In May 2018, Sparks co-founder Martha Guth sat down with Stephanie Blythe to discuss the autonomy of young singers, the primacy of text, and the beauty of sing-alongs.
Stephanie Blythe will appear in recital with the Sparks & Wiry Cries songSLAM Festival this coming January 19th at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in NYC. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
January 8, 2019
Named in reference to a poem by Paul Goodman, Sparks & Wiry Cries began in 2009 as a podcast and online magazine with a vision to contextualize art song in the sharing of recordings, interviews, and articles by prominent artists and scholars. In 2012, the Casement Fund, Ltd. encouraged co-founders Martha Guth and Erika Switzer to expand their vision and curate an art song recital series based in New York City. In 2015, Sparks received its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and grew to include the songSLAM competition and a commissioning program. Today, through our international songSLAMs. sparksLIVE events and Art Song Magazine, we are actively engaging in current conversations through insightful publishing, programming, and commissioning.
