February 2, 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan (U.S.A.)
Song at Citizenship: A Symposium
with Thomas Hampson, baritone
Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 3pm
McIntosh Theatre
Moore Building
University of Michigan, North Campus
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
United States
Watch a video of this event, and read the full program, below.
February 2, 2020
At the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U.S.A.)
Event Program
“In Flanders Fields” from Three Songs of the War (1917)
Charles Ives (music) & John McCrae (text)
Fernando Grimaldo, bass-baritone
Natalie Scherer, piano
PART 1 — NEW DIRECTIONS IN SONG RESEARCH
Song as Citizenship – The Case for “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology
Our Songs Tell Our Story: Using Classic Song in the K-12 Classroom
Caroline Helton, Associate Professor of Voice
Christie Finn, Hampsong Foundation
Preserving a Culture: Research Tools To Study African American Art Song
Louise Toppin, Professor of Music, Voice
“Prayer” from Nightsongs (1961)
H. Leslie Adams (music) & Langston Hughes (text)
Amber Merritt, soprano
Tan Tzu Kuang, piano
Part 2 — SONG AS CITIZENSHIP: A ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION
Mark Clague, moderator
Naomi André, Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies and Women’s Studies & Associate Director for Faculty at the Residential College at the University of Michigan
Christie Finn, Hampsong Foundation
Thomas Hampson, Honorary Professor, University of Heidelberg
Caroline Helton, Associate Professor of Voice
Stanford Olsen, Professor of Voice
Willis Patterson, Professor Emeritus of Voice
George Shirley, Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Emeritus Professor of Voice
Louise Toppin, Professor of Music, Voice
“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
Traditional, arr. Moses Hogan
Goitsemang Lehobye, soprano
Lydia Qiu, piano
