by Steven Blier | Jun 15, 2018 | Song of the Day
Today is the day—Song of the Day turns 3! Here’s a look back at our first week of songs from NYFOS’s artistic director Steven Blier. I have three summer concerts to give, and I’ve just started to think about the last of them: NYFOS@North Fork, Latin Lovers (August...
by Steven Blier | Jun 14, 2018 | Song of the Day
Song of the Day turns 3 this week! Here’s a look back at our first week of songs (beginning June 15, 2015) from NYFOS’s artistic director Steven Blier. The first professional singer I ever accompanied was English soprano Valerie Masterson. I met her through Matthew...
by Steven Blier | Jun 13, 2018 | Song of the Day
Song of the Day turns 3 this week! Here’s a look back at our first week of songs (beginning June 15, 2015) from NYFOS’s artistic director Steven Blier. It takes a lot of courage to give your first performance of a song in front of the New York audience and...
by Steven Blier | Jun 12, 2018 | Song of the Day
Song of the Day turns 3 this week! Here’s a look back at our first week of songs (beginning June 15, 2015) from NYFOS’s artistic director Steven Blier. I went out to Brooklyn last week and saw the Fiasco Theater’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. It was a...
by Steven Blier | Jun 11, 2018 | Song of the Day
Song of the Day turns 3 this week! Here’s a look back at our first week of songs (beginning June 15, 2015) from NYFOS’s artistic director Steven Blier. This song-a-day blog is a project I’ve had in mind for years, and I am thrilled to share some of the...
by Steven Blier | May 25, 2018 | Song of the Day
The Art of Pleasure ends with a section simply called “Peace.” The centerpiece is an unpublished song by Michael John LaChiusa entitled “Heaven,” which I first heard on Mary Testa’s album, Have Faith. When I was programming NYFOS’s 30th anniversary gala, all the songs...
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