Lyric Fest's fifth commercial recording, Any of Those Decembers, will be available to stream through your favorite platform starting December 13. The recording features singers Rebecca Myers, Devony Smith, Stephen Ng, and Steven Eddy, along with Ráyo Furuta on flute, the Daedalus Quartet, and pianist Laura Ward.
What audiences are saying about Lyric Fest
“It's much more than just a concert. It's the feeling of being alive.”
Raehann Bryce- Davis, Photo: Donato Valentino
“You are at the center of the world where music, poetry, and thought come together. You are inches away from the art, and there's no other group that is giving you that kind of emotional immediacy.”
Lyric Fest is a place to experience the unique power of the human voice in song. We bring together great singers, composers, history, biography, and humor. Here we tell our stories in song.
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2024-2025 Season
2024-2025 Season
September
Play a Simple Melody
The Historic Songs of Tin Pan Alley
28 & 29
November
Nevertheless, She Sang
Women Composers, Women Poets
16 & 17
February
The Soul of the City
Urban living in the best and worst of times
22 & 23
April
Everything Old is New Again
Antique songs in modern garb
5 & 6
Here's What's Happening Right Now
Urban living in the best and worst of times
The Soul of the City
“I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.” - Michelangelo
“City life is millions of people being lonely together.” - Henry David Thoreau
In this gritty, but surprisingly poetic program, Lyric Fest explores both the energy and underbelly of life in the city. Join us for song, verse, and a reflection on how we experience life in urban community. With Danielle Talamantes, Clara Osowski, Aaron Crouch, Jesse Blumberg, and Laura Ward, piano. Featuring the world premiere of Lyric Fest's latest commission, "The Soul of the City - Preludes of T.S. Eliot", by Nicholas White. And more songs and poems by: Chris DeBlasio, Elizabeth Bishop, John Musto, Langston Hughes, Gabriel Kahane, David Sisco, Barbara Worton, Daron Hagen, Albert Roussel, René Dommage, James Laughlin, Claude Debussy, François Villon, Roger Quilter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Ives, Matthew Arnold, Georgy Sviridov, Alexander Blok, Ricky Ian Gordon, Frank O’Hara, Elliot Carter, Robert Frost, Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire, William Walton, Charles Morris, Erik Korngold, Hans Kaltneker, Wintter Watts, Sara Teasdale…