First Songs: Dawn Upshaw and the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program

Dawn Upshaw, internationally renowned soprano and Bard Vocal Arts Program Artistic Director, performs a recital with pianist and Bard faculty Kayo Iwama, the singers of the program, and the Bard Collaborative Piano Fellows. The concert will feature the world premier of a work by George Tsontakis, written for Dawn Upshaw and Kayo Iwama, as well as new works composed by current students and recent alumni of Bard College and Conservatory. With sopranos Angela Carducci, Elizabeth Cohen, Kameryn Lueng, Marie Marquis, Devony Smith, Jacquelyn Stucker, Xiabo Su and Dawn Upshaw; mezzo-sopranos Kimberly Feltkamp, Sara Lemesh and Abigail Levis; tenors Vincent Festa, Hyunhak Kim and Barrett Radziun; baritone Logan Walsh; and pianists Erika Allen, Milena Gligic, Christina Giuca, Kayo Iwama, Szilvia Miko and Chorong Park.