Lyric Fest — a myriad of singers brought together with a pianist, the spoken word and YOU — for a satisfying and delightfully different concert experience.
Designed for the aficionado and novice alike, Lyric Fest is a unique musical offering in the city of Philadelphia. Equally noted for scholarship and entertainment, Lyric Fest presents artists of national and international stature, heard here in the intimate setting of song. Experience what critics have called "An irresistible mix of high art and humane feeling...as entertaining as a well managed party."
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An irresistible mix of high art and humane feeling ... with imaginative programming and freewheeling staging, Lyric Fest has been exhilarating their audiences by demonstrating that a Sunday afternoon art-song recital can be just as entertaining as a well-managed party.
-Tom Purdom
Philadelphia Music Makers
American Poets: The Lyric Fest program was the most comprehensive sampling that a knowledgeable program designer could crowd into a single concert.
-Tom Purdom
The Broad Street Review
It was a beautifully constructed program that allowed even the ignorant like myself to fully enjoy the music and appreciate where it came from. I learned so much. Thank you for introducing me to this beautiful part of life.
-Audience Response
2009-2010 Season
Friday, October 2, 2009, at 8pm at Haverford College in Roberts Hall
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Click here for our newsletter about this concert.
Moving Heaven and Earth - World Spirituality in Song
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 7:30pm The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Review of the Moving Heaven and Earth concert in the Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2, 2009.
Delaware remounting of
Biography in Music - SHAKESPEARE
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 8pm in the Gore Recital Hall at the Roselle Center for the Arts at University of Delaware
Biography in Music - TCHAIKOVSKY
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5pm at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 3pm at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Press Release page
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Venue information:
The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia is located near Rittenhouse Square on the corner of 21st and Walnut Streets. Street parking is available on Sundays.
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA. For directions please visit the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church directions page.
Haverford College, Roberts Hall. For directions please visit http://www.haverford.edu.
University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall. For directions, please visit the University of Delaware Buildings Map.
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118. For directions please visit http://www.chestnuthillpres.org/index.html.
For more information about the concerts, please click the 2009-10 Season link.
Our Address:
Lyric Fest, 1013 Westview Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19119
www.lyricfest.org