09/28/2011
Stephen C. Foster concert, complete revised texts online with translation.
Foster texts of the upcoming October 22nd, 2011 ICAMus concert with Scuola Comunale di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” of Prato, Italy are online.
Foster texts of the upcoming October 22nd, 2011 ICAMus concert with Scuola Comunale di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” of Prato, Italy are online.
The Section *In Depth - Subscription Area* of the ICAMus Web site is currently being populated.
The ICAMus performance project by Gershwin specialist Lorenzo Puliti focusing on a selection of George and Ira Gershwin's "Strike up the Band" in the 1930 published version,
as a collaboration with Scuola di Musica di Fiesole during the academic year 2010-2011, had its public presentation at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Festa della Musica, in a new arrangement by the Composition Class of the School.
The collaboration with Scuola di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" of Prato, Italy aimed at achieving a historically informed performance of Stephen Collins Foster's Songs in different arrangements by the author, will soon be having its public debut.
This academic year 2010-2011 the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, voice class of Lucia Mazzei, is working on a performance project by Lorenzo Puliti, focusing on a selection of George and Ira Gershwin's Strike up the Band in the 1930 published version.
The score incipits and relevant audio files of the complete Samuel Barber Catalog just completed by Barber specialist Barbara Heyman (forthcoming from Oxford University Press) will be featured in our Subscription Area.
The collaboration begun with Scuola di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" of Prato, Italy in October 2010, to achieve a historically informed performance of Stephen Collins Foster's Songs in different arrangements by the author is now effective in view of a performance later this year.
Since winter 2011 the Center has been working on a 2012-2013 scholarly and performance project to celebrate American music through the lens of the 500th anniversary of Amerigo Vespucci's death. Rare pieces will be researched and performed, related to the discovery of the Americas.
