Harold Meltzer News

The Barns at Wolf Trap will welcome a pair of virtuosic jazz performers, the dubt of a world-class bassoonist, and a Hawaiian music troupe this spring.

On Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00pm, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) continues its contemporary song mini-series NYFOS Next with KEVIN PUTS & FRIENDS at the Jerome Robbins Theater in the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

The NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (NYFOS) presents a new program entitled Women, tonight, December 4 at 8:00PM at Merkin Concert Hall. One of the highlights of its 2012-2013 season, this will be an evening exploring the lives of women, narrated both in their own words, and also observed through the eyes of men.

The NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (NYFOS) presents a new program entitled Women, on Tuesday, December 4 at 8:00PM at Merkin Concert Hall. One of the highlights of its 2012-2013 season, this will be an evening exploring the lives of women, narrated both in their own words, and also observed through the eyes of men.

Tonight, April 24 at 7:00pm, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) presents the final offering of this season's two-part contemporary music mini-series NYFOS Next with RUSSELL PLATT & FRIENDS at Mary Flagler Cary Hall in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Award-winning composer and writer Platt hosts and curates an hour of music showcasing the work of multi-dimensional artists and composers, including Harold Meltzer, Lisa Bielawa, Carla Kihlstedt, Gilda Lyons, and Colin Jacobsen, as well as his own.

AMPHIBIAN concert series presents Cygnus Ensemble performing Venerable Canons, works by Matthew Greenbaum, David Rakowski, Milton Babbitt, Shoko Suzuki, David Claman and Chester Biscardi on Tuesday, April 3rd at 8pm. Mezzo-soprano Re'ut Ben Ze'ev will be a special guest. The performance will be at the Hi Art! Gallery.

On Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00pm, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) presents the final offering of this season's two-part contemporary music mini-series NYFOS Next with RUSSELL PLATT & FRIENDS at Mary Flagler Cary Hall in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Award-winning composer and writer Platt hosts and curates an hour of music showcasing the work of multi-dimensional artists and composers, including Harold Meltzer, Lisa Bielawa, Carla Kihlstedt, Gilda Lyons, and Colin Jacobsen, as well as his own.

Cygnus Ensemble launches its Washington, D.C. debut with a 2012 mini-residency at the Library of Congress kicking off with a tribute to composer/violinist Fritz Kreisler. The program includes seldom-heard chamber music by the Austrian master from the Library of Congress' Fritz Kreisler Collection, and presents the world premiere of a new Library commission by Harold Meltzer, co-founder of the Sequitur ensemble.

Cygnus Ensemble launches its Washington, D.C. debut with a 2012 mini-residency at the Library of Congress kicking off with a tribute to composer/violinist Fritz Kreisler. The program includes seldom-heard chamber music by the Austrian master from the Library of Congress' Fritz Kreisler Collection, and presents the world premiere of a new Library commission by Harold Meltzer, co-founder of the Sequitur ensemble.

In its 10th year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries.

In its 10th year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries.

In its ninth year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year's program will celebrate the visual arts, dance, drama, film, literature, poetry, and music in a series of events that will take place across the Vassar campus from January 20 through February 5, 2011.

In its ninth year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year's program will celebrate the visual arts, dance, drama, film, literature, poetry, and music in a series of events that will take place across the Vassar campus from January 20 through February 5, 2011.

In its ninth year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year's program will celebrate the visual arts, dance, drama, film, literature, poetry, and music in a series of events that will take place across the Vassar campus from January 20 through February 5, 2011.

Tenor Paul Appleby is joined by pianist Brian Zeger for a solo recital as the winner of Juilliard's 14th annual Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital Award on November 30 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall (Broadway at 65th Street). The program features Schubert's song cycle, 'Die schöne Müllerin', on poems by Wilhelm Müller.

Tenor Paul Appleby is joined by pianist Brian Zeger for a solo recital as the winner of Juilliard's 14th annual Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital Award on November 30 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall (Broadway at 65th Street). The program features Schubert's song cycle, 'Die schöne Müllerin', on poems by Wilhelm Müller.

Steven Blier, Artistic Director of New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), and called by the New York Times 'A national treasure when it comes to the art of song,' will give concerts and master classes through the summer. During the same period, Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, General Director of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present many important events in vocal music at the Caramoor International Festival.

Steven Blier, Artistic Director of New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), and called by the New York Times 'A national treasure when it comes to the art of song,' will give concerts and master classes through the summer. During the same period, Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, General Director of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present many important events in vocal music at the Caramoor International Festival.

Kaufman Center and New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), acclaimed by New York Magazine as 'The best classical music programming in New York,' will present an all-new program on May 4 and 6 at 8 PM of American composers, including the premiere of Beautiful Ohio, a song cycle by 2009 Pulitzer Prize- finalist Harold Meltzer, with texts of poet James Arlington Wright and composed specifically for the young American tenor Paul Appleby.

Kaufman Center and New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), acclaimed by New York Magazine as 'The best classical music programming in New York,' will present an all-new program on May 4 and 6 at 8 PM of American composers, including the premiere of Beautiful Ohio, a song cycle by 2009 Pulitzer Prize- finalist Harold Meltzer, with texts of poet James Arlington Wright and composed specifically for the young American tenor Paul Appleby.