NYFOS Next: Director’s Choice
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New York Festival of Song has a storied history of commissioning and premiering vocal works, and since its founding, the organization has particularly celebrated American song. Hosted and curated by Michael Barrett, NYFOS's co-founder, Associate Artistic Director, and co-pianist, this program looks back at some of the beautiful songs NYFOS has brought into the world. Featuring works by Derek Bermel, Jonathan Dove, Adam Guettel, John Harbison, Aaron Jay Kernis, Lowell Liebermann, Peter Lieberson, James Primosch, Ned Rorem, and Errollyn Wallen. See the program.
Gina Perregrino, mezzo-soprano
Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone
Michael Barrett, piano
Announcing 2020 Visionary Awards Recipient
2020 First Commission
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Ilaria Loisa Hawley
Quando L'acqua riflette (When the Water Reflects)
Performed by Face The Music
Isabella Caurucci, flute
Yusei Hata, melodica
Oriana Hawley, viola
John Waller, triangle
Vasudevan Panicker, coach
Born in 2009, Ilaria Loisa Hawley is the recipient of a 2019 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and the inaugural recipient of Claire Chase's Pnea Foundation Young Flutist Award. Ilaria's music has been performed by the New York Philharmonic and Face the Music, and she is a composition student of Mathew Fuerst and a flute student of Zara Lawler. She attends PS 314 Muscota New School and enjoys drawing, drama, reading, rock climbing, and making earrings.