The CYBERSING 2008 Art Song Performance Competition has opened, and features a newly-commissioned 'required song' by American composer Larry Alan Smith. Download entry forms, rules, and the required song by clicking here.

Janet Baker, the distinguished English mezzo-soprano has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation as the seventh recipient of its annual World of Song Award. The award alternates among composers, singers, and collaborative pianists. It serves to raise public consciousness of art song and to honor those who have devoted their creative lives to this enriching form of music. Daniel Gundlach, the chairman of the World of Song Award committee, stated, "Throughout her career, Janet Baker gave wholly of her artistic self in the service of music. We are particularly privileged to acknowledge her, given her lifelong dedication to art song. On a personal note, it affords me great pleasure to offer this award to a singer whose work I have revered for many years." Learn more by clicking here.

Cambridge University Press has just published author Michael H. Kater's exhaustive and authoritative biography of Lotte Lehmann, entitled Never Sang for Hitler: The Life and Times of Lotte Lehmann. More than a traditional biography, Kater's book, the result of years of assiduous research, is both a descriptive narrative of Lehmann's life and a fresh look at the interconnections of the artist and society. Kater describes the various phases of Lehmann's life, as well as the socio-cultural settings in which she found herself. Kater's access to Lehmann's personal documents and other papers housed in the Lotte Lehmann Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara reshapes much of what is known about her life and career. Learn more by clicking here.

DANIEL GUNDLACH
Vice President Daniel Gundlach has been hailed as a vivid singer and actor in his appearances throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He has sung under James Conlon, Helmuth Rilling, Marc Minkowski, John Nelson, Daniel Beckwith, Jeffrey Thomas, Alain Altinoglu, James Richman, Johannes Somary, Philip Brunelle, Gwendolyn Toth, and the late Newell Jenkins, among others. His has sung with Chicago Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera, Skylight Opera, Edmonton Opera, the Broomhill Festival (UK), Les Musiciens du Louvre, and the Dallas Bach Society, the Clarion Music Society, Artek, Concert Royal, Amor Artis, the Dayton Philharmonic, and the Honolulu Symphony.  more>>>