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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Suzanne DuPlantis suzanneduplantis@gmail.com 215.432.5946 Lyric Fest Presents Pedals, Page-turns and Postludes – a view from the bench – Thursday, September 21st, 2017 at 6 p.m. Reception and Mini Concert at The Community House, Moorestown, NJ Friday, September 22nd, 2017 at 8 p.m. (wine and cheese reception at 7:30)     at the Presbyterian…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Peter C. Phillips, M.D. pcphillips1@comcast.net, 215-808-1963 (mobile) Lyric Fest Announces 2017 – 2018 Season In celebration of its 15th year of concerts, Lyric Fest continues its fresh and innovative approach to art song performance, showcasing song in an intimate and glorious expression. Laura Ward, Lyric Fest’s Co-Founder and internationally recognized collaborative…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933 LYRIC FEST PRESENTS HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRVING BERLIN Happy Hour mini-concert toasts this song-writing genius PHILADELPHIA, PA – April, 2017 Born Israel Isidore Baline in 1888 in Tyumen, Russia, Irving Berlin became the Jewish immigrant who penned popular standards including God Bless America, White Christmas and Easter…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933 LYRIC FEST PRESENTS IT’S ELEMENTARY John Musto and Michael Djupstrom premiere two newly commissioned song cycles PHILADELPHIA, PA – February 16, 2017 As technology becomes central to our lives, what happens to our relationship with the natural world? In commissioning two new song cycles –…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933 Lyric Fest Presents Music in the White House A retrospective of the American spirit as seen through the music of our Presidents In collaboration with Singing City, Lyric Fest offers a musical documentary detailing the development of the American spirit as reflected in the music…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933 Lyric Fest Presents I Hear America Singing Throughout history American song has given voice to our rich cultural heritage PHILADELPHIA, PA – September, 2016 Lyric Fest’s fourteenth season, Song for America, begins with a look at the richness and variety of American music. I Hear…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933 LYRIC FEST ANNOUNCES 2016 – 2017 SEASON Song for America PHILADELPHIA, PA – June, 2016 In this fourteenth season, Lyric Fest casts its vote for American music with the theme Song for America. The season begins early October with I Hear America Singing, featuring…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933   Lyric Fest Presents Sincerely Yours – Letters Set to Music Commission project celebrates the most personal of all communication and a dying art Philadelphia, Pa March, 2016 The final Lyric Fest concert of this season premieres newly commissioned works by Philadelphia composers Benjamin C.S….

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933  Lyric Fest Presents Johannes Brahms­­­ – Biography in Music  The man behind the music and the music behind the man  Philadelphia, Pa December, 2015 Johannes Brahms’s lullaby is widely known and often used to conjure up the mood of an innocent child sleeping. Yet,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Lari Robling larirob@gmail.com 215 978 6933 Lyric Fest Presents Sibelius Celebrates 150 Happy Hour Concert Features His Philadelphia Connections and Lifetime Contributions to Music and Swedish Culture In a new concert format that combines a happy hour with a week night mini performance, Lyric Fest fetes the 150th anniversary of the…