by Kile Smith | Jan 28, 2013 | American music, Art songs, Classical music, new music, Vocal music
A festive afternoon with Lyric Fest at AVA: triumphant premieres of song cycles by Andrea Clearfield and my dear friend Daron Hagen. Congratulations to all the singers: mezzo-soprano Katherine Pracht and baritone Randall Scarlata for the Clearfield,...
by Kile Smith | Jul 12, 2012 | Art songs, Jazz, new music, Vocal music
Network for New Music commissioned these songs in 2000, and the premiere was 26 Jan 2001 with Martha Elliot, soprano, Arne Running, clarinet, and Linda Reichert, piano. Latonia Moore performed them the following year at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, with...