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Five Borough Songbook: Make it a Staten Island Sunday
All the insider tips for enjoying a beautiful exploration of Staten Island on Sunday, April 24.
Profile: Songbook lyricist Valerie Seeley
Valerie Seeley’s poetry about her life as a formerly incarcerated woman became the lyrics for Brian Lawlor’s song “Mantras from Jesup,” part of the Five Borough Songbook, Vol III. Learn more about Valerie’s experience and her connection with Die Jim Crow Records.
Celebrating NYC in Song: Introducing the Five Borough Songbook, Vol III
Introducing the powerhouse team of composers behind the brand new Five Borough Songbook, Vol III
The Great Gig in the Sky: Tam Lin and Firebird take flight
How two groundbreaking collaborations came together with ease.
Kinan Azmeh Marks 20 Years in NYC
Milestones and celebrations mark the opening of 5BMF’s 21-22 Season.
Oracle Hysterical and Hub New Music’s Brave “Terra Nova”
Exploring the bravery, ambition, hubris – and cruelty – of the adventurers in Terra Nova.
Diamonds in the rough times
How 5BMF found a silver lining in the midst of a terrible storm.
Program Notes: Juxtapositions | Through the Warping Lens
Composer Elliot Figg shares his thoughts on his new program, “Through the Warping Lens: Just Intonation Music for Baroque Instruments”
Program Notes: Coming Together
The music of ‘Coming Together’: Frederic Rzewski, Florence Price, and J. S. Bach.
Coming Together
5BMF’s 2020-2021 Virtual Season opens with an ambitious, timely, and moving new project.