Explore song cycles that tell the stories of wanderers or travelers. Enjoy performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s cycle of poems from Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Songs of Travel and Other Verses and Gustav Mahler’s iconic cycle, Songs of a Wayfarer. This event also features the midwestern premiere of a new cycle by composer Missy Mazzoli, Songs from the Operas. Featured performers include mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, baritone Tyler Duncan, pianist Erika Switzer, and Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago cofounders Nicholas Phan and Shannon McGinnis.
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| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Voices of Poetry: Tina Cane, Jennifer Franklin, Michael Klein, & Matthew Thorburn | New York, NY | |
| Poetry Reading: Nicholas Gulig, Cody-Rose Clevidence, & Roberto Harrison | Milwaukee, WI | |
| The Poetry Project's 51st Annual New Year's Day Marathon | New York, NY | |
| This is the Year: Book Launch with Gloria Muñoz | St. Petersburg, FL | |
| 29th Showcase Reading: J. Mae Barizo, Dorothea Lasky, Maggie Millner, & Estha Weiner | New York, NY | |
| 29th Showcase Reading: Rio Cortez, Marilyn Hacker, Robert Wood Lynn, and John Yau | New York, NY | |
| H. G. Dierdorff & Erika Howsare | Charlottesville, VA | |
| Woodland Pattern's 31st Annual Poetry Marathon | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 29th Showcase Reading: Carolina Ebeid, Sally Wen Mao, Shane McCrae, & Evie Shockley | New York, NY | |
| Tiana Clark: Scorched Earth w/ Terrance Hayes | Brooklyn, NY |