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SUN, SEPT 29, 2024, 3pm
The Theater at the
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th Street, NYC

Pianist and curator Nathaniel LaNasa returns with two concerts showcasing the best in contemporary art song. In September, mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert and soprano Britt Hewitt perform pieces for voice and bassoon by Kamala Sankaram and LJ White.

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SUN, NOV 3, 2024, 3pm
The Theater at the
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th Street, NYC

Robin Steitz and Gregory Feldmann return to the series in November, performing Hannah Kendall’s Rosalind (2020) for soprano, baritone, piano; with additional songs by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Isabella Gellis, and Joe Rubinstein. 

Subscribe HERE to the two-concert series for 20% off the single ticket price! Seating for the NYFOS Next series is general admission. No physical tickets will be used for this program; attendees’ names will be on a list at the door. Walk-up ticket buyers welcome!

NYFOS Next is New York Festival of Song’s “invaluable contemporary-music series” (The New Yorker). With an emphasis on spontaneity, novelty, and collaboration, NYFOS Next offers a forum for song composers to share their work, and gives audiences an intimate encounter with the creative process, as new songs are presented in an informal setting. Composers or performers are invited to curate and host their own programs, showcasing their own work and the works of their peers, students or mentors. Past curators include Mark Adamo, Clarice Assad, Mark Campbell, Christopher Cerrone, Mohammed Fairouz, Gregory Feldmann, Gabriela Lena Frank, Kyle Jarrow (with Lauren Worsham), Gabriel Kahane, Laura Kaminsky, Laura Karpman & Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Carla Kilhstedt, Phil Kline, Lowell Liebermann, David T. Little, Harold Meltzer, Paul Moravec, John Musto, Russell Platt, Kevin Puts, Bright Sheng, and Joseph Thalken. NYFOS welcomes Nathaniel LaNasa as the curator of the 24-25 NYFOS Next mini-series.

“The New York Festival of Song delves into art song’s future, with composers leading the way.”
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL on NYFOS Next

“A series that makes a passionate case for the art song as a can’t-live-without item on any civilized traveler’s packing list.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES on NYFOS Next

“An evening that felt like the cutting edge of experimental art song. In a word, it felt very ‘next.'” 
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