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01/06/2022

Two webinars by Luca Bragalini, in honor of Martin Luther King Day 2022 and of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. Registration is open!

Preparing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ICAMus on January 25^th, 2022! Two upcoming webinars by Luca Bragalini, a collaboration of ICAMus with MCECS-Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and the University of Michigan (Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, and MES-Department of Middle East Studies). Thursday, January 27th, 2022, and Tuesday, February 1st, 2022, at 3:00-5:00 PM EST (New York Time).
08/10/2021

“A Not-ThreePenny Festival/Un festival NON da tre soldi” by Associazione InCanto is focused on Kurt Weill. Con il patrocinio di ICAMus/With the endorsement of ICAMus. Opening soon in Italy!

ICAMus is proud to endorse A Not-ThreePenny Festival/Un festival NON da tre soldi” by Associazione InCanto. The series of events is focused on Kurt Weill and takes place in Italy (Terni, Umbria) from August 17 to September 4, 2021.
05/17/2021

American Poetry and American Art Songs: “America is a Poem.” The online ICAMus presentation by Aloma Bardi for the Lyceum Club Internazionale Firenze is accessible on the Lyceum channels.

The online presentation by Aloma Bardi is an exploration of American music and poetry, with particular focus on the theme of Nature. With slides including original texts and documents, and visual art; in-depth materials (links to audio files, song texts & translations, bibliography, performers’ statements) available through the website page.
01/10/2021

The composer speaks: Jerome N. Margolis.

«I’ve composed a great deal of music in different musical genres and tried to adhere to the very same principles and standards I applied to my so-called “serious” works.» American composer Jerome N. Margolis, who donated his unpublished music scores and archival recordings of his works to the ICAMus Special Collections, shares his wide-ranging vision of music.
06/24/2020

Find, follow, and like ICAMus on Instagram!

Dear Friends and Followers, ICAMus is on Instagram. This is an invitation to find, follow & like us! Our inaugural series of posts is ICAMus Summer Postcards: Our Collaborative CDs.
05/05/2020

A new gift to our Special Collections, from Exhibitions Curator, Archivist, and Lecturer, Bill Doggett. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Overture to a Fairy Tale, V-Disc 78rpm recording.

On display at The ICAMus Studio in Ann Arbor: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Overture to a Fairy Tale, NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini, V-Disc No. 607B, 78rpm recording, 1945. A new gift received from exhibitions curator, archivist, and lecturer, Bill Doggett, a valued member of the ICAMus Board of Advisors.
02/24/2020

Great success for Luca Bragalini’s Lecture on Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Works in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Memories.

A gallery of photos from Luca Bragalini's very successful lecture, The Duke of Jazz and His Symphonic Visions in Prato, Italy, on Sunday, February 23, 2020. For MetJazz 2020, sponsored by Camerata Strumentale “Città di Prato” in collaboration with ICAMus. Photos © Augusto Biagini, Courtesy of Camerata Strumentale “Città di Prato.”
02/18/2020

L'invito di Luca Bragalini a partecipare alla sua imminente conferenza a Prato sulle opere sinfoniche di Duke Ellington.

Celebriamo Black History Month con ICAMus. In un video, l’invito personale di Luca Bragalini a partecipare alla sua conferenza sulle composizioni sinfoniche di Duke Ellington, domenica 23 febbraio 2020 alle ore 11 a Prato, nella Sala delle Colonne della Scuola di Musica “G. Verdi”.
02/04/2020

Conferenza di Luca Bragalini sulle opere sinfoniche di Duke Ellington, a cura della Camerata Strumentale "Città di Prato" in collaborazione con ICAMus, nell’ambito di MetJazz 2020.

Luca Bragalini compie un viaggio tra le partiture sinfoniche di Duke Ellington, con riferimenti alla cultura religiosa, alla storia dell'arte e alla storia sociale afroamericana che ampliano gli orizzonti oltre la musica. Duke Ellington: le visioni sinfoniche di un Duca del jazz. Scuola di Musica “G. Verdi”, Sala delle Colonne, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato; domenica 23 febbraio 2020, ore 11; ingresso libero. A cura della Camerata Strumentale "Città di Prato" in collaborazione con ICAMus, nell’ambito di MetJazz 2020.
01/29/2020

Success for the European première of “Kol Nidre” by Jerome N. Margolis performed by Davide Casali and Pierpaolo Levi in Budapest on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Photos from the concert.

A gallery of photos from the European première of Kol Nidre by Jerome N. Margolis on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2020, in the beautiful venue of the Italian Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary; Davide Casali, clarinet; Pierpaolo Levi, piano. The performance was a collaboration with ICAMus and with the composer. Dr. Margolis donated this unpublished score to the ICAMus Archive, as part of a major donation of his works.

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Two webinars by Luca Bragalini, in honor of Martin Luther King Day 2022 and of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. Registration is open!

“A Not-ThreePenny Festival/Un festival NON da tre soldi” by Associazione InCanto is focused on Kurt Weill. Con il patrocinio di ICAMus/With the endorsement of ICAMus. Opening soon in Italy!

American Poetry and American Art Songs: “America is a Poem.” The online ICAMus presentation by Aloma Bardi for the Lyceum Club Internazionale Firenze is accessible on the Lyceum channels.

The composer speaks: Jerome N. Margolis.

Find, follow, and like ICAMus on Instagram!

A new gift to our Special Collections, from Exhibitions Curator, Archivist, and Lecturer, Bill Doggett. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Overture to a Fairy Tale, V-Disc 78rpm recording.

Great success for Luca Bragalini’s Lecture on Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Works in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Memories.

L'invito di Luca Bragalini a partecipare alla sua imminente conferenza a Prato sulle opere sinfoniche di Duke Ellington.

Conferenza di Luca Bragalini sulle opere sinfoniche di Duke Ellington, a cura della Camerata Strumentale "Città di Prato" in collaborazione con ICAMus, nell’ambito di MetJazz 2020.

Success for the European première of “Kol Nidre” by Jerome N. Margolis performed by Davide Casali and Pierpaolo Levi in Budapest on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Photos from the concert.

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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.

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

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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.