MAHLER RESURRECTED

with

Christopher Bolduc

Suzanne DuPlantis

Kendra Colton

Marquita Raley

Randi Marrazzo

and

Laura Ward, piano

with special guests

Jim Bergwall

and Ellen Tobie

presents

Saturday, September 27 at 7:30pm at West Chester University, Adler Theater

Sunday, September 28 at 3pm at First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

William Greenfield & Joan R. Greenfield

Margaret S. G. Cooke

DeAnn P. Clancy

A. Clinton HewesDrs. Marty Schlesinger & Steven Samuel

Mrs. George Walker

Mrs. Joseph Lord

Our sincere thanks to First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia for being the home and host of Lyric Fest. To Joni Greenfield, our friend and best Chef, our gratitude. To our box office volunteers, Faith and Arthur McDowell, we give our thanks. To all our generous sponsors and donors, we thank you for helping Lyric Fest to flourish and grow.The Greenfield Foundation Goldsmith Fund - $25,000

If you have interest in sponsoring a concert or in helping to support our song festival, we would love to speak with you! You can contact us at www.lyricfest.org, or at: Lyric Fest, 1013 Westview St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19119, 215.438.1702

William L. Leonard, President; Allan Schimmel, Vice President; Dimitrios Diamantaras, Treasurer; David Newmann, Secretary; Joan R. Greenfield, Thomas Lloyd, Christina Stasiuk, Noble Thompson - Suzanne DuPlantis, Randi Marrazzo and Laura Ward, Founding Artistic Directors

Upcoming Concerts!(Family Concert Extravaganza! with PA Girlchoir)

Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 5pm, at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut HillSunday, November 9, 2008 - 3pm, at The First Presbyterian Church in PhiladelphiaJoin Lyric Fest for a raucous romp around the globe as our hero, the wacky Professor J. and his trusty sidekick take off to discover... A World of Friends! World culture and friendship in song and story with classical song, modern and ethnic folk music and dance.

Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 8pm at Haverford College’s, Roberts HallSunday, February 8, 2009 - 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in PhiladelphiaJust in time for the 2009 Inauguration Lyric Fest takes a timely look at American Presidential History in an enlightening program, narrated by award-winning journalist, Tracey Matisak. Discover how music in the White House reflects American history itself.

Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 8pm at the American Philosophical SocietyPresented by The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. ~Inspired by sirens of old and the majestic power of the Sea. Poems and prose, letters and historic ships’ log interwoven with songs of the sea, in works of Britten, Elgar, Porter, Duparc, Weill...

, - The Art of the Serenade (wih guest Guitarist, Allen Krantz)Saturday, April 25 - 5pm Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in PhiladelphiaStep closer to your window for “Komm, liebe Zither” as Lyric Fest presents a winsome program inspired by the art of the strummed serenade. Enchanting serenades of Schubert, Mozart, Argento, Schumann, Jobim, Brahms and more.

Ruth Miller Cox

Barbara Maxwell

Madeline G. Irwin

Reid B. ReamsBettye C. Ricks Beverly & Harlan Sherwat