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... this admirable group has luxuriated in the richness of the song recital, shrugging off stuffy conventions and charming audiences with programs that combine meticulous research with an infectious strain of vocal hedonism."
- The New York Times

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ABOUT NYFOS

NYFOS Connects
Unforgettable Songs,
Extraordinary Performers &
Adventurous Audiences

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty and originality, weaving music, poetry, history and humor into unforgettable evenings of compelling theater, entertaining, educating and creating community among performers and audiences in a spirit of shared adventure.

In 1988, pianists Michael Barrett and Steven Blier founded New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) to produce this series of unique song programs, each unified by a theme, drawing together rarely-heard songs of all kinds, overriding traditional distinctions between “high” and “low” performance genres, exploring the character and language of other regions and cultures, and the personal voices of song composers and lyricists.

Since its founding, NYFOS has particularly celebrated American song, featuring premieres and commissions of new American works, and has produced five recordings on the Koch label, including a Grammy Award-winning disc of Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles, as well as the Grammy-nominated recording of Ned Rorem’s Evidence of Things Not Seen on New World Records, and the forthcoming Bridge Records release of NYFOS's Spanish Love Songs. NYFOS’s concert series, touring programs, radio broadcasts, recordings, and educational activities have inspired a new interest in the creative possibilities of the song program, and have inspired the creation of thematic vocal series around the world.

"Sing what you love, think of the recital space as a sacred home for your imagination and your soul, and welcome the audience into a world you create for them. You can’t go wrong." — Steven Blier

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