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02/01/2023

ICAMus spring program in Florence: Musical Experimentation in the New World; Lecture and Concert. A collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze.

The Trio Moderno Italiano (Alberto Bologni, violin; Fausto Bombardieri, percussion; Carlo Palese, piano) performs a program of American musical innovators: Charles E. Ives, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, and Lou Harrison. Aloma Bardi’s introductory lecture explores the significance of American musical experimentation and its surprising historical roots. A collaboration of ICAMus with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze. In Florence, Italy, April 18, 2023. Click on red title to discover the program!
01/19/2023

New ICAMus Publication: “Emergence” CD Celebration at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022, with poetry and visual art. A volume including American-music research, images, and memories. Edited by Aloma Bardi.

ICAMus has published a new volume (PDF) including all materials from the Celebration of the CD Emergence: Settings of Emily Dickinson’s texts; Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, Nicole Panizza; Stone Records). With music, poetry, visual art. A collaboration of ICAMus with Dischi Fenice. Edited by Aloma Bardi. Poetry by Sara Bini, Roberta De Piccoli, Rosaria Lo Russo, Carla Lomi, Lily Prigioniero; artwork by Antonella Bardi. Texts in English and Italian; narrated in Italian. Click on red title to discover the content!
12/15/2022

Newly Published! “Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush”: American Art Song as Praxis. Lecture by Dr. Nicole Panizza Released in the In-Depth Section.

Dr. Nicole Panizza’s Doctoral Seminar on American Art Song was a collaboration of ICAMus with The University of Florence Dipartimento SAGAS. Dr. Panizza’s May 18, 2022 presentation is published (PDF) as part of her seminar with the doctoral students. In English. Click on red title to discover the content!
11/04/2022

New ICAMus publication. Inner Sounds: The Themes of Nature and Identity. “Nature Is What We Hear.” Lecture by Aloma Bardi Released in the In-Depth Section.

Aloma Bardi’s conference paper presented at the Lyceum Club Internazionale Firenze, May 16, 2022. A Collaboration of ICAMus with the Florence Lyceum. A study of the American Romantic imagination—philosophy, poetry, art—and its impact on the American Art Song. Click on red title to discover the content!
05/15/2022

Welcoming to Florence soprano Lorna Windsor to sing in tomorrow’s program with ICAMus and Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze.

Tomorrow in Florence! Lorna Windsor is a versatile soprano whose repertoire ranges from art song to opera, operetta, musical comedy, and contemporary music. She performs songs by Lori Laitman, Aaron Copland and Luigi Zaninelli, to texts by Mary Oliver and Emily Dickinson, in the ICAMus-Lyceum program Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song. Monday, May 16, at 4:30pm, Lyceum, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence. Email reservation (“Irene Weber Froboese” <iwf@startext.biz>) and FFP2 face masks are required.
05/09/2022

Soprano Ljuba Bergamelli to sing in the upcoming ICAMus-Lyceum program in Florence, Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song.

Ljuba Bergamelli is a soprano specializing in contemporary music and performance. She sings the ICAMus-Lyceum program Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song. As we wish a speedy recovery to Nadine Benjamin, with a thankful heart we look forward to working with talented Ljuba. Monday, May 16, at 4:30pm, Lyceum, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence. Email reservation (“Irene Weber Froboese” <iwf@startext.biz>) and FFP2 face masks are required.
05/05/2022

The program of the ICAMus-Lyceum event in Florence on May 16, 2022 can be read and downloaded (PDF) on the ICAMus website.

Read and download the complete detailed program of the event Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song, including all song texts and translations. Songs by Lori Laitman, Aaron Copland, Luigi Zaninelli, and Samuel Barber; texts by Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson, James Agee and Frederic Prokosch.
04/15/2022

The poster and postcard of the ICAMus spring events in Florence, on display at the historic Dischi Fenice record store.

The poster and postcard of our ICAMus spring events in Florence, Italy, are on display at the historic Dischi Fenice record store (Via Santa Reparata 8/B, Florence) where the Emergence CD celebration will take place on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 5:30 PM. With live music, poetry and art. In compliance with the anti-Covid measures currently enforced in Italy, face mask and “Green Pass” are required.
04/13/2022

Admission to the ICAMus-Lyceum event in Florence, May 16, 2022 (The American Art Song - scholarly presentations and concert): Email reservation and compliance with anti-Covid measures are required!

Please note: The May 16, 2022 event in Florence, Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song (scholarly presentations, and concert by Emergence Music) is free of charge and there is no admission ticket, but advance email reservation (“Irene Weber Froboese” <iwf@startext.biz>) and compliance with anti-Covid measures (FFP2 face masks, & Italian “Super Green Pass”) are required.
04/10/2022

It’s spring at the ICAMus Studio. We are getting ready for our May events in Florence, Italy!

April’s splendor is shining with a hopeful feeling of renewal around The ICAMus Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are getting ready for our new season of spring events in Florence, Italy, May 16-18, 2022: Presentations; Concert; CD Celebration with live music, poetry and art; Doctoral Seminar.

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ICAMus spring program in Florence: Musical Experimentation in the New World; Lecture and Concert. A collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze.

New ICAMus Publication: “Emergence” CD Celebration at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022, with poetry and visual art. A volume including American-music research, images, and memories. Edited by Aloma Bardi.

Newly Published! “Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush”: American Art Song as Praxis. Lecture by Dr. Nicole Panizza Released in the In-Depth Section.

New ICAMus publication. Inner Sounds: The Themes of Nature and Identity. “Nature Is What We Hear.” Lecture by Aloma Bardi Released in the In-Depth Section.

Welcoming to Florence soprano Lorna Windsor to sing in tomorrow’s program with ICAMus and Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze.

Soprano Ljuba Bergamelli to sing in the upcoming ICAMus-Lyceum program in Florence, Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song.

The program of the ICAMus-Lyceum event in Florence on May 16, 2022 can be read and downloaded (PDF) on the ICAMus website.

The poster and postcard of the ICAMus spring events in Florence, on display at the historic Dischi Fenice record store.

Admission to the ICAMus-Lyceum event in Florence, May 16, 2022 (The American Art Song - scholarly presentations and concert): Email reservation and compliance with anti-Covid measures are required!

It’s spring at the ICAMus Studio. We are getting ready for our May events in Florence, Italy!

HIGHLIGHTS

The program-guide to the exhibit "Discovering and Interpreting Charles Ives, 1890-2025" is accessible for download.

Discovering the Piano Sonata No. 1 by Charles Ives: A Lecture-Recital with Aloma Bardi and Beniamino Iozzelli.

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

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Aloma Bardi, Graduate Course "American Musical Romanticism", University of Florence.

Concert "Walt Whitman and American Art Song", Florence.

Journée d’étude sur Charles Ives, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.