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  • More appetite whetting for La Dolce Vita

    September 30, 2015

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    LA DOLCE VITA Celebrating the Sweet Things in Life with Italian Song Laura and I are Italy-enthusiasts. We can’t help it. We spend a part of each summer on the staff of Umbrian Serenades (http://www.umbrianserenades.com/) in Spoleto, basking in the ancient splendor of Umbria and offering in return, concerts of solo, small ensemble and choral…
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  • Season opener this weekend

    September 29, 2015

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    This weekend Lyric Fest opens its 13th Anniversary Season with: LA DOLCE VITA Celebrating the Sweet Things in Life with Italian Song Mediterranean breezes, an evening “Passegiata”, Venetian sunsets, and the effervescence of Prosecco. This and more we bring to you in song, all inspired by Italy. Here is a little known Italian gem to…
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  • Important correction for Sunday’s concert

    September 25, 2015

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    Our notice here about the concert on Sunday, September 27, in Pittsburgh, contained an error about the starting time for this concert. This error has now been corrected. Sunday’s concert starts at 3 pm.
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  • Our 2015-16 brochure

    September 2, 2015

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    Our gorgeous brochure for the new season is ready and will be mailed out soon. You can see it right here: LyricFest Brochure 15-16
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  • Documentary about our first composer-in-residence, Kile Smith

    June 18, 2015

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    Film by John Thornton. Enjoy!
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  • Young Composers Competition

    June 17, 2015

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    LYRIC FEST is holding an art song competition for emerging composers under the age of 30. We are asking for songs that set letters to music for our upcoming concert, Sincerely Yours.   Check out this link for more information about this exciting opportunity!  
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  • Our 2015-2016 season

    June 6, 2015

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    Lyric Fest’s 2015/16 Season Waxing Poetic – “In This Blue Room” by Kile Smith Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 4pm in PITTSBURGH “Lyric Fest West” in Pittsburgh to open the new “Music and the Arts Series” at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. With Suzanne DuPlantis, mezzo soprano, Daniel Teadt, Laura Ward, piano. La Dolce Vita Friday,…
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  • Tom Purdom’s review of I’ll Make Me A World

    April 22, 2015

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    Tom Purdom has published his review of our last concert of the 2014–2015 season, I’ll Make Me A World, in the Broad Street Review. Here are some little snippets from it, to whet your appetite for the whole thing, which you can read by following the link above. Once you are on the Broad Street…
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  • Kile Smith talks about composing In This Blue Room

    April 13, 2015

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    Enjoy this video of Lyric Fest’s first composer-in-residence Kile Smith talking about his composition of the song cycle In This Blue Room before the March 15, 2015 presentation of the cycle at the Academy of Vocal Arts.
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  • Tom Purdom reviews Waxing Poetic — In This Blue Room

    March 18, 2015

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    Tom Purdom has published his review of Waxing Poetic — In This Blue Room in the Broad Street Review. He sees a dialog between the sexes in Kile Smith’s new song cycle. Below, you get to taste a tidbit to whet your appetite to read all of the review at the link above. We hope…
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  • Lyric Fest’s “Sing-nature” Cocktail

    March 16, 2015

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    Our Lyric Fest cocktail celebrating our Waxing Poetic – In the Blue Room concert comes from the Waldorf-Astoria Wax Poetic cocktail. But just as our concert comes from the inspiration of many arts, our Waxing Poetic Cocktail takes some colorful inspiration from batik as well as a poetic whiff of absinthe. Cocktail 2.25 ounces vodka…
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  • Happy birthday and thank you Laura Pritchard

    March 16, 2015

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    Laura Pritchard is the wonderful batik artist whose work sparked the poetry and music for our Waxing Poetic — In This Blue Room concert/art event this past weekend, with a brand new song cycle by our composer in residence Kile Smith on lyrics from poems inspired by Pritchard’s art. It also happens to be Laura…
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