SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Skidmore College’s 2023 McCormack Endowed Visiting Artist-Scholar Residency will be held by Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove and Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour.
The residency will feature the world premiere of a new song cycle.
The residency will take place Sept. 25-29. Danielpour’s “The Unhealed Wound,” a Skidmore-commissioned song cycle based on Dove’s latest volume of poems, “Playlist for the Apocalypse,” will premiere at the residency’s conclusion in a concert on Sept. 29.
“Rita Dove’s poetry gives voice to what is arguably the greatest unhealed wound in America — racism and the pain and wounding that exists as a result of it,” said Danielpour in a news release. “It is my hope that this work brings a deeper awareness to our communities, throughout the United States and in the world, about the importance of bringing people together rather than tearing them apart, and that in spite of our differences, backgrounds, and perspectives, we all will remember that we belong to the same human family.”
The concert will be at 7:30 pm in the Arthur Zankel Music Center. “The Unhealed Wound” is a song cycle in six movements for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, cello, piano, and chorus. The performance will feature Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Amanda Lynn Bottoms (mezzo-soprano), and a chorus that will include Skidmore students, faculty, and guest singers.
The event is free and open to the public, and seating will be first come, first served.
On Sept. 28, Dove and Danielpour will present “Artists in Conversation” from 5:30 to 6:45 pm in the Gannett Auditorium to discuss their collaboration. The conversation will be moderated by Skidmore faculty members April Bernard and Teisha Duncan, with an introduction by Skidmore President Marc Conner.
The event is free and open to the public, and seating will be first come, first served.
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