The Center announces an October 9, 2017 Guest Master Class and Guest Recital by pianist-researcher Nico de Villiers on The Songs of Richard Hageman at the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Showcasing special gifts & donations to the ICAMus Collections: The Vale of Dreams. Piano Music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes. An invitation to discover American musical Impressionism. A CD inscribed to ICAMus by the performer, pianist Emanuele Torquati.
A charming voice that is heard from the American musical past. A new ICAMus video is published on the Center's YouTube Channel. Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781-1861), "The Voice of Faithful Love" (1832). From the April 4, 2017 concert in Florence, "At the Origins of art Music for the Flute in North America. A Program of Early American Music, 1800-1858". Myung San Ko, soprano: Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano. Modern première performance & recording. Video by Yoon Kyu Yoon.
Rehearsing the new event, Between Two Worlds, premiering at SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts in Montespertoli (Florence, Italy) on May 20, 2017. All original choreographies are by Antonella Bardi, to Dybbuk-inspired compositions by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Tra i Due Mondi (Between Two Worlds) is the first collaboration of ICAMus with SguardiDanza (Antonella Bardi, Artistic Director). With critical introductions by Aloma Bardi, author of a book on musical adaptations of S. An-Ski's powerful play, The Dybbuk.
We share with our audience yet more beautiful moments from the April 4, 2017 successful concert in Florence: The Performers. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano. At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America. A program of Early American Music, 1800-1858. An ICAMus Collaboration with Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" di Firenze and Villa-Museo Bardini. A Project by Aloma Bardi. Photos by Jae Hun Choi.
More memories from the April 4, 2017 successful concert in Florence: The venue, the audience, the refreshments, the conversation. At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America: A Program of Early American Music, 1800-1858. Works by E. Riley, B. Carr, A.Ph. Heinrich, S.C. Foster. The concert was a collaboration of ICAMus with Conservatorio di Musica "L. Cherubini" di Firenze and Villa-Museo Bardini. The performers were: Myung San Ko, Kyle Sullivan, Viola S. Valerio, Anna Toccafondi. All photos by Jae Hun Choi.
The ICAMus concert of Early-Romantic American Music, At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America, successully took place yesterday in Florence. Works by Edward Riley, Benjamin Carr, Anthony Ph. Heinrich, Stephen C. Foster. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola Shaula Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano and ensemble direction. A collaboration of ICAMus with Conservatorio di Musica “L. Cherubini” di Firenze, and Villa-Museo Bardini. Please view the first photos by Jae Hun Choi.
Florence, Italy: soprano Myung San Ko, baritone Kyle Sullivan, flutist and research scholar Viola Shaula Valerio, pianist and music director Anna Toccafondi are doing the final rehearsals for the Early American Music concert of Tuesday, April 4, 2017, featuring works from the American musical past, 1800-1848. A charming, unique, not-to-be-missed program!
The Program for "A Concert of Early American Music, 1800-1858", with a Program Note, texts and translations, is online, available for download. The upcoming concert, featuring rare and rediscovered works from the American musical past, takes place in Florence, Villa Bardini, on April 4, 2017, at 5:30 pm. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, solo piano, piano accompaniment, ensemble direction; a project by Aloma Bardi.
ICAMus gratefully acknowledges and showcases a new meaningful gift to the Center's Collections: The American Civil War “Sound World” in Douglas Hedwig’s CDs of Brass Band Music performed on period instruments. Dr. Hedwig is an American composer, conductor, trumpeter, and scholar.
