New York Festival Of Song Announced Gala Lineup

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will present "Here To Stay," a Gala evening celebrating its 20th Anniversary season, featuring performances by Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Judy Kaye, Anna Christy, Darius de Haas,  Karen Holvik, Bruce Adler, and other artists of NYFOS's past, present and future on Wednesday, May 21 Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.    Proceeds from the Gala will support NYFOS programs, in New York as well as national tours, recordings and commissions, and education programs.

The evening will begin with the gala concert at 7:00pm, followed by a seated dinner and additional performances at the Rainbow Room at 9:00pm

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) was founded in 1988 by its co-artistic directors, Steven Blier and Michael Barrett.  NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty, humor and originality, combining music, poetry, and history to entertain, educate and create community among audiences and performers.  With a far-ranging repertoire of art songs, concert works and theater pieces, its thematic recitals have included programs from Brahms to the Beatles, from the 19th century salons of Paris to Tin Pan Alley, from Russian art song to Argentine tangos, from sixteenth-century lute songs to new music.  NYFOS particularly celebrates American song literature and culture, and specializes in premiering and commissioning new American works.

Tickets for the Gala begin at $750 and are available by calling (646) 230-8380.