Cascadia Art Museum presents: American Classical Songs w/ Kristin Vogel
$18 ($12 museum members)
Kristin Vogel, soprano
Larry Starr, piano
Internationally-honored opera soprano Kristin Vogel will present songs from Aaron Copland’s 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson. Ms. Vogel will be accompanied by pianist Larry Starr, Professor Emeritus of music history at the University of Washington and author of a book about Copland’s Emily Dickinson song cycle. Music by American composer Charles Ives rounds out the program.
Your ticket includes admission to the museum galleries. Enjoy a one-hour concert in an intimate setting surrounded by art, and be done in time to dine out after.
About Larry Starr
Larry Starr holds the title Professor Emeritus of American Music Studies at the University of Washington School of Music, where he taught for more than four decades. He retired from university teaching in 2018, but he continues to speak on music at the Seattle Symphony (pre-concert talks), the Women's University Club (Seattle), and now the Ladies Musical Club. He has written books on Charles Ives's music, Aaron Copland's songs, George Gershwin's Broadway musicals, and most recently Listening to Bob Dylan, and is the coauthor of a textbook on American popular music. Larry's advisees have gone on to distinguished careers in teaching, research, and arts administration—a noteworthy recent example being Whitney Henderson, LMC's own Executive Director.