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.
Two different combinations of electric colors (yellow-red and orange-purple) surround the iconic Emily Dickinson daguerreotype (c. 1847) in the poster for the May 2022 ICAMus events in Florence, Italy, focusing on American poetry and American art song, and particularly showcasing settings of Emily Dickinson’s poetry by various composers.
Aaron Copland's song cycle Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (composed 1949-50) will be performed in Florence, Italy, on May 16, 2022, in an ICAMus program presented in collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze. Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, soprano - Nicole Panizza, piano). The program Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song is directed by Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza.
A selection of Samuel Barber songs will be performed in Florence, Italy, on May 16, 2022, in an ICAMus program presented in collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze. Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, soprano - Nicole Panizza, piano). The program Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song is directed by Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza.
Showcasing special gifts to the ICAMus Collections. Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs, Op. 28 H-119, in a new recording by Duo Keira (piano duo, Michela Chiara Borghese & Sabrina De Carlo). Barber | Borodin | Debussy | Ravel. Aulicus Classics ALC 0057, 2021; liner notes by Pierre Brévignon; inscribed by the performers to ICAMus.
The ICAMus project, The American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States, directed by Aloma Bardi & Nicole Panizza, includes three events in Florence, May 2022: Concert by Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, soprano - Nicole Panizza, piano) with presentations by Aloma Bardi & Nicole Panizza, with a special reflection by Nadine Benjamin (Lyceum Club Internazionale, May 16); Emergence CD Celebration, with music, poetry, & art (Dischi Fenice, May 17); Doctoral Seminar by Dr. Nicole Panizza (University of Florence, May 18). Click on red title to discover the program!
The May 17, 2021 video presentation by Aloma Bardi is now published on the ICAMus YouTube channel; the complete Essay, and the accompanying resources – PowerPoint presentation, Music tracks with direct interactive links, Song texts and translations, Comments by the duo Emergence Music, Bibliography – are accessible on the ICAMus website, In-Depth section.
The two ICAMus webinars on Duke Ellington’s Three Black Kings and Jewish Blues in 20th-Century Classical Music were an unforgettable success. Here we share a gallery of memories.
What a celebration it was for the 20th anniversary of ICAMus! Both events – the 2 documentary videos & the 2 webinars – remain accessible: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Black King of the Bible in Duke Ellington's Symphonic Triptych “Three Black Kings” - Jan 27, 2022; Jewish Blues in 20th-Century Classical Music - Feb 1, 2022. Presenter Luca Bragalini, with a panel of specialists discussing each video.
Great success for the two ICAMus webinars by Luca Bragalini with the University of Michigan. Both events – the 2 documentary videos & the 2 webinars – remain accessible: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Black King of the Bible in Duke Ellington's Symphonic Triptych “Three Black Kings” (Jan 27, 2022), and Jewish Blues in 20th-Century Classical Music (Feb 1, 2022).
