alone.is.together.is

A FREE concert exploring the power of belonging through American poetry and song

Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center

Inspired by Wahtola Trommer's poem “Belonging,” <a href="https://linktr.ee/aloneistogetheris" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">alone.is.together.is </a>is a curated concert exploring the complexities of loneliness and belonging. Through American poetry and song, this project demonstrates how we discover our true selves when we’re in caring community with each other. On Saturday, December 3rd, at 6:30pm, this curated concert will be held in the lobby of the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Educational Center</a> located at the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, NY. <a href="https://linktr.ee/aloneistogetheris" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">alone.is.together.is </a>features bass-baritone Michael A. M. Aoun, soprano Abagael Cheng, soprano Maria Giovanetti, soprano Sadie Spivey, and pianist Nhi Huynh.This program features music by Gilda Lyons, Joseph N. Rubinstein, Lori Laitman, Steven Mark Kohn, Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Djupstrom, Pauline Oliveros and more. The performers will guide the audience through a musical journey from isolation to connection, exploring how a community forged from mutual love and acceptance can teach us all how to find a sense of home.The five performers, all members of the <a href="https://www.bard.edu/conservatory/vap/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bard College Conservatory of Music Vocal Arts Graduate Program</a>, have partnered with the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center at the FDR National Historic Site</a> in the hopes of bringing together people from different communities, including the local community in Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie, NY, as well as the community of students and educators at Bard. This recital, staged in a non-traditional setting, strives to create a space where the audience feels welcome and is invited to explore their own sense of belonging. The program even includes a piece that asks for audience participation.This event is free of charge and all are encouraged to attend.

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