Thursday evening, Feb. 24, 7:30 pm.

A special presentation with the University of the District of Columbia and the New York Festival of Song on the Harlem Renaissance composers and poets, featuring Dana Hanchard, Darius DeHaas, James Martin, Michael Barrett and Steven Blier.

For tickets, contact UDC at 202-274-5954 ask for Jean.
Tickets for VAS susbcribers are $20. Student tickets are available at $10.

A sister arts organization, the Post-Classical Ensemble, is featuring lieder, the "Farewell" movement of Mahler's Song of the Earth with Delores Ziegler, as part of their Gala Benefit concert next month at the Austrian Embassy. VAS subscribers may find this an inviting event.

The concert will take place Mar. 16 at 7 pm.
Black tie, tickets are $150.

Complete details are available via:
http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/ or
(202) 966 8778 or
info@post-classicalensemble.org

We are co-presenting with the Smithsonian Resident Associates a seminar entitled,
"Art Song — Poetry in Love with Music."

The seminar is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005 and includes lectures and demonstrations by

Michael Parker,
Steven Blier,
William Sharp,
and our Discovery Singers,
Lorriana Markovic and Stacey Mastrian
with pianist, R. Timothy McReynolds.

Seminar description...

VAS subscribers who wish to attend the seminar may reserve places at the Smithsonian Resident Associates rate. So, if you are not a Smithsonian Resident Associate, please be sure to mention that you are a VAS subscriber when you register for the seminar.

You may register at www.ResidentAssociates.org or call 202-357-3030.

This year's series of concerts in the community begins in March. The recitals feature the winners of the Vocal Arts Society auditions in programs designed not only to please our devoted subscribers, but also to engage listeners who may still need to develop their appreciation of art song. These programs provide excellent and affordable opportunities to invite potential new members of our audience to a delightful program, and to support young artists in the Greater Washington Metropolitan area.

We are appearing in some new venues this year, notably the new BlackRock Center for the Arts.

Please help us to find those musiclovers that will fill the Terrace Theater in the future. As an inducement, attendees at a Discovery series recital will receive a discount coupon that may be used towards a regular Vocal Arts Society recital ticket or towards a first-time subscription to the 2005-06 regular series.

Recital schedule and coupon rules are available at www.vocalartssociety.org/discovery.