Lyric Fest is the only performing-arts organization in the mid-Atlantic region with a primary focus on song and art song in all its varied expression. Now in it’s 15th year, LF has produced and presented over 100 concerts and recitals featuring more than 200 local, regional and national artists. LF’s reputation for excellence and innovation is growing regionally and nationally, and the organization has been featured in a number of national publications. Commissioning and performing new works is also an integral part of LF’s mission and programming philosophy.
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Corona Chronicles – World Music
April 20, 2020
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… -
The Enchanted Flute – A Song Blog
February 18, 2020
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… -
THE ART OF SONG – Daron Hagen – A Song Blog
November 2, 2019
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… -
Lyric Fest seeks Managing Director
October 23, 2019
Lyric Fest seeks a Managing Director to work alongside its Co-Artistic Directors and together, the Managing Director and Founding Co-Artistic Directors will collaborate as partners to lead artists, staff, the Board and the community in realizing Lyric Fest’s mission: to bring people together through the shared experience of song by offering to diverse audiences lively,… -
THE ART OF SONG – Daron Hagen – A Song Blog
October 18, 2019
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… -
The Art of Song press release
October 8, 2019
Contact: Suzanne DuPlantis 215 432 5946, suzanneduplantis@gmail.com www.lyricfest.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lyric Fest to premiere new song cycle by Daron Hagen, notable among America’s premiere art song composers. Co-commissioned by Lyric Fest and The Brooklyn Art Song Society. Lyric Fest presents The Art of Song Monday, November 4th, 2019 at 7:30 PM at The Church of the… -
The Road Less Traveled Press Release
September 8, 2019
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… -
2019/20 SEASON PRESS RELEASE
August 1, 2019
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… -
WHITMAN SONG BLOG – AMERICA, SINGING
June 9, 2019
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… -
WHITMAN SONG BLOG – We Two, How Long We Were Fool’d
May 26, 2019
Posted In Blog1. We Two, How Long We Were Fool’d – Glen Roven Time to share the fruits of our labor – Walt Whitman’s, Glen Roven’s, Laura Ward-Jimmy Reese-Keith Phares’s, and Lyric Fest’s, too. What with our Whitman CAROL OF WORDS now a month behind us and with Whitman’s actual birthday approaching on May 31st, what… -
GERSHWIN Life-in-a-nutshell
May 16, 2019
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… -
Denyce Graves Fundraiser
April 9, 2019
Posted In BlogLyric Fest invites your support for “An Intimate Evening with Denyce Graves for Song and Conversation” Denyce Graves and Laura Ward will premiere the new song cycle that Denyce herself commissioned by John Conahan: “Notes from Robert” Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 7-9PM hosted by Carole Haas Gravagno 560 Maplewood Road, Wayne, PA 19087 Our…