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NYFOS@Caramoor 2020: Day 1
I was already looking forward to my annual residency at Caramoor, the twelfth...
Stephanus le Roux Marais: Mali, di slaaf se Lied
It has been such a treat to be asked to host the NYFOS Song of the Day blog...
Carlos Guastavino: Ya me voy a retirar
Today's post will be a bit shorter than my first three as I am in a...
Marc Blitzstein: Stay in My Arms
Widely unknown but celebrated by NYFOS, Marc Blitzstein just might be my...
Stephen Sondheim: What More Do I Need?
For the past three years I have lived in a ground floor, one bedroom apartment...
Jayme Ovalle: Azulão
By way of introduction, my name is Thomas West. I am a baritone originally...
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum previews her upcoming NYFOS Next evening,...
Anaïs Mitchell: The Wall
From Ann Gregg, a producer, program designer, educator and musician I recently...
The Beach Boys: Little Deuce Coupe
From Tim Coffey, Caramoor’s Artistic Planning Manager It’s winter on the east...
Mary Rodgers: The Boy From…
From Kathy Schuman, Caramoor’s VP, Artistic Planning and Executive Producer As...
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Man, Greatly Beloved
From Caramoor’s Senior Artistic Planning Manager, Ellie Gisler Murphy The...
Donizetti: Il dolce suono
Joan Sutherland is indisputably one of the greatest opera singers to have ever...
Nina Simone performs ‘Stars’
This famous live recording of Nina Simone performing "Stars" at the...
Waterboy, sung by Odetta and Rhiannon
Odetta Holmes, known simply as Odetta, is a national treasure. I first...
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Kindertotenlieder
I know that Kindertotenlieder is technically 5 songs, but no single piece from...