"Singing Them Off the Page" — Poetry Set to Music

When

Thursday April 11, 2024: 6:30pm to 7:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Multi-Purpose Room

Description

For National Poetry Month, Laszlo Slomovits of the popular local duo Gemini, and widely published poet Jennifer Burd, present a program of a wide range of classic poems that Laszlo has set to music. Included are works by the ancient mystics, Rumi and Hafiz, of the American greats, Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, as well as contemporary poets, Dan Gerber and Linda Nemec Foster. The program will also feature settings of Jennifer and Laszlo’s haiku and lyric poetry, accompanied by Laszlo on guitar and a variety of folk flutes, and by Jennifer on the bowed psaltery.