby Larsen
Just Jack!
April 23, 2019
InnerSpace Concerts
Jack Chen, flute, and Mary Castello, piano
An Evening of Contemporary Song and Cabaret
February 8, 2019
Cedar Centre, Windsor, NS
Paula Rockwell, mezzo-soprano, and Mary Castello, piano
Music by Samuel Barber, Morten Lauridsen, William Bolcom
A Noon Hour Recital: Wie Melodien
January 16, 2019
Conrad Grebel University College
Bethany Hörst, soprano, and Mary Castello, pianist
Featuring Lieder by Brahms and Wolf
Lieblingslieder
Thursday, October 11th, 2018, 11:30am
Denton Auditorium, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
Bethany Hörst, soprano, and Mary Castello, pianist, in recital
with special guest Paula Rockwell, mezzo-soprano
Featuring Lieder by Brahms and Wolf
Melodies and Musings: A Collaborative Recital (part 2)
Marie Engle, mezzo-soprano; Melissa Mashner, flute; Mary Castello, piano
August 16th, 2018, 7pm: University Lutheran Chapel, 1511 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
August 18th, 2018, 7pm: Central Mennonite Church, 21703 OH-2, Archbold, OH 43502
August 20th,2018, 7pm: Lindale Mennonite Church, 6255 Jesse Bennett Way, Linville, VA 22834
August 23rd, 2018, 7pm: Edgewood Free Methodist Church, 250 Edgewood Ave., Rochester, NY 14618
Jake Heggie - "The Deepest Desire"
Cary Ratcliff - "Fantasy"
Claude Debussy - "Trois Chansons de Bilitis"
C.M. Widor - "Suite for Flute and Piano"
Schubert Lieder and French Operetta selections
Vienna, City of My Dreams
July 12, 2018; 7:30 pm
Spa Little Theater, 19 Roosevelt Dr, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Opera Saratoga Young Artists in concert performing German Operetta semi-staged with supertitles.
Refugee Voices
June 17, 2018; 7:00 pm
Massry Centre at College of St. Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203
Opera Saratoga Young Artists in a special concert featuring the music of composers who were refugees at some point in their compositional life.
A Bernstein Birthday Celebration
June 10, 2018; 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
The Mansion Inn, 801 NY-29, Rock City Falls, NY 12863
Opera Saratoga Young Artists perform well-known and lesser-known works by Leonard Bernstein in honour of his 100th birthday.
Fridays at 12:30 Series at Don Wright Faculty of Music
January 19, 12:30 pm, Von Kuster Hall, Western University
Bethany Horst, soprano; Leah Giselle Field, mezzo soprano; Mary Castello, piano — Alumna Bethany Horst and Dr. Leah Giselle Field present German Lieder and duets with collaborative pianist Mary Castello. Selections by H. Wolf, R. Schumann and J. Brahms.
Melodies and Musings: A Collaborative Recital
Recital Tour
Marie Engle, mezzo-soprano, Melissa Mashner, flute, Mary Castello, piano
Jake Heggie The Deepest Desire, Victor Hugo songs, J.S. Bach Erbarme Dich, Philipe Gaubert Flute Sonata No. 1
THREE performances:
July 7, 2017, Ann Arbor, MI
July 9, 2017, 5:30pm, Central Mennonite Church, Archbold, OH
July 11, 2017, 7:30pm, Stirling Ave Mennonite Church, Kitchener, ON
Songs for Hope
A Benefit Concert for Bereaved Families of Ontario
January 22, 2017 | 2:00 pm
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON
An afternoon of lieder and song with Soprano, Bethany Horst and Mezzo-Soprano, Leah Giselle Field.
Vancouver Opera
Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program
2016-2017 Season
Rehearsal pianist for Hansel and Gretel, Cendrillon, Otello, and Dead Man Walking.