(photo by Jiyang Chen) Mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner and collaborative pianist Maureen Zoltek will perform a free recital on Sunday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Greenfield Recital Hall at Manhattan School of Music. The program opens with Hugo Wolf’s “Mignon Lieder,” followed by the six songs of David Clay “Mettens’s -the sustaining air,” Poulenc’s “La dame de Monte Carlo,” and {…}
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 {…}
Groupmuse, a worker- and musician-owned cooperative has reached a major milestone by hosting its 10,000th concert. The majority of Groupmuse’s events take place in non-traditional concert spaces, like living rooms, cafes, distilleries, and backyards. The 10,000th concert was titled, “”Warm your winter with A House Concert.” The concert took place in Portland, Oregon and featured star classical guitarist David Elan {…}
The Gerda Lissner Foundation has announced that it will present a special concert in association with The Liederkranz Foundation. Set for April 30, 2025, the showcase will feature the winners of the Lieder / Song and International Vocal Competitions in 2024 and 2025. Participants include Magdalena Kuzma, Giorgi Guliashvili, Tatev Baroyan, Sofia Gotch, Shelén Huges, Amanda Batista, Erin Wagner, Michael {…}
The Morgan Library & Museum will present a recital featuring mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner on April 24, 2025. The showcase, which kicks off at 12 p.m. and has a duration of one hour, will feature the mezzo as she takes Dominick Argento’s “From the Diary of Virginia Woolf” and Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder.” Wagner is a Naumburg Vocal Award Winner and Houston Grand {…}
The Gerda Lissner Foundation has announced that mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner is the first prize winner of the 2024 Lieder / Song Vocal Competition. “I am so immensely grateful and honored to have been awarded First Prize in this year’s Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder Competition,” said Wagner, a winner of the 2021 Naumburg Foundation Vocal Award, per an official press release. {…}
The Young Concert Artists series continues this Spring with several major performances. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal showcases on offer. First up, tenor Daniel McGrew joins forces with pianists Sophia Zou and Nathaniel LaNasa for a performance at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. The program features works by Schumann and Fauré and a world {…}
Young Concert Artists has released the highlights of its spring 2024 season. Only vocal concerts are listed in this article. Starting things off, the Young Concert Artists perform at the New York Festival of Song: “All Together Now.” Performance Date: February 21, 2024 Mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner makes DC and NY debuts in “Everything Must Change,” with pianist Shawn Chang. Performance {…}
The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation will present mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner in recital on Nov. 20, 2023 at Weill Recital Hall. The event will feature Wagner alongside pianist Shawn Chang as they take on the world premiere “Joy,” a work by Errollyn Wallen, commissioned by the Foundation. The program also includes Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn,” and works by Stefana Turkewich, Shawn {…}
Young Concert Artists (YCA) revealed its 2023-2024 season, including debuts of four new artists in New York and a co-presentation with the New York Festival of Song. The season will feature YCA Auditions and a Winners Concert, both live-streamed, four noontime performances, and a grand finale at Carnegie Hall. Four YCA artists will also showcase their talent at the Kennedy {…}
The New York Festival of Songs has announced the lineup for the 2023-24 season. “100 Years of Broadway Love” is presented by soprano Kerrigan Bigelow, mezzo-soprano Sophia Baete, and baritone Shavon Lloyd, with Steven Blier as pianist following a weeklong residency in Orient, NY. Performance Dates: August 21-27, 2023 Kicking off its 36th season mainstage season is curators and co-pianists {…}
