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  • 04/26/2017

    New ICAMus Video is Online: "The Voice of Faithful Love" by Anthony Philip Heinrich.

    A charming voice that is heard from the American musical past. A new ICAMus video is published on the Center's YouTube Channel. Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781-1861), "The Voice of Faithful Love" (1832). From the April 4, 2017 concert in Florence, "At the Origins of art Music for the Flute in North America. A Program of Early American Music, 1800-1858". Myung San Ko, soprano: Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano. Modern première performance & recording. Video by Yoon Kyu Yoon.

  • 04/20/2017

    Rehearsing "Between Two Worlds" at SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts.

    Rehearsing the new event, Between Two Worlds, premiering at SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts in Montespertoli (Florence, Italy) on May 20, 2017. All original choreographies are by Antonella Bardi, to Dybbuk-inspired compositions by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Tra i Due Mondi (Between Two Worlds) is the first collaboration of ICAMus with SguardiDanza (Antonella Bardi, Artistic Director). With critical introductions by Aloma Bardi, author of a book on musical adaptations of S. An-Ski's powerful play, The Dybbuk.

  • 04/09/2017

    Sharing yet more highlights from the April 4, 2017 concert in Florence: The Performers.

    We share with our audience yet more beautiful moments from the April 4, 2017 successful concert in Florence: The Performers. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano. At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America. A program of Early American Music, 1800-1858. An ICAMus Collaboration with Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" di Firenze and Villa-Museo Bardini. A Project by Aloma Bardi. Photos by Jae Hun Choi.

  • 04/07/2017

    More memories from the April 4, 2017 concert in Florence: At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America.

    More memories from the April 4, 2017 successful concert in Florence: The venue, the audience, the refreshments, the conversation. At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America: A Program of Early American Music, 1800-1858. Works by E. Riley, B. Carr, A.Ph. Heinrich, S.C. Foster. The concert was a collaboration of ICAMus with Conservatorio di Musica "L. Cherubini" di Firenze and Villa-Museo Bardini. The performers were: Myung San Ko, Kyle Sullivan, Viola S. Valerio, Anna Toccafondi. All photos by Jae Hun Choi. 

  • 04/05/2017

    Success for the concert, "At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute" in Florence.

    The ICAMus concert of Early-Romantic American Music, At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America, successully took place yesterday in Florence. Works by Edward Riley, Benjamin Carr, Anthony Ph. Heinrich, Stephen C. Foster. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola Shaula Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano and ensemble direction. A collaboration of ICAMus with Conservatorio di Musica “L. Cherubini” di Firenze, and Villa-Museo Bardini. Please view the first photos by Jae Hun Choi.

  • 04/01/2017

    Final rehearsals in Florence for the Early American Music concert of Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

    Florence, Italy: soprano Myung San Ko, baritone Kyle Sullivan, flutist and research scholar Viola Shaula Valerio, pianist and music director Anna Toccafondi are doing the final rehearsals for the Early American Music concert of Tuesday, April 4, 2017, featuring works from the American musical past, 1800-1848. A charming, unique, not-to-be-missed program!

  • 03/26/2017

    The Program for the Upcoming Event, "A Concert of Early American Music, 1800-1858", With a Program Note, Texts and Translations, is Online, Available for Download.

    The Program for "A Concert of Early American Music, 1800-1858", with a Program Note, texts and translations, is online, available for download. The upcoming concert, featuring rare and rediscovered works from the American musical past, takes place in Florence, Villa Bardini, on April 4, 2017, at 5:30 pm. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, solo piano, piano accompaniment, ensemble direction; a project by Aloma Bardi.

  • 01/29/2017

    The newly released CD has arrived at the ICAMus Studio!

    "La tregua. Songs from a lost world of Italian Jewish composers, 1895-1945". Caroline Helton, soprano, and Kathryn Goodson, piano; Blue Griffin Recording, Inc., 2017. This new CD features works by composers who emigrated to the Americas to escape Nazi deportation: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Renzo Massarani and Vittorio Rieti; it also includes works by Leone Sinigaglia. ICAMus and Aloma Bardi have collaborated to this project with ongoing research on this rare repertoire and its rediscovery.

 

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