Sunday, July 16, 2023
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts

Free to attend
Doors open at 2:45, program at 3pm

Announcing a special cultural event “The Color of Sound in Song”, a partnership between Opera Ithaca and Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts (TCFA) which will take place on Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 3pm. Sponsored by the CFCU Community Credit Union, this event will be held at the Conservatory in conjunction with the exhibit “Synesthesia: The Color of Sound”, the seventh annual Cayuga Arts Collective (CayAC) spring show curated by CayAC founders Domenica Brockman and Marina Delaney. The exhibit explores the relationship between art and music and runs through July 28, 2023.

“The Color of Sound in Song” will be a unique gallery recital where operatic voices serenade the audience through vocal compositions that reflect and respond to the gallery show. Accompanied by Richard Montgomery, on piano, Lynn Craver, co-founder of Opera Ithaca, along with members of Opera Ithaca’s innovative Apprentice Artists Program will sing from an Impressionistic repertoire including works by Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss. The recital will feature a dialogue between singers and the show curators who together will explore visual and musical connections. This event is open to the public and admission is free. Wine and light refreshments will be served.

TCFA serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Cayuga Arts Collective a group of about seventy member-artists from the Finger Lakes region. Founded in 2017, the mission of the Cayuga Arts Collective is to build community by fostering creativity in the visual arts.

Opera Ithaca is a professional opera company based in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 2014 is now in its ninth season.