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  • 10/09/2017

    The Songs of Richard Hageman (1881-1966): Guest Master Class and Recital by Nico de Villiers.

    9 October 2017. A Guest Master Class and Guest Recital by pianist-researcher Nico de Villiers on The Songs of Richard Hageman (1881-1966) at the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A. Nico de Villiers has co-authored with Asing Walthaus the volume Making the Tailcoats Fit: The Life and Work of Richard Hageman (2015) and has extensively researched and performed the art songs of Dutch-born American composer Richard Hageman. Click on red title to learn more about this event.

  • 05/20/2017

    20 May 2017. Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk): American music, Visual arts, Choreography, Folklore. A collaboration of ICAMus with SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts.

    A creative introduction and multi-disciplinary approach to Aloma Bardi's book Esotismi musicali del Dibbuk (American and European composers inspired by S. An-Ski's play, The Dybbuk: Or, Between Two Worlds) in a meeting with the author, featuring original choreographies to compositions by Copland and Bernstein. The first collaboration of ICAMus with SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts in Montespertoli (Florence). Between Two Worlds: (The Dybbuk): American Music, Visual Arts, Choreography, Folklore. Aloma Bardi - book author, introduction & comments; Antonella Bardi - choreographies & visual art; Giulia Morandi - solo dancer; Ivano Bini - narrator. At SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts, Via della Gora 15/1, Loc. Baccaiano, Montespertoli (Firenze), Italy. Saturday, May 20, 2017, 9:00 pm. Click on red title to learn more about this event.

  • 04/04/2017

    A Concert of Early American Music, 1800-1858.

    A new ICAMus concert program of rare pieces and European premieres from Pre-Civil War American Music, 1800-1858, at the Villa Bardini in Florence, Italy, on April 4, 2017. Works by E. Riley (1769-1829), B. Carr (1768-1831), A.Ph. Heinrich (1781-1861), S.C. Foster (1826-1864). Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan (baritone); Viola S. Valerio (flute); Anna Toccafondi (piano & ensemble direction); a project by Aloma Bardi. The first program carried out by ICAMus within the recently-established Affiliation Agreement with the Music Conservatory of Florence. Click on red title to learn more about this event.

  • 01/29/2017

    Songs from a Lost World of Italian Jewish Composers. A concert featuring composers who emigrated to the Americas in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution.

    A concert of soprano Caroline Helton and pianist Kathryn Goodson on January 29, 2017, in honor of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, featuring art songs of Italian Jewish Composers, Leone Sinigaglia, Vittorio Rieti, Renzo Massarani and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. ICAMus has contributed to this project with research in American archives on forgotten and unpublished works by Italian American composers. Temple Beth El - Maas Chapel, 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, USA, Sunday, January 29, 2017, 5:00 PM. Free event, open to the public. Click on red title to find out more about this event.

 

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