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Five Poets Breaking into Song #12, The Fisher Sessions
May 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
George Elliott Clarke and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library present 5 Poets Breaking into Song (#12): The Fisher Sessions
Join us on Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm, at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 120 St. George Street, Toronto, for an evening of poetry and song.
Composers Juliet Palmer and James Rolfe have set the work of several poets to music. These include: George Elliott Clarke, Leonard Cohen, Antonia Facciponte, Keith Garebian, Al Moritz, Corrado Paina, Giovanna Riccio, and Eleni Zisimatos.
Performers on the evening of May 23 include the poets (excepting Cohen, Paina, and Zisimatos), composers Palmer and Rolfe, singers Rebecca Cuddy and Alex Samaras and pianist Helen Becque.
The evening, which is sponsored by the Fisher Library, includes free refreshments.