Joy In Singing Presents 'Letters by Women: Concert and Talkback' Today

Today, March 26 at 2:30 PM, Joy In Singing (www.joyinsinging.com) presents Letters by Women: The Edward Cone Foundation Composers' Concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium, Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street, at the New York City Performing Arts Library.

Featuring works by Daron Hagen, Libby Larsen, Dominick Argento, and Juliana Hall, the program explores life through letters written by women during the Civil War (Dear Youth), on the American frontier (Songs from Letters), by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Italy (Casa Guidi), and from one of America's greatest American poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Performers are soprano Kristina Bachrach, mezzosoprano Abigail Levis, pianist Miriam Leskis, and flautist Jayn Rosenfeld. The performance will be followed by a talkback with composer Juliana Hall, whose cycle "Letters from Edna" was the inspiration for the concert. The talkback will be moderated by Paul Sperry, Joy In Singing's Music Director. Join us to explore the timeless expression of the human heart, and lend your views to the lively talkback discussion exploring the future of the letter in an age of texts and tweets. Admission is free on a first come, first served basis.

For more information, please visit the Lincoln Center website (www.lincolncenter.org/show/letters-by-women-the-edward-t-cone-foundation-composers-concert)