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Composer Laura Karpman talks about the process of writing music for tv and her new work inspired by Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Hear Laura's work on NYFOS Next: Laura Karpman & Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum on March 25. On your upcoming NYFOS Next...
Baritone Theo Hoffman, an NYFOS Emerging Artist alumnus and member of NYFOS's Artist Council, answers our questions on growing up in Manhattan, upcoming productions, and the significance of the word 'song'. Hear Theo perform with NYFOS on tour to Tucson, AZ in Killer...
Pianist and vocal coach Joseph Li answers our questions on his most frequent advice to young singers, how he repairs cracked nails, why you won't find him on Facebook, and more. Hear Joseph perform with NYFOS in Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Songs of Gay Harlem on...
Baritone John Brancy answers our questions on his connection to the music of Kurt Weill and how he created his much acclaimed recitals about WWI. John returns to NYFOS on November 19 in a concert versions of Marc Blitzstein's No For An Answer & Kurt Weill's Der...
Five years after his production of The Cradle Will Rock was abruptly cancelled by the Works Progress Administration, Marc Blitzstein composed the score for the 1942 anti-fascist, anti-KKK documentary film Native Land, featuring today's selection, "American Day." Paul...
This week New York Festival of Song honors the great Jessye Norman and her legacy with a series of remembrances from those she inspired. Today’s tribute comes from soprano Harolyn Blackwell. I first heard Ms. Norman sing when I was 18 years of age and...