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10/12/2015

A new volume being published by ICAMus: European and American Horizons of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Essays from the 2015 Events. Edited by Aloma Bardi.

Original essays from the Florence 2015 events, devoted to Florence-born American Jewish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968): a session of papers and live performance at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (5 June 2015) and a conference-concert at the Lyceum (8 June 2015). Published & available for download (PDF) by November 30th, In-Depth Section.
10/04/2015

ICAMus publishes the contents of the session on Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco presented at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (Florence, June 5, 2015).

The revised contents (papers, recital program and texts, photos of presentations and of live performance) of the ICAMus session on Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (Florence, June 5, 2015) are being published on the ICAMus Website, In-Depth section.
09/26/2015

Porgy and Bess turns 80! ICAMus publishes an extensive Discography of the opera, by Aloma Bardi.

Aloma Bardi, a long-time Gershwin scholar, has written a "Porgy and Bess" Discography, in publication on the ICAMus Website, to honor the 80th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of George and Ira Gershwin's opera: October 10, 1935-2015.
09/20/2015

Upcoming on ICAMus: A Film by Exhibitions Curator, Archivist, and Lecturer Bill Doggett, on the Negro Spiritual, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment.

The film will be launched on the ICAMus Website on Saturday October 3rd, 2015.
03/12/2015

ICAMus presents a session of papers and live music performance at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (Florence, June 5-7, 2015).

Florence-Born US Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) And His Unpublished Settings of Whitman & Shakespeare Poetry. The session includes live performance of rare, unpublished songs. Participants: Aloma Bardi, Salvatore Champagne, Howard Lubin, John Champagne, Mila De Santis, Eleonora Negri.
02/26/2015

World premiere performance of Barber’s Fantasie for Two Pianos. ICAMus grants its sponsorship to Duo Keira and their Festival, opening in Rome, February 27, 2015.

World premiere performance of the early Fantasie for Two Pianos by Samuel Barber. ICAMus grants its sponsorship to the Duo Keira (Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo, pianos) and their Festival in Rome opening on February 27, 2015.
02/12/2015

Reviews of Barber CD "Souvenirs & Recollections" Are Online.

Read the praising reviews of the Samuel Barber CD Souvenirs & Recollections (Pianists Giampaolo Nuti and Daniela De Santis) released by Stradivarius with the collaboration of ICAMus, including rare early piano pieces and world premiere recordings. A year ago we celebrated the CD release with an event in Prato, Italy. Today we invite you to learn about its international success.
02/04/2015

Program’s PDF of Dec. 31st, 2014 Cole Porter Event by the Camerata Strumentale in Prato, Italy, with an ICAMus Note by Aloma Bardi.

You're the Top was successfully presented in Prato, Italy, on December 31st, 2014 by the Camerata Strumentale: Seventeen songs from different Cole Porter musicals arranged in four instrumental suites-fantasies by composer-pianist Alessandro Lucchetti. Read and download the Event Program, with a Note by Alessandro Lucchetti, and an ICAMus Program Note contributed for the Center by Aloma Bardi.
02/02/2015

Upcoming release of a CD with unpublished settings of Whitman and Shakespeare by Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco—A collaboration of ICAMus with Oberlin Music.

ICAMus announces the upcoming release (spring 2015) of a CD of unpublished settings of Whitman and Shakespeare by Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, a collaboration of ICAMus with the Oberlin Music record label. Tenor Salvatore Champagne, pianist Howard Lubin; a 50-page Booklet with original essays by James Westby, Mila De Santis, Aloma Bardi, John Champagne; texts, documents, archival images.
01/31/2015

ICAMus has established a new Affiliation with American Music Preservation, Roger L. Hall, Director.

ICAMus has established a new Affiliation with American Music Preservation, a very large informational website devoted to the preservation of American music through resources and publications, Roger L. Hall, Director.

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A new volume being published by ICAMus: European and American Horizons of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Essays from the 2015 Events. Edited by Aloma Bardi.

ICAMus publishes the contents of the session on Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco presented at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (Florence, June 5, 2015).

Porgy and Bess turns 80! ICAMus publishes an extensive Discography of the opera, by Aloma Bardi.

Upcoming on ICAMus: A Film by Exhibitions Curator, Archivist, and Lecturer Bill Doggett, on the Negro Spiritual, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment.

ICAMus presents a session of papers and live music performance at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (Florence, June 5-7, 2015).

World premiere performance of Barber’s Fantasie for Two Pianos. ICAMus grants its sponsorship to Duo Keira and their Festival, opening in Rome, February 27, 2015.

Reviews of Barber CD "Souvenirs & Recollections" Are Online.

Program’s PDF of Dec. 31st, 2014 Cole Porter Event by the Camerata Strumentale in Prato, Italy, with an ICAMus Note by Aloma Bardi.

Upcoming release of a CD with unpublished settings of Whitman and Shakespeare by Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco—A collaboration of ICAMus with Oberlin Music.

ICAMus has established a new Affiliation with American Music Preservation, Roger L. Hall, Director.

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.