Songs of Errollyn Wallen
SUN, OCT 16, 3pm
The Theater at the
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th Street, NYC
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen is most well-known for her large ensemble pieces. Wallen’s songs – many of which she performs herself – demonstrate an intimate side of her compositions. The lyrics, also by Wallen, examine our quickly changing world, using mythology, mystery, and even a modern household appliance to communicate both soulful and humorous bafflement about how we manage, and also fail to connect. Featuring mezzo-sopranos Lucia Bradford and Leah Wool, alongside Nathaniel LaNasa at the piano.
A limited number of $10 student tickets are available here.
The Threefold Terror of Love
SUN, NOV 13, 3pm
The Theater at the
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th Street, NYC
Starring soprano Robin Steitz and baritone Dominik Belavy, and joined by Nathaniel LaNasa at the piano, this concert features music by Matthew Ricketts, Thomas Adès, Katie Balch, Jake Landau, Shawn Jaeger, Tonia Ko, and others. The title of the program, taken from one of Matthew Ricketts’ pieces, inspired Mr. LaNasa to explore intimacy’s push and pull with this concert’s programming. Asserting vulnerability as a superpower, Mr. LaNasa notes that this is a time when many have had to learn how to be closer to one another again, saying, “it’s amazing how sweetly tender life feels when we are open to the possibility of pain.”
A limited number of $10 student tickets are available here.
The Rubin Museum of Art currently requires attendees to wear masks and requires theater ticket holders to show proof of vaccination to enter. See their complete COVID policy here.
Walk-ins are welcome! Tickets will be sold at the door to the theater.
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 program, 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 22-23 NYFOS Next mini-series.