The Vancouver International Song Institute Society (VISI) presents Song: The Audible Soul, a groundbreaking new festival celebrating and exploring Art Song from June 17-27, 2007. Songs are jewels of concentrated emotion and thought that can penetrate the core of your being and connect you with the shared themes of humanity. At VISI the focus is on Art Song, the powerful realm of fused poetry and music - gateway to a rich world where history, sociology, psychology and philosophy meet in a musical experience of unforgettable intensity.

To complement each day's study program, two daily Concerts will be presented at the UBC School of Music Recital Hall: the Noon-Hour "Inner Spa" Series and the "VISIonary Fusions: Ideas, Poetry, Song" Series, a dynamic new evening concert series combining talks by world-class thinkers and song performances by world-class musicians. Festival participants can attend the study program to enrich their deep understanding of Song, or they can choose to just enjoy the fantastic variety of festival concerts.

For more information on the study program, tickets details for the noon-hour concert series and general event information please visit www.visi.ca.

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June 17 | June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 24 | June 25 | June 26 | June 27

Evening Concerts at UBC School of Music Recital Hall
6361 Memorial Road

Sunday June 17
VISI Visions Special Event:
CANADA HERE AND NOW
An unsurpassed gathering of Canadian musicians kick off VISI's opening concert with an all-Canadian program. Featuring the world premiere of Apochrypha of Light, a song cycle by composer Leslie Uyeda and poet Lorna Crozier. Also includes Halifax 6 December 1917, Clifford Ford's song cycle about the historic explosion.

VISI Faculty: Benjamin Butterfield, Tracy Dahl, Alison d'Amato, Terence Dawson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Laura Loewen, Phoebe MacRae, Lynne McMurtry, Lambroula Maria Pappas, Rena Sharon, Erika Switzer
Guest Artists: Robyn Dreidger-Klassen, Blaine Hensbee, Heather Pawsey

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Monday June 18
OUR LASTING WORLD
Join us for an evening of songs and ideas that examines the socio-cultural legacies we have created, and our collective role in shaping the planet's future. Includes Canadian premiere of The Space Between, music by Scott Gendel, texts by Wendell Berry.

VISI Faculty: Alison d'Amato, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Laura Loewen, Lynne McMurtry, Erika Switzer
Guest Artist: Mel Braun

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Tuesday June 19
HOW FAIR HER CONVERSATION: Words by Women Poets
Good songs often come from great poetry. This concert showcases songs drawn from some of history's most eloquent and passionate female poets, including Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop, and Sylvia Plath.

VISI Faculty: Margo Garrett, Martha Guth, Laura Loewen, Lynne McMurtry, Erika Switzer
Guest Artist: A.K. Coope (clarinet)

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Wednesday June 20
RED, RED HEART: Lives of Passionate Wives
Two of North America's most celebrated recitalists team up for the first time, performing a vibrant and varied program of Canadian and American song repertoire. Includes John Greer's The Red, Red Heart, a cycle on poems of Marianne Bindig written expressly for Tracy Dahl, and Libby Larsen's powerful cycle Try Me, Good King, songs from the final words of Henry VIII's wives.

VISI Faculty: Tracy Dahl and Margo Garrett

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Thursday June 21
I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF: A VISI Cabaret
Enter the sultry and sardonic world of the cabaret. Sit back with a drink and a smile as VISI performers entertain you with songs of Kurt Weill, Randy Newman, William Bolcom, Marc Blitzstein, and Noel Coward.

VISI Faculty: Margo Garrett and Alison d'Amato, Terence Dawson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Nancy Hermiston, Laura Loewen, Phoebe MacRae, Lynne McMurtry, Erika Switzer

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Friday June 22
MAKE MUSIC SWEET: An English Songbook
Join two of the world's greatest interpreters of English song for a journey through Great Britain's musical and literary history! Gerald Finzi's beautiful cycle Earth and Air and Rain, on the poetry of Thomas Hardy, concludes a delightful collection of English songs from the 19th and 20th centuries.

VISI Faculty: Stephen Varcoe and Graham Johnson

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Sunday June 24
LET THE FLORID MUSIC PRAISE: Songs of Britain
Exult in Britain's exciting legacy of poets and composers! This spirited program includes Auden settings by Benjamin Britten, Shakespeare settings by Gerald Finzi, Yeats settings by Rebecca Clarke, and a rare performance of Michael Tippett's cantata for tenor and piano, Boyhood's End.

VISI Faculty: Graham Johnson and Benjamin Butterfield, Alison d'Amato, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Laura Loewen, Lambroula Maria Pappas

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Monday June 25
THE ECSTATIC PATH: Songs of Spirituality
Explore diverse visions of faith and spirituality in songs by British, Canadian, and American composers. Includes John Harbison's haunting Mirabai Songs and Godfrey Ridout's potent settings of John Donne's Cantiones Mysticae.

VISI Faculty: Alan Corbishley, Alison d'Amato, Terence Dawson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Laura Loewen, Phoebe MacRae, Lambroula Maria Pappas, Erika Switzer
Guest Artists: Blaine Hendsbee and Darren Wren (guitar)

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Tuesday June 26
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Words, Charms and Canticles
Bask in the thrills and intimacies of Britten's unique compositions. This wonderful program includes Winter Words, A Charm of Lullabies, and Canticle II, Britten's enthralling duet setting of the story of Abraham and Isaac.

VISI Faculty: Graham Johnson and Benjamin Butterfield, Susan Platts

Time: 7:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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Wednesday June 27
VISI Visions Special Event:
7:00 pm: Song Salon
CANADA SINGS!
Celebrate our heritage in song! Join the entire VISI community and other guests for a fun-filled gala concert that highlights Canadian's rich multicultural legacy.

VISI Faculty: Benjamin Butterfield, Alison d'Amato, Terence Dawson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Laura Loewen, Phoebe MacRae, Lynne McMurtry, Lambroula Maria Pappas, Susan Platts, Rena Sharon, Erika Switzer, and emerging artists from VISI's Professional Performance course.
Guest Artist: Marguerite Witvoet

Time: 8:00 pm

$26.00 plus $3.50 Service Charge

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WILL CALL AT THE FESTIVAL
Please bring your confirmation number and/or credit card with you to pick up your tickets from Will Call, 1 hour prior to performance. Tickets are non-refundable.

WILL CALL AT THE TICKETS TONIGHT BOOTH
Tickets purchased on-line through Tickets Tonight can be picked up at the Tickets Tonight Booth 24 hours before the first performance. Only the person who purchased tickets will be permitted to pick up the order. You must present valid photo ID and your credit card and you may be asked for a print out of your order.

Tickets Tonight Booth
Plaza Level, 200 Burrard Street (at Cordova, Inside the Tourism Vancouver Touristinfo Centre)
Open 7 Days a Week: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

ORDER BY PHONE: 604.231.7535
Additional $2.50 per ticket for phone orders.

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Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm