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12/15/2022

“Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush”: American Art Song as Praxis. Lecture by Dr. Nicole Panizza Accessible in In-Depth Section.

Together with her Introduction to the May 18, 2022 workshop, Dr. Panizza’s presentation is published (PDF) as part of her seminar with the University of Florence-Dipartimento SAGAS doctoral students. Dr. Panizza explores how performing the American Art Song repertoire is a creative process, inseparable from that of composition. In English, with illustrations including original texts & documents, and visual art. Click on red title to find the content!
11/04/2022

Inner Sounds: The Themes of Nature and Identity. “Nature Is What We Hear.” Lecture by Aloma Bardi Published in the In-Depth Section.

A new ICAMus publication accessible on the ICAMus Website. Inner Sounds: The Themes of Nature and Identity. “Nature is what we hear,” Aloma Bardi’s conference paper presented at the Lyceum Club Internazionale Firenze, May 16, 2022. A Collaboration of ICAMus with the Florence Lyceum. A new journey through the American Romantic imagination—philosophy, poetry, art—and its impact on the American Art Song. In Italian, with slides including original texts & documents, and visual art. Click on red title to find the content!
05/18/2022

ICAMus Doctoral Seminar by Dr. Nicole Panizza at the University of Florence: “Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush”: American Art Song as Praxis.

Dr. Nicole Panizza (Coventry University, UK, and ICAMus Advisory Board) is a performer and a scholar specializing in American art song. The seminar takes place on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at 10:00am-1:00pm; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento SAGAS, Via Gino Capponi 9, Aula 3, Florence. Click on red title to discover more!
05/17/2022

“Emergence” CD Celebration at Dischi Fenice, Florence. Settings of Emily Dickinson poetry, Stone Records. With Aloma Bardi, Emergence Music, and women poets & artists as special guests.

An evening of poetry and music at the historic Dischi Fenice record store in Florence, Italy. The CD Emergence (Stone Records) features musical settings of Emily Dickinson's texts by Aaron Copland, Luigi Zaninelli, Juliana Hall, Sylvia Glickman, and Ella Jarman-Pinto. An ICAMus program in collaboration with Dischi Fenice. Click on red title to learn more!
05/16/2022

Lo sguardo poetico americano. Poeti e compositori dagli Stati Uniti e la produzione americana di “Art Songs”. Parte 2 – Suoni interiori. I temi della natura e dell’identità. Relazioni e concerto.

Emergence Music—soprano Nadine Benjamin and pianist Nicole Panizza—perform in the ICAMus project, American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States, directed by Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza (who both offer a scholarly presentation prior to the recital). After Aloma Bardi’s inaugural online lecture of May 17, 2021, the opening in-person event (presentations and a concert) takes place in Florence, Lyceum Club Internazionale, on May 16, 2022. Click on red title to discover more about the event!
02/20/2022

Video Lecture “Lo sguardo poetico americano: America is a Poem” by Aloma Bardi. Video presentation, essay and in-depth resources published on the ICAMus channels.

Aloma Bardi’s video lecture Lo sguardo poetico americano: "America is a Poem” is the first chapter of the ongoing ICAMus program Poets and Composers from the United States and American Art Song, a collaboration of ICAMus with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, directed by Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza. The May 17, 2021 video presentation is now published on the ICAMus YouTube channel; the complete essay, and the in-depth resources are accessible on the ICAMus website, In-Depth section. Click on red title to find out more!

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“Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush”: American Art Song as Praxis. Lecture by Dr. Nicole Panizza Accessible in In-Depth Section.

Inner Sounds: The Themes of Nature and Identity. “Nature Is What We Hear.” Lecture by Aloma Bardi Published in the In-Depth Section.

ICAMus Doctoral Seminar by Dr. Nicole Panizza at the University of Florence: “Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush”: American Art Song as Praxis.

“Emergence” CD Celebration at Dischi Fenice, Florence. Settings of Emily Dickinson poetry, Stone Records. With Aloma Bardi, Emergence Music, and women poets & artists as special guests.

Lo sguardo poetico americano. Poeti e compositori dagli Stati Uniti e la produzione americana di “Art Songs”. Parte 2 – Suoni interiori. I temi della natura e dell’identità. Relazioni e concerto.

Video Lecture “Lo sguardo poetico americano: America is a Poem” by Aloma Bardi. Video presentation, essay and in-depth resources published on the ICAMus channels.

HIGHLIGHTS

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

Major news: Establishing the American Music Center in Prato, Italy!

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Aloma Bardi, Graduate Course "American Musical Romanticism", University of Florence.

Concert "Walt Whitman and American Art Song", Florence.

Journée d’étude sur Charles Ives, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.