Kurt Ollmann

New York Festival of Song to Release NYFOS Records: 'THE SINGLES, VOL. 1'
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 11, 2024

On Friday, March 8, 2024, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will release an album drawn from its archives, NYFOS Records: The Singles, Vol. 1 featuring guest artists performing together with pianist and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier on NYFOS Records. Learn more here!

Composer David Leisner To Release A Portrait Album Of Vocal Chamber Music, On Azica Records
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 4, 2022

On Friday, November 18, 2022, composer and guitarist David Leisner releases his new album, Letter to the World, on Azica Records. Featuring four song cycles - Confiding, Das Wunderbare Wesen, Simple Songs, and Of Darkness and Light - Letter to the World includes four vocal compositions from different stages of Leisner's career: two from the 1980's, one from 2002, and one from 2011.

Weston 101 Returns For Third Year
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2018

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's Weston 101 is back for its third year to prime theatergoers for an exciting, expanded 2018 season. Hosted by Weston Director of Education/Artistic Associate Piper Goodeve, this pre-season backstage pass is a multi-media event series taking you - one by one - behind the scenes of each summer show; West Side Story, Our Town, Fun Home, and more.

Andrew Lippa, Kurt Ollmann to Judge 2017 American Traditions Vocal Competition in Savannah
by BWW News Desk - Feb 15, 2017

The American Traditions Vocal Competition has announced its lineup for the 24th Annual singing competition, held in Savannah, Georgia.

NYFOS Announces Its 2014 Spring Gala, REMEMBERING LENNY, 4/28
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2014

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG has announced its star-studded 2014 spring gala, Remembering Lenny, celebrating the life of Leonard Bernstein with a performance on Monday, April 28 at 6:30PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, followed by supper at the '21' Club.

Barbara Cook, Marilyn Horne, Hal Prince and More Set for NYFOS Gala, Celebrating Leonard Bernstein, 4/28
by BWW News Desk - Mar 14, 2014

New York Festival of Song announces 'Remembering Lenny', A Gala Celebration of Leonard Bernstein (Founding Advisor NYFOS). NYFOS Artistic Directors and pianists STEVEN BLIER and MICHAEL BARRETT host an extraordinary lineup of special guests.

The New York Festival of Song Presents REMEMBERING LENNY, 4/28
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2014

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG announces its star-studded 2014 spring gala, Remembering Lenny, celebrating the life of Leonard Bernstein with a performance on Monday, April 28 at 6:30PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, followed by supper at the '21' Club.

Photo Flash: Sing for Hope's AIDS Quilt Songbook @ TWENTY on World AIDS Day
by BWW News Desk - Dec 16, 2012

On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2012, Sing for Hope marked the twentieth anniversary of the classical music world's first organized response to the AIDS crisis with the celebratory concert 'AIDS Quilt Songbook @ TWENTY.' The evening featured impassioned performances by many of the country's leading classical vocalists, including Amy Burton, Adrienne Danrich, Heather Johnson, Suzanne Mentzer, Sidney Outlaw, Randall Scarlata, Michael Slattery, Monica Yunus, Camille Zamora, and two of the baritones of the 1992 premiere, Kurt Ollmann and William Sharp. Scroll below for photos from the concert!

Sing for Hope Presents AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK @ TWENTY Today
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2012

Sing for Hope will present AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK @ TWENTY at the Great Hall at Cooper Union today, December 1st, 2012, in observance of World AIDS Day and to mark the 20th anniversary of the first AIDS Quilt Songbook performance, which took place on June 4th 1992 at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center.

Sing for Hope Presents AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK @ TWENTY, Dec 1
by BWW News Desk - Nov 13, 2012

Sing for Hope will present AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK @ TWENTY at the Great Hall at Cooper Union on December 1st, 2012, in observance of World AIDS Day and to mark the 20th anniversary of the first AIDS Quilt Songbook performance, which took place on June 4th 1992 at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center.

NYFOS's New Radio Series Debuts Around the Country, Premieres 1/2
by BWW News Desk - Jan 2, 2011

No Song is Safe from Us, a ground-breaking new weekly radio series from NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (NYFOS), produced by the WFMT Radio Network of Chicago and hosted by legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, premieres January 2 at 8PM (CST).

NYFOS's New Radio Series Debuts Around the Country
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 31, 2010

No Song is Safe from Us, a ground-breaking new weekly radio series from NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (NYFOS), produced by the WFMT Radio Network of Chicago and hosted by legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, premieres January 2 at 8PM (CST).

Skylight Opera Theatre Presents THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2010

When Skylight audiences last saw Figaro in The Barber of Seville, he was triumphant after engineering a romantic coup.

Skylight Opera Theatre Presents THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 8, 2010

When Skylight audiences last saw Figaro in The Barber of Seville, he was triumphant after engineering a romantic coup.

The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook Kick-Off Party!
by Steve Leary - Oct 8, 2008

Join the Composers, Writers and Performers who are creating the Chicago AIDS Quit Songbook for cocktails and conversation from 8-11PM this Saturday, October 11 at Hydrate, 3458 N Halsted St, Chicago! This very special cocktail party supports the creation Chicago AIDS Quit Songbook, a fundraising event for Season of Concern, presented by Chicago Opera Vanguard at the Court Theatre on World AIDS Day 2008, December 1.