Juilliard & New York Festival of Song to Present 'Harry, Hoagy, and Harold'

Juilliard and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) present "Harry, Hoagy, and Harold" on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 7:30pm in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The program, Juilliard's 11th presentation with NYFOS, is a tribute to three iconic American songwriters: Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, and Harold Arlen. Pianist and arranger Steven Blier, a member of Juilliard's faculty and artistic director of NYFOS, performs with the singers from Juilliard's Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts. The evening features sopranos Mikaela Bennett and Christine Price; mezzo-sopranos Amanda Lynn Bottoms and Kelsey Lauritano; tenors Samuel Levine and Gerard Schneider; and baritone Dimitri Katotakis. Stage direction is by Mary Birnbaum, choreography is by Adam Cates, and Chris Reynolds is the assistant pianist. The singers have been coached by guest coach Mary Testa.

Tickets for $20 are available at events.juilliard.edu. Tickets for Juilliard students are free; non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets at $10, only at the Juilliard Box Office. "What a pleasure to introduce the songs of Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, and Harold Arlen to the next generation, who have embraced them with a rare kind of fervor," writes Steven Blier in his program note. "Right now, we are still in the preliminary stages of rehearsal. Yet I feel how Arlen, Carmichael, and Warren are already taking my cast [of singers] on a magic carpet ride, spurring them on to new flights of passion and imagination. That old black magic has us in its spell, the perfect antidote to the rigors of a New York winter."

PROGRAM LISTING: Juilliard and New York Festival of Song Present
"Harry, Hoagy, and Harold"
Featuring the Music of Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, and Harold Arlen
Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 7:30pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard The evening features singers from Juilliard's Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts:

Mikael Bennett and Christine Price, sopranos
Amanda Lynn Bottoms and Kelsey Lauritano, mezzo-sopranos
Samuel Levine and Gerard Schneider, tenors
Dimitri Katotakis, baritone Steven Blier, piano
Mary Birnbaum, stage director
Adam Cates, choreographer
Chris Reynolds, assistant pianist
Mary Testa, guest coach Harry Warren (1893-1981)
Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
Harold Arlen (1905-1986) Tickets at $20 are available at events.juilliard.edu. Tickets for Juilliard students are free; non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets at $10, only at the Juilliard Box Office.

Photo by Dario Acosta