The New York Festival of Song Presents NYFOS @ NORTH FORK, 8/22-23

New York Festival of Song returns to the peace and natural beauty of the North Fork of Long Island to launch the 2015-16 NYFOS Emerging Artists series with a residency and pair of performances: Sunday, August 23, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at Poquatuck Hall inOrient, NY and Saturday, August 22, 2015, 5:00 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Bellport, NY.

Latin Lovers is the title of this summer's program. NYFOS artistic director and pianist Steven Blier has come up with a fascinating collection of songs, arias, and popular music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico that showcase the passion, melody, and rhythm of Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Guastavino, Ernesto Lecuona, and many others. The sensational quartet of rising vocalists includes soprano Anna Dugan, mezzo-sopranoAmanda Bottoms, tenor Alexander McKissick, and baritone Dimitri Katotakis-as well as percussionist Danny Villanueva and Blier on piano.

This marks NYFOS's third year in residence in Orient, the easternmost town on the North Fork. The four young singers rehearse daily while living half a block from Peconic Bay and eating food from a local farm. NYFOS@North Fork is one of NYFOS's three truly unique professional training opportunities-an intense and fulfilling time that brings all the artists to a new kind of depth.

The concerts are presented by Oysterponds Community Activities and South Country Concerts. Ticket information is available online at: www.nyfos.org/Orient

About NYFOS Emerging Artists

Through its NYFOS Emerging Artists series, NYFOS continues its tradition of cultivating budding talent with residencies and performances. During each residency, NYFOS Emerging Artists trains young vocalists in programming and translation, presentation and production, research and musical style. In deep artistic collaboration with NYFOS's artistic directors Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, the singers are encouraged to engage audiences with directness, subtlety, and passion.

A hallmark of NYFOS, Emerging Artists has become one of NYFOS's greatest sources of energy. Some of the program's distinguished alumni include Julia Bullock, Corinne Winters, Joélle Harvey, Paul Appleby, John Brancy, Andrew Owens, Jennifer Zetlan, Jane Archibald, Elizabeth Caballero, and Elza van den Heever.

This season's Emerging Artists features NYFOS's 11th annual concert in collaboration with The Juilliard School Vocal Department with a program entitled Harry, Hoagy, and Haroldon January 13, 2016. Emerging Artists also returns for its 8th residency with Caramoor's Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars program March 7-12, 2016 with a show called At Home, which NYFOS then introduces to its Mainstage series on March 13, 2016.

Photo Courtesy of the NYFOS

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