Intended for folks of many ages, who are interested in the intersection between poetry and music. 

How WordSong works

First, we all read a given poem and listeners give their reactions. Then performers play composers’s settings of the poem; and then listeners, composers, and performers have an open conversation about what we all just heard and felt: a dialogue reflecting various points of view and what they all have in common. 

In the course of the discussion, each of the pieces is played again. A WordSong forum is all about communal reflection on multiplicity: multiple settings, multiple hearings, multiple meanings. Together, we discover how a single, familiar text can inspire a variety of thoughts and feelings; we explore our perspectives and yours and how they are represented in the various meldings of words, ideas, and music. 

We hope you will join us in this exploration of multiplicity, this interaction between the familiar and the unfamiliar, this new way to experience new music!