We are making a film! This spring marked an important milestone in the development of our adaptation of The Long Walk Home, a song cycle by composer Peter Tiefenbach and librettist James Ostime. After months of… READ MORE »A First Look: Adapting The Long Walk Home for film
A New Digital Recording from the Canadian Art Song Project is Now Available The Canadian Art Song Project is proud to announce the digital release of The Long Walk Home, a contemporary song cycle by… READ MORE »The Long Walk Home recording is available!
Following an unforgettable premiere screening for an enthusiastic audience at the Canadian Music Centre in Toronto on Friday September 19, 2025, it gives us great joy to share the release of The Piece Atop His Pate.… READ MORE »The Piece Atop His Pate is here!
Elevating a Canadian Pioneer’s Art Song Legacy The Canadian Art Song Project (CASP) is proud to announce a groundbreaking research and publication initiative dedicated to the solo vocal works of R. Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943). Born… READ MORE »R. Nathaniel Dett Song Research Project
Canadian Art Song Project is excited to share a sneak peek at the next chapter in our journey of blending art song with animation: The Piece Atop His Pate — a new animated short based… READ MORE »Announcing The Piece Atop His Pate
June 17, 2025 Canadian Art Song Project is excited to announce the commissioning of a song cycle by composer Pouya Hamidi. I Will Greet the Sun Again explores themes of night, family, and intimate love,… READ MORE »CASP commissions songs by Pouya Hamidi
Pouya Hamidi’s I Will Greet the Sun Again performed by Elizabeth Polese and Steven Philcox. As part of the evening concert on Friday, August 1st at Walter Hall, the Toronto Summer Music Festival will present… READ MORE »CASP commission premieres at Toronto Summer Music
We are thrilled to share that our album Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song has been nominated for a 2025 JUNO Award in the category of Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble)!. This is the second… READ MORE »JUNO Nomination for Known to Dreamers
After a long hiatus, we are back to discuss Canadian art song! In this episode of Conversations with Canadian Art Song Project, tenor Lawrence Wiliford and pianist Steven Philcox sit down with award-winning composer Matthew… READ MORE »Season 2, Episode 1: Matthew Ricketts’ Songs for Judith
Canadian Art Song Project is excited to announce the release of our first animation project: The Wild Goose. The song “The Wild Goose” was originally written by singer / songwriter Wade Hemsworth and arranged for… READ MORE »Animated short: The Wild Goose
Canadian Art Song Project is excited to be offering two performances in the next few weeks. On Wednesday, February 28th CASP will be celebrating Black History Month by presenting a program of art song by… READ MORE »Performances coming up in Feb. / March
February 1, 2024 Canadian Art Song Project is happy to announce the commissioning of a song cycle by composer Matthew Ricketts. Songs for Judith, written for baritone Brett Polegato in honour of Judith Dalgleish, sets… READ MORE »CASP commissions songs by composer Matthew Ricketts
Canadian Art Song Project is pleased to announce the release of our seventh commercial recording of Canadian art song repertoire for voice and piano. Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song / La… READ MORE »Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song
Over the past several months Canadian Art Song Project has been rehearsing and recording with our collaborating artists for our next commercial audio release: Known to Dreamers. This recording focuses on the contributions of Black… READ MORE »Known to Dreamers recording sessions finished.
October 20, 2023 Canadian Art Song Project is happy to announce the commissioning of a set of three songs by composer Roydon Tse. The songs, collectively entitled Triptych, explore perspectives on death and loss through… READ MORE »CASP commissions songs by composer Roydon Tse
Canadian Art Song Project is thrilled to present the video premiere of Three Songs on Poems of Anne Michaels by Christos Hatzis. Commissioned to celebrate CASP’s 10th Anniversary in 2021, hopes of a live premiere… READ MORE »Songs by Christos Hatzis video release
Canadian music lost one of its great champions with the passing of John Beckwith. CBC Music posted an announcement of his death on Monday, December 6, and CBC Radio’s Metro Morning in Toronto featured a conversation… READ MORE »Some thoughts about John Beckwith…
October 4, 2022 We have been quietly working on a number of projects over the last several months. One of these has been the recording and filming of Christos Hatzis‘ new work, Three Songs on… READ MORE »New songs by Christos Hatzis coming soon!
In Celebration of John Beckwith’s 95th birthday, CASP is releasing a music video performance of Beckwith’s Four Short Songs – settings of German poems by Wassily Kandinsky as translated to English by Elizabeth R. Napier.… READ MORE »Four Short Songs by John Beckwith video release
The Canadian Art Song Project is proud to announce the release of FOUND FROZEN: SONGS OF JEFFERY RYAN. The new recording features premiere commercial recordings of composer Jeffery Ryan’s Of Passion’s Tide (1991), Found Frozen… READ MORE »New Release: Found Frozen: Songs of Jeffrey Ryan