Silver Songs (songs about movies)
Sep
30
7:30 PM19:30

Silver Songs (songs about movies)

MVE’s new program celebrating the “silver screen” with songs and poems inspired by the glamour, glitz, grime, and grit of Hollywood featuring the premiere of Griffin Candey’s Silver Songs with poetry by Rae Armantrout, Richie Hofmann, Rebecca Hoogs, Jeanne Murray Walker, Kate Northrop, and Frank O’Hara celebrating the influence and inspiration of movies with songs that pay homage to “the silver screen” — a cultural beacon for generations.

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Merkin Hall
May
1
7:30 PM19:30

Merkin Hall

MVE returns to Merkin Hall with a new program The Arithmetic of Alternation. The first half of the night will feature premieres by recent winners of MVE’s Young Composers Competition (Alex Burtzos, Griffin Candey, Cheng Jin Koh, and Lisa Neher), as well as works by B.E. Boykin, Randall Eng, and John Glover. The evening will conclude with a performance of Tom Cipullo’s song cycle Secrets, set to poetry by Linda Pastan.

Tickets for this event are available here.

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Merkin Hall
Apr
3
5:00 PM17:00

Merkin Hall

An opportunity to see Midnight Magic live at Merkin Hall. This concert will feature performances with Mireille Asselin, soprano, Abi Levis, mezzo-soprano, Daniel McGrew, tenor, Mischa Bouvier, baritone, and Max Hammond, piano.

Tickets are available on the Merkin Hall Website here.

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Concert and Residency at the Setnor School of Music - Syracuse University
Oct
3
to Oct 5

Concert and Residency at the Setnor School of Music - Syracuse University

The Mirror Visions Ensemble delves into folk songs, ballads, and featured American composers in the program This Land is Ours at the Setnor School of Music on October 3rd. Watch the livestream of this concert here.

October 4th and 5th will be a masterclass and workshop for the voice, piano, and composition students at Setnor.

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Mar
14
to Mar 28

MVE At Home, Volume 2

Mirror Visions Ensemble presents a FREE virtual concert featuring newly recorded performances and selections from past concerts. Stream this concert via YouTube and enjoy performances from Mireille Asselin, SopranoJesse Blumberg, baritoneAbigail Levis, mezzo-sopranoMischa Bouvier, baritoneJustine Aronson, soprano, Scott Murphree, tenorGrant Wenaus, pianist, Margaret Kampmeier, pianist - as well as archival footage featuring Tobé Malawista and Richard Lalli!

This one-hour concert will include favorites by Sondheim, Britten, Canteloube, Debussy, Hindemith, Lalli, Arlen, Blitzstein, and Schubert, as well as MVE Commissions by Christopher Berg and a world premiere performance of a new work by B.E. Boykin.

Join us on March 14 at 2:30 p.m. EDT for the virtual premiere - and don’t forget to set your clocks forward! This performance will be streamed on YouTube, and will stay online for two weeks.

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Jan
23
7:00 PM19:00

POSTPONED: Journeys

Postponed due to COVID-19

The Mirror Visions Ensemble sings its way to far-flung destinations, real and imaginary. Travel songs by Barber, Berlioz, Blangini, Duparc, Haydn, Poulenc and Hugo Wolf share the ride with commissions by Tom Cipullo and Scott Wheeler, as well as Gilda Lyons' "Great Barrier Reef." The poetry of Baudelaire, Joyce and Metastasio is featured, as well as the correspondence of Paul Bourget, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Mireille Asselin, soprano
Scott Murphree, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Grant Wenaus, piano

Presented by Music Arran

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