(Photo: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles IV: Les Six” on Friday, January 5th 2024, at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The compositions chosen for the evening were delightful examples of what made Les Six exciting, however short-lived the group proved to be. Les Six was a peculiar group consisting of Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, {…}
On Jan. 5, 2024, the Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present “Circles IV: Les Six” at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. This installment will focus on a group of six young composers who rebelled against the status quo in the first part of the 20th century. The concert will feature music by Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society is set to present its third concert in the “Home” series. The concert, which is set for Jan. 3, 2020 at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn, NY, will feature music of Polish composers Chopin and Szymanowski. Sopranos Laura Strickling and Amy Owens will be featured on the program alongside pianists Michael Brofman, Spencer Myer, {…}
On Sunday, Mar. 24, 2019, attendees of the second George London Foundation recital of the season were treated to a wonderful display of vocal talent and theatricality. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, a regular on the stages of the world’s leading opera houses, and soprano Amy Owens, winner of the $5,000 prize during the 2018 George London Competition, were featured in {…}
Anthony Dean Griffey and Amy Owens are set to headline the second George London Foundation recital of the season. The recital will showcase Griffey in Three Songs for Tenor, Cello, and Piano by Frank Bridge, joined by cellist David Heiss, Mitch’s Aria from André Previn’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Sam’s Aria from Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah,” and songs by John Jacob {…}
Amy Owens is the true definition of renaissance artist. As a coloratura soprano, she gravitates more to recitals and concert operas rather than staged productions. She released an electronic pop album this summer, right before attending the Linda and Mitch Hart Dallas Institute for Women Conductors. Just for the fun of it, Owens took on rare (and more difficult) version of {…}
