There is no historical or geographical limit on what can be covered. There is no restriction on the style or genre of song or singing.
Rebecca Cypess connects the songs of Madame Brillon (1744–1824) to the ethereal timbre of her favorite instrument—her English square piano.
In the short space of seven songs, Hall transforms the private nature of Anne Frank’s diary into a searing disclosure.
Darryl Taylor remembers his first teacher as someone who made sure he knew that singing was more than sounding good.
Kay Kaufman Shelemay praises Ethio-American vocalist, singer-songwriter, and composer, Meklit for philosophical and artistic explorations that are literally cosmic in their purview.
In founding the American Song Composers’ Festival, Grace Porterfield Polk intended, single-handedly, to spur the development of American song.
With fervent hopes for a better, healthier year, we at WSF offer you an eclectic holiday play list.
From the moment Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion dropped their single on August 7, “WAP” became the song of 2020.
In her 2011 album Night of Hunters, Tori Amos reflects on a long tradition of classical music penned by men from the perspective of a woman.
In her 1998 song cycle Songs from Letters: Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey, Libby Larsen explores the relationship between Jane and her daughter Janey.
Although banned for much of her career from major opera houses, Marian Anderson had an intriguing and lifelong devotion to Donizetti’s aria “O mio Fernando.”
