A new important international collaboration of ICAMus-Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana (American Music Center, Prato, Italy) with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, University of Otago (New Zealand), and Palazzo della Musica-Camerata Strumentale di Prato: American Songs and Poetry of Contemplation and the Natural World (Lirica d'arte e poesia nella musica americana - Contemplazione del mondo naturale e sociale). Tessa Romano, mezzo-soprano; LiLai Nan, piano. Songs by Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, Florence B. Price, Damien Sneed, Betty Jackson King, Undine Smith Moore, Ricky Ian Gordon, Samuel Barber. Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 6:00pm; Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence, Italy. Free admission with reservation: sezionemusicalyceum@gmail.com.

In the image below: The historic Lyceum venue facing the Arno River, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence, Italy.

We are thrilled to announce the renewed partnership of ICAMus-American Music Center Prato with the historic Lyceum, where we present three events in 2026, beginning with a concert of art songs for voice and piano:

CONCERT PROGRAM:

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1949-1950)

Nature, the gentlest mother                 

There came a wind like a bugle 

The world feels dusty                            

Heart we will forget him                       

Going to heaven!                                 

The Chariot                                          

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Grief    

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

Bewilderment

Hold Fast to Dreams

Damien Sneed (1956)

I Dream a World

INTERMISSION

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

An April Day

Betty Jackson King (1928-1994)

In the Springtime

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Love Let the Wind Cry

Ricky Ian Gordon (1956)

Will there really be a morning?

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

from Hermit Songs (1952-1954)

At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory                              

St. Ita’s Vision                                                  

The Crucifixion                         

The Monk and His Cat                          

The Desire for Hermitage                                  

TESSA ROMANO, mezzo-soprano; LILAI NAN, piano.

A Program of ICAMus-The International Center for American Music

For Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze

With the support of University of Otago, New Zealand.

In collaboration with Palazzo della Musica-Camerata Strumentale di Prato.

Free admission with reservation:

sezionemusicalyceum@gmail.com

With the talents of Tessa Romano and LiLai Nan, and its emotional depth, this enchanting new program of art songs will surely steal our hearts!