Michael Barrett News

On Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 7 p.m., the New York Festival of Song celebrates with a benefit concert titled 'Too Marvelous for Words!,' a gala evening of Johnny Mercer songs.

The United States Premiere of Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), a comic oratorio by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, will be presented as part of the 2007 Caramoor International Music Festival program this summer

Jamie Bernstein, Judy Kaye, the St. Luke's Orchestra and other talents celebrate Leonard Bernstein at Caramoor's International Music Festival

The New York Festival of Song celebrates showtunes by American composers from musicals that premiered in London

On July 1st, Judy Kaye, Lisa Vroman and more will sing the songs of Leonard Bernstein at Caramoor in Katonah, NY

Darius de Haas, Jason Graae, Mary Cleere Haran, Mary Testa, and Karen Ziemba performed the songs of Cole Porter in the New York Festival of Song's benefit concert Let's Do It!, which was presented on Monday, May 1st at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall

Darius de Haas, Jason Graae, Mary Cleere Haran, Mary Testa, Karen Ziemba and Lisa Vroman will be among the stars performing in two New York Festival of Song concerts on May 1st and May 16th

Audra McDonald performed her concert Mostly Arlen...All Audra for the New York Festival of Song on December 3rd

The New York Festival of Song, with Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, continues its 18th season on Tuesday January 31st with FATS AND FIELDS, a tribute to the song legacies of brilliant lyricist Dorothy Fields and prodigious piano virtuoso/singer/songwriter Fats Waller.

On November 3rd, Audra McDonald will perform her concert Mostly Arlen...All Audra on December 3rd at the New York Festival of Song

A bit of theatre music is included in a classical concert celebrating 'the return of melody to vocal music'

The Caramoor International Music Festival will present I Can't Do It Alone: Great American Songwriting Teams on July 2nd, and Sing My Heart: Celebrating Harold Arlen at 100 on July 3rd and 4th

The New York Festival of Song, with Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, closes its 17th season on Wednesday, May 11th with LOST TRIBES OF VAUDEVILLE, at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th St., beginning at 8 p.m.

On Tuesday, May 3, the NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG salutes Harold Prince with a benefit concert titled A PRINCE OF A FELLA beginning at 7 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. The performance will be followed by a seated dinner beginning at 8:30 p.m. at Shelly's New York, 104 West 57th St.

The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will continue its season with a program titled At Harlem's Height on Wednesday, February 23 at 8:00pm as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook in the Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The featured soloists will be soprano Dana Hanchard, tenor Darius de Haas, and baritone James Martin, with Steven Blier at the piano.