Opera on Tap Presents NEW BREW SINGS NEW YORK, 6/13

Hailed by the New York Times as "one of today's leading song recitalists," American lyric tenor Paul Sperry's continues to devote much of his time to the programming and performance of songs from every country and every period of music. Sperry's extraordinarily wide repertory includes songs, chamber works, and oratorios in fifteen languages and includes more than fifty works that have been written for him by many of today's leading composers, both European and American. Among his recordings are four CDs of American songs for Albany Records; Bernard Rands's Canti del Sole, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984; and the complete songs of Ives. Most recently, he has recorded a CD of four new song cycles by Tom Cipullo, Daron Hagen, Libby Larsen, and Paul Moravec. Sperry continues to support young singers and American composers ina multitude of ways, inluding as a professor at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, as well as the director of the organization Joy in Singing.

About New Brew:

New Brew is a new music vocal collective founded by members of the New York City chapter of Opera on Tap. What OOT does for the traditional repertoire, we do for contemporary, living composers. We seek to reach new audiences by creating an immediate, intimate, and uninhibited connection between the performer and the audience, regardless of the language, style, or genre. For more information visitwww.OperaonTap.org/new-brew