Erika Baikoff, SongFest alumna was awarded first prize at the 2019 Helmut Deutsch International Lied Competition. She is a Young Artist at the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Program and is singing Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro at the MET.

We have two alumni participating in NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Artist Awards semifinal January 10-12, 2020 in New York – Emily Yocum Black ’14 & ’17 and Rebekah Howell ’14.

Alumna Emily Yocum Black, , '14 & '17 was the Silver Medal Winner of the American Traditions 2019 Competition.

For more information, visit: American Traditions Competition

Emily D’Angelo and Kevin Murphy to present the 2019 Distinguished Alumna recital at SongFest, June 14, 7:30 p.m. Zipper Hall, Colburn School.

Emily wins many of the top prizes at this year’s Operalia competition in Lisbon - read full article from Opera News.

Don't miss SongFest faculty Liza Stepanova at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NYC. Performing music from her fantastic new album, "Tones & Colors." 

Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 7 p.m.
Purchase tickets: National Sawdust.org

Review of "Tones & Colors" Lisa 's new album: New York Music Daily

Pianist Kevin Murphy is a leading figure in the world of classical vocal music.

"Kevin Murphy is in the vanguard for Americans who have turned song accompaniment into an art. The pianism was so absorbing, the singer's entry seemed like an intrusion. There can be no finer compliment." -San Francisco Examiner

The Emerging Artist Recital was streamed live on December 7 in New York City. If you missed the recital you can watch it here.

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Beauty Hurts

For me, one of the delights of the mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton’s recital at Zankel Hall on Monday was the discovery of three songs from Libby Larsen’s cycle “Love After 1950.” Ms. Barton’s fine pianist was Kathleen Kelly, and piano was crucial in “Big Sister Says (Beauty Hurts),” where Ms. Larsen has concocted a heady blend of boogie-woogie and Prokofiev (the finale of his Seventh Piano Sonata). HERE, in a performance from the Colburn School in Los Angeles, the mezzo-soprano is the melodiously named Loralee Songer, and the boffo pianist is Taisiya Pushkar. JAMES R. OESTREICH

We are thrilled to announce that OPERA AMERICA has invited SongFest to present an Emerging Artist Recital highlighting SongFest alumni in concert. The program will include songs and arias featuring recent SongFest Stern Fellows. This is a wonderful chance to re-connect with friends and build a SongFest community AND do some Christmas shopping!

Congratulations to the prize winners of the 2017 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, which took place at Wigmore Hall on Thursday 7 September.

Congratulations!!! SongFest Marc and Eva Stern Fellows Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano (2017) and Ally Smither, soprano (2013, 2015, 2016) for being named 30 Hot Canadian Musicians Under 30, 2017 edition.

At 25, Simone McIntosh has already ticked a big item off her bucket list: singing the role of Judith in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, which she did in March with Opera McGill.

Like many musicians, Alexandra Smither describes herself as a nomad these days, splitting her time between Toronto and Houston, Texas, where she recently graduated from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music.

Click HERE to read more about Simone and Ally.

SongFest Alum So Young Park a finalist in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2017 Competition took place in Astana Opera, Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo, this competition has brought some of today's most celebrated singers onto the world stage. Click HERE to see her performance.

Check out this great article by The Washington Post - The top 35 female composers in classical music. Featured are SongFest commissioned composers with funding by the Sorel Organization – Gabriela Lena Frank, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Anne LeBaron, and Shulamit Ran.

In partnership with and funded by the Sorel Organization, SongFest has made a substantial contribution to the art song repertoire through its commissioning program that has produced new works for voice and piano by such distinguished composers as William Bolcom, Tom Cipullo, Anne LeBaron, Gabriela Lena Frank, John Harbison, Jullianna Hall, Jennifer Higdon, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, James Primosch and Shulamit Ran.