SONGFEST
Founded in 1996 by Rosemary Hyler Ritter, SongFest is a unique program that focuses on the art of song. Participants from all over the world, ranging in age from high school students to working professionals, gather each summer for an intense program to learn from experts in the field of classical art song. SongFest boasts the best collection of faculty in the world, including pianists Margo Garrett, Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, and Roger Vignoles. SongFest also champions American music and every summer invites composers-in-residence to work directly with SongFest participants in master classes and private coachings. Over the past 17 years, SongFest has engaged American composers Jake Heggie, John Harbison, John Musto, Libby Larsen, Ben Moore, Tom Cipullo, Lori Laitman, Ricky Ian Gordon, among many others. SongFest alumni currently sing at all the major opera houses in the United States and abroad and hold faculty positions at leading American universities.
Negro Spirituals (Arr. Shawn Okpebholo)
Okpebholo: Songs in Flight
SongFest@25 - Testimonials Renée Fleming & Frederica Von Stade
SongFest - Promotional Video
Harbison: Miłosz Songs
Harbison: Four Songs for Robin (Gary Snyder)
SONGFEST "Love, Loss, and Exile" by Juhi Bansal
SONGFEST "If Trees Could Talk" by Sheila Silver
"21" @ SongFest - "2021" - Trailer
"21" @ SongFest - "1921" by Graham Johnson - Part II - Trailer
"21" @ SongFest - "1921" by Graham Johnson - Part I - Trailer
"21" @ SongFest - "1821" by Graham Johnson - Trailer
"21" @ SongFest - Trailer
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - The First 25 Years
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - SongFest Reflections
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - Panel Discussion: The Importance of Song in Today's World
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - Panel Discussion: On Writing Song
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - Panel Discussion: Today's Art Song Organizations
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - Panel Discussion: The Next Generation of Song
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - Panel Discussion: The SongFest Experience
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - EUROPE
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - AFRICA
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - ASIA
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - OCEANIA
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - THE AMERICAS
SF25 - Songs of Unity & Hope - Trailer
Sarah's Song and Take Hands by John Musto
SongFest 2017: Bach - "Komm, du süße Todesstunde"
SongFest 2019 - The Breaking of Nations: Pavel Haas - Fata Morgana
SongFest 2019 - The Breaking of Nations: Karl Weigl - Ein Stelldichein