World premiere performance of the early Fantasie for Two Pianos by Samuel Barber. ICAMus grants its sponsorship to the Duo Keira (Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo, pianos) and their Festival in Rome opening on February 27, 2015.
Read the praising reviews of the Samuel Barber CD Souvenirs & Recollections (Pianists Giampaolo Nuti and Daniela De Santis) released by Stradivarius with the collaboration of ICAMus, including rare early piano pieces and world premiere recordings. A year ago we celebrated the CD release with an event in Prato, Italy. Today we invite you to learn about its international success.
You're the Top was successfully presented in Prato, Italy, on December 31st, 2014 by the Camerata Strumentale: Seventeen songs from different Cole Porter musicals arranged in four instrumental suites-fantasies by composer-pianist Alessandro Lucchetti. Read and download the Event Program, with a Note by Alessandro Lucchetti, and an ICAMus Program Note contributed for the Center by Aloma Bardi.
ICAMus announces the upcoming release (spring 2015) of a CD of unpublished settings of Whitman and Shakespeare by Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, a collaboration of ICAMus with the Oberlin Music record label. Tenor Salvatore Champagne, pianist Howard Lubin; a 50-page Booklet with original essays by James Westby, Mila De Santis, Aloma Bardi, John Champagne; texts, documents, archival images.
ICAMus has established a new Affiliation with American Music Preservation, a very large informational website devoted to the preservation of American music through resources and publications, Roger L. Hall, Director.
ICAMus announces its events in Florence, June 2015, focused on Leaves of Grass and Shakespeare Sonnets, unpublished art songs by Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968). A Conference and a Recital on 06-08-2015.
A New Year's Eve Tribute to Cole Porter in Prato, Italy. You're the Top, four orchestral suites arranged by composer-pianist Alessandro Lucchetti and conducted by pianist-conductor Antonio Ballista. A fascinating program presented by the Camerata Strumentale «Città di Prato» to welcome the New Year. Icamus participates with a Program Note by Aloma Bardi.
A night of Cole Porter in Prato, Italy, on December 31st. Seventeen songs from different musicals arranged in four instrumental suites-fantasies by Alessandro Lucchetti, in a challenging fresh look at the melodies, harmonies and rhythms of this masterful composer-lyricist songwriter.
The ICAMus Studio in Ann Arbor features the Organization's latest additions to the Collection and the new donations received, among which: Scores and Scrapbook of Italian American composer Alberto Bimboni; and scores, libretti, notes, and illustrative material of contemporary opera composer Solomon Epstein. The Studio makes it possible to get acquainted with the Organization's current projects, and to explore the Archive of ICAMus events and programs.
The ICAMus Website Links Page is now listing also Facebook Pages of Organizations and Institutions specializing in American Music or specific aspects of it.
