Friday, March 13, 2026 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
5 Poets Breaking into Song (#21)
Black Magic Friday the 13th in the Great Middle East/Mediterranean North
Please join us for the latest event in George Elliott Clarke’s 5 Poets Breaking into Song. The mightiest songs? Poetry put to music and sung! Throughout this series, George Elliott Clarke, former Poet Laureate of Canada, has commissioned eight composers to transform 90+ Canadian poems into art-songs of all genres. Come and hear live performances of 12 songs by seven composers, with introductory readings by some of the poets. Three songs will be debuted at this event!
This event offers the most optimal pairing of music and poetry that you will ever experience. And it's FREE!
Composers
- Holly Arsenault
- Eddie Bullen
- Emily Hiemstra
- D. D. Jackson
- Juliet Palmer
- Nevawn Patrick
- David Jaeger
Performers
- Drew Aarssen
- Josiah Ropp
- Natalia Sawyer
- Lindsay Scott
- Chloe Shantz
- Isabel Song
- Ye Yi
Featuring poetry by:
- Lamees Al Ethari
- Leonard Cohen
- George Elliott Clarke
- Ehab Lotayef
- Leilah Nadir
- Mansour Noorbakhsh
- Giovanna Riccio