Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) has announced the artists selected for its 2026–27 Young Artist Program, a year-long professional development and performance initiative supporting emerging singers and collaborative pianists with a deep commitment to the art song repertoire. The 2026–27 artists include soprano Bridget Esler, mezzo-soprano Katherine Lerner Lee, baritone Erik Grendahl, and pianists Anna Sunmin Park and Brock Tjosvold. {…}

On Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, the Brooklyn Art Song Society continues its 2025–26 season with Cycles III: Die Schöne Magelone. The Brahms song cycle features fifteen songs that bring to life Ludwig Tieck’s medieval romance about a young knight from Provence and his beloved Magelone, blending vivid storytelling, lyrical passion, and Brahms’s most dramatic writing for voice and piano. The {…}

On Nov. 9, 2025, the Brooklyn Art Song Society will continue its 2025–26 season with the second installment of the Cycles series, a year-long journey through the most ambitious and emotionally expansive works in the art song repertoire. The “Cycles II: Dichterliebe Reimagined” concert will pair Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” with two contemporary reflections on similar themes, including selections from Bernard Foccroulle’s {…}

The Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) is set to launch its sixteenth season, Cycles, with all three of Franz Schubert’s song cycles performed in a single day. The event will be on Oct. 12, 2025, at Roulette, where audiences will experience the full expressive range of Schubert’s genius. The marathon opens at 3:00 p.m. with baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika {…}

Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to launch its inaugural Young Artist Program in fall 2026. The program will encompass a year-long residency in which selected singers and pianists will understudy repertory, attend rehearsals, and perform in outreach concerts, house concerts,a nd masterclasses. Moreover, artists will only be required to spend one concentrated week each month in Brooklyn rather than {…}

Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to open its New Voices Festival on April 6, 2025. The evening will include Cecilia Livingston’s new cycle which explores family bonds, loss, and the power of Love. The program will also feature a celebration of the recent flourishing of songs by Black composers and encore performances of BASS commissions by Eve Beglarian and {…}