Annual Bristor Dinner

An Operatic Recital in honor of Mr. William Bristor

featuring

Mark Wilkinson, baritone

&

Audrey Andrist, piano

OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS

Canadian baritone Mark Wilkinson’s eclectic performance career has expressed a versatility of artistry founded in a gift for truthful storytelling in a vast array of repertoire. Wilkinson recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance and Singing Health at The Ohio State University under Dr. Scott McCoy. He is currently a guest teacher at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Dr. Wilkinson is a proud French-speaking resident of Ottawa, Ontario, the unceded and traditional territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.

​As an expert in chamber music and theatre, he has enjoyed intimate collaborations in traditional music, choral repertoire, experimental stage work, cabaret, recital, and premiere compositions. Highlights include the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Soundstreams Canada for CBC Music, Music and Beyond, the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, The Aldeburgh Connection, Early Music Alberta, recitals throughout Austria, the North American premiere of Ms. Atwood’s The Year of the Flood for the Ottawa Writers Festival, and a long-time collaboration with the Sesquisharp Ensemble and its forward-thinking theatrical productions, including for the world premiere of Ryan Keebaugh’s chamber work of mad scenes, DeSceNt  inTo  mAdnEss.

"Bass Mark Wilkinson sang Adonis with the right boyish energy and a suitably light touch. When he returned mortally wounded from the hunt, he had the requisite darker sound to project his dire condition."
​Opera Canada

Hailed as a “stunning pianist with incredible dexterity”, Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist has thrilled audiences around the globe, from North America to Japan, China, and Germany with her “passionate abandon” and “great intelligence”. Ms. Andrist grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, and while in high school traveled six hours round-trip for piano lessons with William Moore, himself a former student of famed musicians Cécile Genhart and Rosina Lhévinne. She completed Masters and Doctoral degrees at the Juilliard School with Herbert Stessin, and garnered first prizes at the Mozart International, San Antonio International, Eckhardt-Gramatté, and Juilliard Concerto Competitions. She has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Place des Arts in Montreal, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, and Alice Tully Hall in New York.  She is a member of the Stern/Andrist Duo with her husband, James Stern, Strata, a trio with Stern and clarinetist Nathan Williams, and the Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio with Stern and cellist Steve Honigberg. Ms. Andrist can be heard on over a dozen recordings on the Albany and New Focus labels, among others. She lives in the Washington, DC area, where she teaches at the Washington Conservatory and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and where she was a visiting faculty artist at the University of Maryland-College Park in 2020. Ms. Andrist is in constant demand as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, adjudicator, master class presenter, and pedagogy consultant. Her CD of solo works by Robert Schumann is available on Centaur Records. Please visit her website at audreyandrist.com.

Dress code: Black Tie Optional

A reservation is required by 5 pm the day before. Due to the construction of the kitchen food has to be ordered in advance and we only have a certain number of tickets available. Please RSVP early, 80 seats are available and we regret that if we reach our maximum we will not be able to accommodate other reservations.

RSVP now online or call (202) 331-7282 or email dining&artsclubofwashington.org.

6:00 pm Cocktails

7:00 pm Program

8:00 pm Dinner