The Hampsong Foundation

03/31/2026

🎶 We are grateful for this feature in ☺️ Link in bio to the full article, but here’s an excerpt: “…one of the islands of quiet solitude we [Hampsong Foundation] can offer…is the performance of the richly varied and diverse music of our American heritage.” () 🎼🏝️

02/12/2026

New project available 👀‼️The „Acclaimed Artists Discuss Opera Masterworks“ LIBRARY with dozens of audio clips of legendary singers discussing operas (like Carmen, Faust or The Ring Cycle, as pictured). Link in bio 🗣️🎶💃🏻 (First Image: “Leaving the opera in the year 2000,” from the late 19th century 🚀)

12/15/2025

100 years ago, Alban Berg’s opera “Wozzeck” had its shocking premiere 🔪🎵💔Join us for a special feature marking this anniversary, featuring interviews with and among others! 😃 Listen here: https://hampsongfoundation.org/resource/alban-bergs-wozzeck-the-centenary-of-a-unique-landmark/

06/28/2025

Happy 70th birthday to the Hampsong Foundation’s visionary founder, Thomas Hampson! 🥳 Check out our new feature: Thomas Hampson - A 70th Birthday Retrospective (link in bio) 🎶😎🎼

05/28/2025

Today, we celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 🎵❤️ Check out our new audio feature celebrating his life and artistry! (Link in bio 😉)

03/03/2025

Bizet’s CARMEN premieres today, 150 years ago, at the Opéra Comique in Paris 🎶💃🏽🤩 To celebrate, listen to our “CARMEN at 150” feature (link in bio) 🌹😉🎧 Part of our ever-expanding “Singers on Singing” archive

03/03/2025

CARMEN premiered today, 150 years ago, at the Opéra Comique in Paris 🌹💃🎼 To celebrate, listen to our feature "CARMEN at 150" as part of the "Singers on Singing" archive on the Hampsong Foundation website! 🎇🎧 https://hampsongfoundation.org/project/singers-on-singing-great-artists-in-conversation/

02/24/2025

Singing Down the Barriers 2025 Deadlines are approaching!
• March 1st: Housing and Meals Priority Deadline
• April 1st: Regular Registration Deadline (EXTENDED)

Apply to take part in this wonderful intensive! The link to register is in our bio! 🔗

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Singing Down the Barriers (SDtB) is an intensive exploration of the repertoire of African American, African and African Diaspora concert composers for the university student, apprentice, teacher (private, high school or university), coach, choral conductor, church musician, professional singer, or organization administrator. The institute offers an approach to performance that is designed to provide a historical perspective along with discussions to examine our contemporary attitudes toward performing/understanding this music.

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01/20/2025

Today, we celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy✨You can listen to Adolphus Hailstork‘s song cycle “Songs of Love and Justice,“ which sets Dr. King‘s words, on the Hampsong Foundation website 📖🎶 Link in bio ⭐️

01/20/2025

Today, we celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy--we encourage you to listen 🎼to Adolphus Hailstork's "Songs of Love and Justice," a song cycle setting Dr. King's words, with Dr. Louise Toppin as soloist.

His words continue to ring true...

"When evil men shout ugly words of hatred
Good men must commit themselves to the glories of love."

"Ev’ry man must decide
Whether he will walk in the light.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question...
What are you doing?"

video: Adolphus Hailstork:SONGS OF LOVE AND JUSTICE Introduction Adolphus Hailstork’s Songs of Love and Justice (1992) sets the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This performance, used with the generous permission of Dr. Toppin and Dr. Hailstork, was recorded with the Dvořák Symphony Orch...

01/06/2025

Happy New Year!
As we head into 2025, we are continuing to highlight the Singing Down the Barriers Institute. You can register for this summer’s institute by visiting the link in our bio!

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Singing Down the Barriers (SDtB) is an intensive exploration of the repertoire of African American, African and African Diaspora concert composers for the university student, apprentice, teacher (private, high school or university), coach, choral conductor, church musician, professional singer, or organization administrator. The institute offers an approach to performance that is designed to provide a historical perspective along with discussions to examine our contemporary attitudes toward performing/understanding this music.

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