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  • Corona Chronicles – World Music

    April 20, 2020

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    World Music I have a new definition of world music. It’s the music of the stories that make the world a smaller place. So it was that the world became smaller for me this week, when I set out into a vast web of images, in search of just the right ones for a new…
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  • The Enchanted Flute – A Song Blog

    February 18, 2020

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    William Bolcom and The New Cabaret Part 1 I don’t know how it could be that we haven’t delved into the Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom before now. Chalk it up to the inexhaustible world of song. (Truly, a lifetime is not enough…) In case you haven’t encountered William Bolcom, do allow me a quick…
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  • THE ART OF SONG – Daron Hagen – A Song Blog

    November 2, 2019

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    The ensemble for THE ART OF SONG – by Daron Hagen. World Premiere * Over time, art forms evolve and reconfigure. Sometimes it’s like twisting a kaleidoscope one half inch to the right, and other times you just put the kaleidoscope down. I have to say, I think it’s exhilarating to be in the middle…
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  • THE ART OF SONG – Daron Hagen – A Song Blog

    October 18, 2019

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    SCORE FOR THE WIN! There is a lot of note learning and text studying going on now as the singers and pianists are preparing to premiere Daron Hagen’s new song cycle, The Art of Song.   Here is how it goes. You’re a singer, say. You get the new score  – you may have gotten…
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  • The Road Less Traveled Press Release

    September 8, 2019

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    Contact:   Lauren Anderson, Executive Director Singing City www.singingcity.org Lauren@SingingCity.org 267-519-5321 Suzanne DuPlantis (Lyric Fest) suzanneduplantis@gmail.com 215 432 5946 www.lyricfest.org   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Lyric Fest and Singing City present The Road Less Traveled October 5, 2019, 4PM at Haddonfield United Methodist Church October 6, 2019, 3PM at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral   PHILADELPHIA, PA…
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  • 2019/20 SEASON PRESS RELEASE

    August 1, 2019

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Suzanne DuPlantis suzanne@lyricfest.org 215 432 5946 Lyric Fest announces its 17th Anniversary Season – 2019/20 Beautifully curated, multi-faceted concerts of song Lyric Fest celebrates its 17th Anniversary with 7 distinct thematic programs and 15 performances in Philadelphia and its suburbs, New Jersey, New York and California. Lyric Fest’s concerts are…
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  • WHITMAN SONG BLOG – AMERICA, SINGING

    June 9, 2019

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      2. AMERICA, SINGING by Gilda Lyons For Carol of Words Gilda Lyons created an ensemble using almost all our forces. It’s a trio for mezzo, tenor and baritone with violin, double bass and piano. It is “America, Singing.”   This is a piece with a lot of gravitas. One that makes space for deep…
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  • GERSHWIN Life-in-a-nutshell

    May 16, 2019

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    Here’s Gershwin in a nutshell, so you can be ready for the concert tonite!   GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) – a short story George Gershwin made his considerable mark on American music in two short decades of composing. Such was the time he was allotted on this earth. His parents were Jewish immigrants who fled the…
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  • Meet Composer Melissa Dunphy (and hear about her setting of Walt Whitman)

    April 3, 2019

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    I had an extremely good time chatting it up with composer Melissa Dunphy about all things Melissa/Whitman/Colonial Philadelphia…and I even got to be privy to the privy! (You can hear about that in the lagniappe section of the interview.) Melissa is one of the 11 composers commissioned by LF for Carol of Words – Walt…
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  • April 2019

    April 2, 2019

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    Read about our upcoming celebration of Walt Whitman!
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  • Another review of Songs from the Tundra

    January 23, 2019

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    SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA – Lyric Fest in collaboration with Variant 6Review by Michael Caruso, Chestnut Hill performance, January 12, 2019, 4PMChestnut Hill LocalClick or tap: https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/2019/01/17/tundra-warm-not-chilly-at-hill-presbyterian-church/Highlights from the review:“Chestnut Hill pianist Laura Ward and East Falls mezzo-soprano Suzanne DuPlantis founded Lyric Fest in 2003 and have overseen its growth into one of Greater Philadelphia’s most…
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  • Review of Songs from the Tundra

    January 17, 2019

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    Gail Obenreder reviewed “Songs from the Tundra” in the Broad Street Review. Here is a sample: The evening featured three first-rate soloists and the luminous a cappella singing of Variant 6, all grounded by the sensitive, intuitive piano collaboration of Lyric Fest co-artistic director Laura Ward. For the whole review, please click https://www.broadstreetreview.com/music/lyric-fest-presents-songs-from-the-tundra#
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