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04/15/2022

The poster and postcard of the ICAMus spring events in Florence, on display at the historic Dischi Fenice record store.

The poster and postcard of our ICAMus spring events in Florence, Italy, are on display at the historic Dischi Fenice record store (Via Santa Reparata 8/B, Florence) where the Emergence CD celebration will take place on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 5:30 PM. With live music, poetry and art. In compliance with the anti-Covid measures currently enforced in Italy, face mask and “Green Pass” are required.
04/13/2022

Admission to the ICAMus-Lyceum event in Florence, May 16, 2022 (The American Art Song - scholarly presentations and concert): Email reservation and compliance with anti-Covid measures are required!

Please note: The May 16, 2022 event in Florence, Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song (scholarly presentations, and concert by Emergence Music) is free of charge and there is no admission ticket, but advance email reservation (“Irene Weber Froboese” <iwf@startext.biz>) and compliance with anti-Covid measures (FFP2 face masks, & Italian “Super Green Pass”) are required.
04/10/2022

It’s spring at the ICAMus Studio. We are getting ready for our May events in Florence, Italy!

April’s splendor is shining with a hopeful feeling of renewal around The ICAMus Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are getting ready for our new season of spring events in Florence, Italy, May 16-18, 2022: Presentations; Concert; CD Celebration with live music, poetry and art; Doctoral Seminar.
03/30/2022

The poster for the May 2022 ICAMus events in Florence, Italy can be viewed and downloaded on the ICAMus Website.

Two different combinations of electric colors (yellow-red and orange-purple) surround the iconic Emily Dickinson daguerreotype (c. 1847) in the poster for the May 2022 ICAMus events in Florence, Italy, focusing on American poetry and American art song, and particularly showcasing settings of Emily Dickinson’s poetry by various composers.
03/12/2022

Upcoming ICAMus performance of Aaron Copland’s Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson in Florence, May 2022.

Aaron Copland's song cycle Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (composed 1949-50) will be performed in Florence, Italy, on May 16, 2022, in an ICAMus program presented in collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze. Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, soprano - Nicole Panizza, piano). The program Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song is directed by Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza.
03/09/2022

Upcoming ICAMus performance of Samuel Barber songs in Florence, May 2022. The composer was born on this day in 1910.

A selection of Samuel Barber songs will be performed in Florence, Italy, on May 16, 2022, in an ICAMus program presented in collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze. Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, soprano - Nicole Panizza, piano). The program Poets and Composers from the United States and the American Art Song is directed by Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza.
03/05/2022

Highlights from recent special gifts to the ICAMus Collections. Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs, in a new CD by Duo Keira (piano duo, Michela Chiara Borghese & Sabrina De Carlo).

Showcasing special gifts to the ICAMus Collections. Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs, Op. 28 H-119, in a new recording by Duo Keira (piano duo, Michela Chiara Borghese & Sabrina De Carlo). Barber | Borodin | Debussy | Ravel. Aulicus Classics ALC 0057, 2021; liner notes by Pierre Brévignon; inscribed by the performers to ICAMus.
03/03/2022

Program of the ICAMus Events in Florence, May 16-18, 2022. The American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States; Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza, Directors.

The ICAMus project, The American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States, directed by Aloma Bardi & Nicole Panizza, includes three events in Florence, May 2022: Concert by Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin, soprano - Nicole Panizza, piano) with presentations by Aloma Bardi & Nicole Panizza, with a special reflection by Nadine Benjamin (Lyceum Club Internazionale, May 16); Emergence CD Celebration, with music, poetry, & art (Dischi Fenice, May 17); Doctoral Seminar by Dr. Nicole Panizza (University of Florence, May 18). Click on red title to discover the program!
02/20/2022

Video Lecture “Poets and Composers from the United States and American Art Song: America is a Poem” by Aloma Bardi has been published today on the ICAMus channels with all the accompanying in-depth resources.

The May 17, 2021 video presentation by Aloma Bardi is now published on the ICAMus YouTube channel; the complete Essay, and the accompanying resources – PowerPoint presentation, Music tracks with direct interactive links, Song texts and translations, Comments by the duo Emergence Music, Bibliography – are accessible on the ICAMus website, In-Depth section.
02/07/2022

ICAMus Webinars with Luca Bragalini and the University of Michigan, January 27 and February 1, 2022. A gallery of memories.

The two ICAMus webinars on Duke Ellington’s Three Black Kings and Jewish Blues in 20^th-Century Classical Music were an unforgettable success. Here we share a gallery of memories.

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The poster and postcard of the ICAMus spring events in Florence, on display at the historic Dischi Fenice record store.

Admission to the ICAMus-Lyceum event in Florence, May 16, 2022 (The American Art Song - scholarly presentations and concert): Email reservation and compliance with anti-Covid measures are required!

It’s spring at the ICAMus Studio. We are getting ready for our May events in Florence, Italy!

The poster for the May 2022 ICAMus events in Florence, Italy can be viewed and downloaded on the ICAMus Website.

Upcoming ICAMus performance of Aaron Copland’s Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson in Florence, May 2022.

Upcoming ICAMus performance of Samuel Barber songs in Florence, May 2022. The composer was born on this day in 1910.

Highlights from recent special gifts to the ICAMus Collections. Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs, in a new CD by Duo Keira (piano duo, Michela Chiara Borghese & Sabrina De Carlo).

Program of the ICAMus Events in Florence, May 16-18, 2022. The American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States; Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza, Directors.

Video Lecture “Poets and Composers from the United States and American Art Song: America is a Poem” by Aloma Bardi has been published today on the ICAMus channels with all the accompanying in-depth resources.

ICAMus Webinars with Luca Bragalini and the University of Michigan, January 27 and February 1, 2022. A gallery of memories.

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.