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Brooklyn Art Song Society to Present Final Concert in Schubert Festival

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society will conclude its Schubert Festival with “Schwanengesang” on Saturday, March 13, 2021. The concert will feature tenor Dominic Armstrong and Joel Harder, soprano Kristina Bachrach, and baritone Michael Kelly accompanied by clarinetist Narek Arutyunian and pianists Michael Brofman and Joel Harder. The first half of the concert will feature Kelly and Brofman taking on “Widerschien,” {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society to Present Schubert’s ‘Liebe’

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The Brooklyn Art Song  Society is set to present the fourth concert in its 2020-21 season, entitled “Liebe,” on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The showcase will place an emphasis on love songs composed by Schubert. The first half of the concert will open with mezzo-soprano Devony Smith interpreting “Im Frühling,” “Geheimes,” Nähe des Gelibeten,” “Versunken,” and “Ganymed,” followed by soprano {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces Bonus Concert in Virtual Schubert Festival

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On December 12, 2020, Brooklyn Art Song Society will present the next installment of its virtual Schubert festival. Featuring works not normally shown in mainstage programs, this concert will be filmed live at the Soapbox Gallery in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The program will include “Die Forelle,” “Auf Dem Wasser du singen,” and “Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III).” The artists are {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces New Music Advisory Board

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(Photo Credit: Arielle Doneson/Victory Hall Opera official website) The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced its new Music Advisory Board. The organization revealed that soprano Laura Strickling, baritone Jorell Williams, and composers Katherine Balch and Lembit Beecher have become the new BASS Music advisors. The four artists will be engaged in devising the long-term plans for BASS’ New Voices Festival, {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces Virtual Slate for August 2020

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced its streaming events for the month of August. First up will be a “New Voices Meet and Greet” set for August 22, 2020. In the virtual event, Artistic Director Mike Brofman will interview all the commissioned composers and poets for the 2020-21 season and introduced the newly formed New Music Advisory Board. There {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society to Showcase Dichter Project Online

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced that The Dichter Project will now take place online. The event, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, May 10, 2020 at the Brooklyn Public Library, is now officially canceled due to the continued regulations set in place to minimize the spread of COVID-19. In lieu of that circumstance, the company will be showcasing {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society to Showcase Music of Grieg & Sibelius

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present the final performance of its 2019-20 Home Series on March 6, 2020 at the Brooklyn Historical Society.  The performance will shine a spotlight on the music of Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius with such performers as soprano Kristina Bachrach, soprano Sarah Brailey, contralto Sara Couden, baritone Brian Mextorf, and pianists Michael {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society to Present Music of Bartok, Kodaly, Janacek

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to showcase a concert featuring the music of Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and Leos Janacek on Feb. 7, 2020 at the Brooklyn Historical Society in New York. The concert will feature sopranos Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Caitlin Mead alongside mezzo-sopranos Kate Maroney and Allison Gish, as well as tenor Dominic Armstrong. Brooklyn Art {…}