This new work includes three beautiful and powerful song settings of Persian love poetry using the untranslated Persian texts of Hāfez, Malek Jan Nemati and Jalāl ad-Din Muhammad Rumi. Premiered by soprano Miriam Khalil and… Āshéghāné-Hā, now available
Canadian Art Song Project is thrilled to announce that award-winning composer Afarin Mansouri has been commissioned to write a new set of songs for soprano and piano. This new work is being composed for soprano… Afarin Mansouri is commissioned for 2020
My first encounter with art song, and song cycles, was in high school. I was taking music history lessons to prepare for an RCM exam, and our textbook included “Ich grolle nicht,” from Schumann’s Dichterliebe.… Tawnie Olson’s thoughts on composing her first song cycle
Our Board and wide array of Artistic Partners all take great pride in the work that we do at CASP. Through a combination of commission sponsors, donor support and artistic good will, we have Commissioned… Our CASP Commissions