Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.

Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.

The best in chamber music — Up close and personal

“A Musical Valentine” features songs of love and desire with soprano Ann Moss, violist Ben Simon and pianist Miles Graber. This wide-ranging program – from Renaissance to recently composed – will open your ears and your heart with romantically-inclined music for this intimate ensemble.

Hosted by violist and SF Chamber Orchestra Music Director Emeritus Ben Simon, The Monday Night Chamber Music Society is a local collective of top classical players who get together for love of it, and for the fun of it.

Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.

Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.

Narragansett Bay Symphony
Zeke Fetrow, Conductor

PROGRAM
SIBELIUS Karelia Overture, Op. 10
BEAL The Paper Lined Shack
Ann Moss, soprano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherezade, Op. 35

Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.

Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.

This afternoon program of music composed by Boston University faculty Dr. Vartan Aghababian features a performance of Ernste Stunde: songs for soprano, string orchestra & percussion, with soprano Ann Moss.

Additional program details are forthcoming.

Admission is free, no reservation required to attend. Freewill offerings will go to benefit the Armenia Tree Project, whose mission is to assist the Armenian people in using trees to improve their standard of living and protect the global environment.

Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the duo of voice and piano. This series of interactive seminars is designed to familiarize participants with the genre of Art Song by highlighting beloved poets such as Blake, Hughes, Verlaine, Dickinson, Goethe, Millay and more – writers whose imagery and insights have inspired composers past and present to set their words to music. Soprano and Teaching Artist Ann Moss leads participants on a listening journey that explores the beautiful marriage of language and melody.

Each meeting features roughly thirty minutes of guided listening, framed by contextual background on the composers, poets and musical material, with opportunities for questions and group discussion. Participants are welcome to drop in to individual sessions as desired, or join for the full series.

Ann Moss — vocals

Justin Ouellet — violin, viola, guitar

Mystics and Visionaries brings together works by composers and songwriters spanning ten centuries — artists who used the medium of music to broadcast bold new ideas into the world that inspired them, and in doing so, transmuted the very medium in which they worked. Husband-wife team Ann Moss and Justin Ouellet create living, breathing arrangements that offer a modern perspective on sounds and stories from our collective past. Mystics and Visionaries celebrates artists across the ages who inspire us to examine in new ways the enduring elements of our ancient world. 

This program was originally designed for the Farnsworth Museum’s 2024 Momentum exhibition series and was crafted in response to paintings by Maine-based artist Emilie Stark-Menneg.