Winterreise masterclass with Ethan DePuy
A collaboration between the Holden Voice Program and Boston Art Song Society and part of the Harvard ARTS FIRST Festival.
Free admission.
Featuring pianist Justin Blackwell and students from the Holden Voice Program at Harvard.
Join Boston Art Song Society as they explore the understated elegance and splendor of the English song tradition in Silent Noon: The Songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Baritone Dana Whiteside, tenor Ethan DePuy, and pianist Julia Carey take us on a distinctive musical journey through the weary eyes of a wandering traveler (Songs of Travel), to the idyllic English countryside (On Wenlock Edge), and onward to the highest heights imaginable (Five Mystical Songs).
This one-night-only event is guaranteed to transport you to a time and place "when twofold silence was the song of love" as seen through the distinctive lens of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the powerhouse composer who redefined the standards for classical music in 20th Century Britain.
On Sunday May 15th at 3pm, Boston Art Song Society presents its final concert of the season:
“America Sings!” is an American song recital featuring Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and the world premiere of For My Mother and the Mother I Am by Composer in Residence Mason Bynes.
Soprano Lisa Williamson performs in recital with pianist Brett Hodgdon.
LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE. Tickets available here.
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Program:
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs
**Mason Bynes: For My Mother and the Mother I Am (World Premiere)
Harry Burleigh: Three Spirituals
Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
H. Leslie Adams: Selections from Nightsongs
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COVID-19 protocol: Masking required, vaccination expected. Boston Art Song Society requires that masks be worn while inside the Longy School of Music, regardless of vaccination status. Your mask must cover both your mouth and your nose.
Contact us at bostonartsong@gmail.com with any questions concerning COVID-19 protocol.
Boston Art Song Society presents a spiritual snapshot featuring works by J.S. Bach, Vaughan Williams, and Britten. Artistic Director and tenor Ethan DePuy performs in recital with pianist Patricia Au and oboist Elizabeth England.
The evening's prelude will feature songs arranged by Composer in Residence Mason Bynes performed by soprano Carley DeFranco and electric guitarist Hayes Cummings.
LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE. As a member of our live studio audience, you will be among the first to see this performance as it is filmed prior to its online release.
Program:
Mason Bynes: Dowland Impressions (Prelude performance)
Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs for voice and oboe
Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
J.S. Bach: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55
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COVID-19 protocol: Masking and vaccination required. Boston Art Song Society requires that masks be worn while inside the New School of Music, regardless of vaccination status. Your mask must cover both your mouth and your nose.
Audience members 12 years of age and older must show proof of full vaccination (defined by the CDC as having received their primary series of COVID-19 vaccines).
The following proof of vaccination is accepted:
A CDC vaccination card
A digital image of a CDC vaccination card
An image or printout of any official immunization record
Any COVID vaccine verification app
Contact us at bostonartsong@gmail.com with any questions concerning COVID-19 protocol.
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In their season opener, Boston Art Song Society presents baritone Junhan Choi and pianist Ji Yung Lee in an intimate performance of Schubert's Schwanengesang.
The evening's prelude will feature songs by Composer in Residence Mason Bynes performed by soprano Carley DeFranco, Artistic Director and tenor Ethan DePuy, and pianist Patricia Au.
LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE. As a member of our live studio audience, you will be among the first to see this performance as it is filmed prior to its online release.
COVID-19 protocol: Masking required, vaccination expected. Boston Art Song Society requires that masks be worn while inside the New School of Music, regardless of vaccination status. Your mask must cover both your mouth and your nose.
In this time of widespread racial violence and unrest, Boston Art Song Society, in collaboration with guest baritone Emery Stephens, explores the amplification of Black voices in the white-dominated classical music field. This event will include performances by pianists Ann Schaefer and Pierre-Nicolas Colombat and will conclude with a live Q&A session with the artists. Dr. Stephens’ Singing Down the Barriers project aims to empower and encourage singers, voice teachers, voice coaches, and researchers of all ethnicities to study and perform the historically rich vocal music of classically-trained African-American composers.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
“I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.” - Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911
Join us for a performance of Gustav Mahler’s deeply personal Rückert-Lieder and selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Featuring baritone Edward Vogel and pianist and artistic director Ann Schaefer. Guest artist, Charles Overton will play a solo harp arrangement of the beloved Adagietto from Mahler’s 5th Symphony.
Contemporary Prelude Series - This concert will begin with a performance of Tania León’s Atwood Songs by soprano Stephanie Lamprea.
“No one feels another’s grief, no one understands another’s joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.” - Franz Schubert, 1797-1828
Tenor Ethan DePuy and pianist and artistic director Ann Schaefer return to Schubert’s timeless masterpiece, Winterreise. Enjoy a uniquely personal virtual event that delves deep into artists’ shared experience of 2020 in the context of Schubert’s profound meditation on social alienation.
This program is supported in part by an Opportunity Fund grant, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
You won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to hear the complete songs of Henri Duparc. Grab a cocktail at the bar and come with us on a journey into the surreal!
Featuring soprano MaryRuth Lown, countertenor Wee Kiat Chia, baritone Jacob Cooper, and pianists Leona Cheung, Emma Luyendijk, and Ann Schaefer.
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $10 Students
Boston Art Song Society welcomes guest artists tenor Eric Rieger and pianist J.J. Penna who will give an exclusive performance of Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin.
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $10 Students
“Come over to Schober’s today and I will sing you a cycle of horrifying [schauerlicher] songs. I am anxious to know what you will say about them. They have cost me more effort than any of my other songs.” - Franz Schubert, 1827
Join us for a performance of Schubert’s masterpiece, Winterreise. Featuring tenor Ethan DePuy and pianist and artistic director Ann Schaefer.
Contemporary Prelude Series - This concert will begin with a performance of Luciano Berio’s Sequenza III by soprano Stephanie Lamprea.
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $10 Students
A recital of works on themes of life, love, and nature by Beethoven and Schumann. Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with Boston Art Song Society and Boston Children’s Chorus. Enjoy performances of two of the most important works for voice and piano in a cozy salon-style setting. Wine and dessert reception to follow.
Concert donations to benefit Boston Children’s Chorus
A recital of works by composers from the Second New England School. Join us as we explore the artistic history of Boston at the turn of the twentieth century through music. This program is presented alongside the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s Boston Made Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork exhibition.
Hear the story of the Korean "Comfort Women" before and during World War II through music and a film screening of Spirits' Homecoming
American and British songs on wartime themes
European war-themed music in commemoration of Veterans Day
We’ll explore different aspects of life...from animals’ perspectives! Discover French humor and pathos through intricate and clever poetry about all sorts of creatures. Bring the whole family!
Don’t miss this all-Russian program, presented in the context of a tea party! Immerse yourself in a heart-wrenching, beautiful evening of Russian romances, including Rachmaninov’s complete Opus 14.
Boston Art Song Society is jazzing itself up for the night! De-stress and loosen up from holiday planning with cabaret art song!
Join us as we celebrate Italian Heritage Month with the Italian community in Boston! Enjoy delicious songs, wine, and Italian culture!
Invitation to a true salon concert, themed with flower songs by Strauss, Schumann, Schubert, Mahler and Mendelssohn
A Celebration of Italian Culture and Song
The Boston Art Song Society is offering a night of French romance.
Inaugural Concert featuring American songs with roots in Massachusetts.
