Lyric Fest 2008-09 Season

Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 7:30 pm at the Madeleine Wing Adler Theater, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Sunday, September 28, 2008 - 3 pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

Press Release about Mahler Resurrected

Join Lyric Fest for the colorful, tumultuous life of Gustav Mahler — a theatrical presentation brought to life with songs, letters and biographical narration. Against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century, anti-Semitic Vienna, Gustav Mahler emerged as the premiere operatic and symphonic conductor of his day. All the while, he produced emotional, spiritual, bigger-than-life compositions that were strangely out of sync with his own times. With artists Jim Bergwall, actor, Christopher Bolduc, Kendra Colton, Suzanne DuPlantis, Randi Marrazzo, Marquita Raley and Laura Ward at the piano.
Ticket prices at the door: $20, $5 for students.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $80.

Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 5 pm, at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 3 pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 21st and Walnut Streets

Ticket prices at the door: $16 for adults, $5 for children and students.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $80.

With special guest, Tracey Matisak

Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8 pm at Roberts Hall, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA
Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 3 pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 201 South 21st Street (at Walnut Street), Philadelphia

Press Release about Music in the White House

Ticket prices at the door: Haverford performance: $15 Adult, $12 senior; First Presbyterian performance: $20, $5 for students.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $80.

Presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 8 pm at the Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Discounted parking available at the Ritz-Bourse Garage: $4.50.

Press Release about The Voice of the Sea

A program inspired by sirens of old and the majestic power of the Sea. The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Lyric Fest in one performance only at the American Philosophical Society. In a program interweaving great songs of the sea with poems and prose, letters and historic ships' logs, hear works of Britten, Elgar, Schubert, Weill, Cole Porter and more... With David Adams, Jennifer Casey Cabot, Suzanne DuPlantis, Leslie Johnson, Randi Marrazzo, Randall Scarlata with Laura Ward at the piano.
Individual tickets $16.50, Students $8.00. Call the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society at 215.569.8080, visit www.pcmsconcerts.org, or at the door. Open seating.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $80.

Special guest, Allen Krantz, guitar and mandolin

Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 5 pm at the Pew Memorial Chapel, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA
Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 3 pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

Press Release about The Art of the Serenade

Step closer to your window for "Komm, liebe Zither" as Lyric Fest presents a winsome program inspired by the art of the strummed serenade. Enchanting serenades of Schubert, Mozart, Argento, Schumann, Jobim, Brahms and more. With Timothy Bentch, Suzanne DuPlantis, Anne Gross, Randall Scarlata, Randi Marrazzo, Laura Ward, piano and special guest, Allen Krantz on the guitar and mandolin.
Ticket prices at the door: $20, $5 for students.
You can also get a subscription for all four wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $80.

Venues

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 21st and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Madeleine Wing Adler Theater at West Chester University. For information on West Chester University, please visit West Chester University online.

Pew Memorial Chapel in Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA. For directions please visit the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church directions page.

Roberts Hall, Haverford College. For directions please visit http://www.haverford.edu.

Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118. For directions please visit http://www.chestnuthillpres.org/index.html.

Meet the Artists

We host receptions following most of our concerts where we hope to connect with our audiences. Building community is a priority for our organization.