The Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) has announced its collaboration with soprano Alice Teyssier. The Philadelphia early music trio, Filament will make its 5BMF debut with Alice Teyssier in the program, “Bound Up in Love.” Filament’s soloists are violinist Evan Few, Elena Kauffman on the viola da gamba, and keyboardist John Walthausen. The program places works by Isabella Leonarda, Barbara {…}
Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) is set to present “Cycles V: Harawi.” The concert, which will be held on Feb. 1, will feature Messiaen’s song cycle for voice and piano. Mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner returns to BASS following her standout debut last season and she will be accompanied by pianist Shawn Chang. The evening will also feature a pre-concert lecture at {…}
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 (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 {…}
The Brooklyn Arts Song Society is set to present the New Voices finale “Lost/Found III.” The concert, which will be held on June 1, 2025, will explore a brave new world of sonic possibilities in song. The evening will include Katherine Balch’s “Phrases,” Fang Man’s Partridge Sky,” Samy Moussa’s “The Sick Rose,” Andrew Staniland’s “Execution Songs,” and Kate Soper’s “The Fragments of {…}
The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced that its National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant has been terminated. The company sent out a letter signed by Artistic Director Michael Brofman stating, “Late Friday night, Brooklyn Art Song Society learned that our grant from the National Endowment for the Arts is being terminated. This action was part of a purge {…}
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 {…}
Brooklyn Arts Song Society is set to present “Histories VI: Goethe,” the final installment of its Histories series. The performance will be held on March 2, 2025, at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. The concert explores Goethe’s timeless texts through the music of two of history’s greatest composers. The evening will see music by Franz Schubert and Hugo {…}
