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Brooklyn Art Song Society Continues New Voices Festival with “Long II”

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society will continue its New Voices Festival with “Longing II” on May 10, 2026 at Roulette. The concert will also include a pre-concert lecture at 4:30 p.m. by composer Benjamin Attahir. At the center of the program is “After the Fires” by Lembit Beecher and Liza Balkan, reflecting on the personal impact of natural disaster. The {…}

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The New School’s Mannes Opera Announces Women-led 2025-26 Season

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(Photo credit: Mannes Opera) Mannes Opera at The New School’s College of Performing Arts announces its 2025-26 season led by women composers and directors. As part of the school’s New Work Incubation, Alyssa Weinberg and J. Mae Barizo’s workshop version of “DRIFT” is presented in partnership with Saratoga Opera. Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2025 A double bill featuring concert versions {…}

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Cutting Edge Concerts to Present ‘Poets of Patchin Place: Musical Settings of Greenwich Village Poets’

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Cutting Edge Concerts will present “Poets of Patchin Place: Musical Settings of Greenwich Village Poets” on Sept. 24, 2025 at The Salmagundi Club in New York City. The showcase will feature works by William Kentner Anderson, Victoria Bond, Laura Schwendinger, and Nehemiah Luckett. Vocal soloists include soprano Sharon Harms, baritone Michael Kelly, soprano Zoe Allen, and baritone Nehemiah Luckett. The {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces New Young Artist Program

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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 {…}

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PEAK Performances to Workshop ‘Robeson’

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PEAK Performances at Montclair State University will present a workshop of “Robeson” on Sept. 9, 2025. Headlining the performance will be Justin Hopkins, Raven McMillon, Joseph Parrish, Lucy Evans, Logan Wagner, Wendy Hill, Adrienne Danrich, William Ferguson, and Michael Kelly. Ninety minutes of opera will be shared starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Alexander Kasser Theater. The opera by Scott {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces 2025-26 Season

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Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) has announced its 2025–26 season. Artistic Director Michael Bronfman said, “In times of crisis, BASS has always doubled down on the core belief that the experience of sharing something expressive face-to-face with others is not a luxury but a fiercely urgent necessity. We will not be silenced and we will not slow down.” The season {…}

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Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera Presents Douglas Moore’s ‘Giants in the Earth Rediscovered’

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The Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera in collaboration with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Scandinavian House of New York City present “Douglas Moore: Giants in the Earth Rediscovered.” Published 100 years ago, Ole Rolvaag’s novel “Giants in the Earth” was the quintessential American immigrant story. It depicts a story of tragedy and romance among Norwegian American settlers {…}