Part of:
American Art Song Series in collaboration with Joy in Singing
Music curator and host Paul Sperry

Laura Strickling, soprano
Michael Kelly, baritone
Tom Cipullo, pianist

Composer Tom Cipullo’s works have been heard at major concert halls on four continents. He has received commissions from SongFest at Pepperdine, the Mirror Visions Ensemble, the Joy in Singing, Sequitur, Cantori New York, tenor Paul Sperry, soprano Hope Hudson, mezzo-soprano Mary Ann Hart, the Five Boroughs Music Festival, pianist Jeanne Golan, and the New York Festival of Song. He has received awards and fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Copland House, the Oberpfaelzer Kuenstlerhaus (Bavaria), and ASCAP.

Mr. Cipullo’s first opera, Glory Denied, after the book by journalist Tom Philpott, is based on the true story of America’s longest-held prisoner of war. It was premiered by the Brooklyn College Opera Theater in 2007 and was given its professional premiere by the Remarkable Theater Brigade in New York in June of 2008. Mr. Cipullo’s song cycles A Visit with Emily, Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House, and Of a Certain Age are published by Oxford University Press. Other works are distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints. His music has been recorded on the Albany, CRI, PGM, and Capstone labels. A recording of Mr. Cipullo’s vocal works was issued on the Albany label in 2009.

Mr. Cipullo received his Master’s degree in composition from Boston University and his B.S. from Hofstra University. He studied composition and orchestration with David Del Tredici, Elie Siegmeister, and Albert Tepper. He is a founding member of the Friends & Enemies of New Music, which has presented more than 80 concerts featuring the music of over 200 different American composers.

PROGRAM

All sets to be announced during performances.

Program