Hi and welcome to our last preview of Tenth Muse! Concerts begin Saturday, February 15th. We hope this round of newsletters has been helpful in introducing you to our upcoming program! For our last preview, we will focus on Cooper Grosscup's inspiration for Tenth Muse,  Sappho. To read our previous post on Cooper, click here . Sappho's Life Sappho and Alcaeus, Sir Laweence Alma Tadema 1881 Sappho was an ancient Greek poet born approximately c.610. She specialized in lyric poe

Hello and welcome back to our third installment of our preview for Tenth Muse coming up later this month! We are pivoting to the contemporary world of Dominick Argento (1927-2019) and his muse Virginia Woolf, who inspired his piece on our program.  Dominick Argento Argento was best known for his vocal music; he composed 13 operas over his lifetime. He married the soprano, Carolyn Bailey, who was a collaborative partner and premiered many of his works. The drive to create voca

Hello and welcome back to our preview series for Tenth Muse! Last week  we covered the life of Robert Schumann and his inspiration from his wife, Clara . This week we will do a deep dive into Clara’s life before and after her marriage with Robert, as well as on her impact on future generations of women performers and composers. To hear Clara’s work performed live, come to our concerts next month!  Clara's Life As mentioned last week, Clara’s father was a renowned piano pedago