It is with joy that we welcome you to May Festival 2021 featuring five, in-person, limited capacity and socially distanced concerts at Music Hall. The music speaks directly to our current times, performed by distanced artists and ensembles.
Vocal firebrands perform music inspired by poetry we can all relate to, especially now. Two-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke sings the words of Emily Dickinson, a poet who lived in near total isolation from the outside world.
“Her voice among the aisles Incites the timid prayer Of the minutest cricket, The most unworthy flower.”
– Emily Dickinson
Maria Schneider’s “hauntingly beautiful” (NPR) piece follows a poet’s road to recovery after cancer treatment, found on early morning walks near his Midwestern home. And Davóne Tines, an inspiration to composers like John Adams, connects us to Walt Whitman’s timeless perspective on loving and caring for others.
Tickets for individual concerts on sale May 3: http://mayfestival.com/concerts-and-events/2021-may-festival-season/voice-and-verse/
Artists:
Robert Porco, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Sophia Burgos, soprano
Davóne Tines, baritone
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Program:
AARON COPLAND: Selections from Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
MARIA SCHNEIDER: Selections from Winter Morning Walks
JOHN ADAMS: The Wound-Dresser
May Festival 2021 season tickets are available now. Browse the full season here. Save 10% when you bundle any 2 or 3 performances and get priority seating, FREE ticket exchanges and access to May Festival On Demand—a digital archive of two of this season's performances to enjoy all year long. You'll also be first in line when we return to full capacity next season!
Tickets to individual performances, if available, go on sale Monday, MAY 3 at 10 am: http://mayfestival.com/concerts-and-events/2021-may-festival-season/voice-and-verse/
Phone: 513.381.3300
Email: contact@mayfestival.com
2021/05/28 - 2021/05/28
Music Hall
1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Several parking options surround Music Hall. A 450-space underground garage at Washington Park is located directly across Elm Street from the front doors of venue. This convenient garage also has handicapped parking and elevators. A surface lot between Music Hall and Memorial Hall is accessible from Elm Street and Central Parkway. Convenient parking is also available at the Town Center Parking (CET) Garage on Central Parkway. Pay-on-entry parking is $10-$15 for special events at all nearby lots. For more information about parking at Music Hall, call (513) 744-3344.
Handicapped-Accessible Parking: There are several handicap-designated spots at the Washington Park Garage across the street from Music Hall, as well as at the surface lot located between Music Hall and Memorial Hall and in the Town Center (CET) Garage on Central Parkway. We recommend arriving early for the best parking. You may also drop off patrons in front of Music Hall on Elm Street and then park. If you require wheelchair assistance, please alert a security officer and they will contact a staff member to bring a wheelchair out to the curb and assist you to your seats.