by CASP Editor | Dec 5, 2021 | Commissions, Scores
Iranian-Canadian composer Afarin Mansouri This new work includes three beautiful and powerful song settings of Persian love poetry using the untranslated Persian texts of Hāfez, Malek Jan Nemati and Jalāl ad-Din Muhammad Rumi. Premiered by soprano Miriam Khalil and...
by CASP Editor | Mar 1, 2019 | Commissions
Canadian Art Song Project is thrilled to announce that award-winning composer Afarin Mansouri has been commissioned to write a new set of songs for soprano and piano. This new work is being composed for soprano Miriam Khalil and will be premiered as part of the...
by CASP Editor | Feb 23, 2018 | Commissions
My first encounter with art song, and song cycles, was in high school. I was taking music history lessons to prepare for an RCM exam, and our textbook included “Ich grolle nicht,” from Schumann’s Dichterliebe. Although classically-trained voices still sounded alien to...
by Webmaster | Dec 30, 2014 | Commissions
Our Board and wide array of Artistic Partners all take great pride in the work that we do at CASP. Through a combination of commission sponsors, donor support and artistic good will, we have Commissioned several new works to date and have only just begun. Please have...
