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Song of America Project The Library of Congress and Thomas Hampson celebrate creativity across America with the Song of America Project. Hampson Tour Press Release Learn more about the tour

|| Message from the Librarian  ||

James H. BillingtonGreetings from James H. Billington and the nation's oldest federal cultural institution

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||The American Art Song  ||

American Art Song I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; ...Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.

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|| Song in America  ||

Walt Whitman's butterflyThomas Hampson's thoughts on song in America

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|| Performing Arts Encyclopedia  ||

Song of America ImageSong of America presentation on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia

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|| Tour Highlights ||

  • July 9, 2009
    Winona, MN - Minnesota Beethoven Festival
  • July 12, 2009
    Williams Bay, WI - Music at the Lake
  • July 16, 2009
    Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
  • July 22, 2009
    Lenox, MA - Tanglewood Festival
  • July 26, 2009
    Lenox, MA - Tanglewood Festival
  • August 7 & 8, 2009
    Jackson Hole, WY - Grand Teton Music Festival
  • September 30, 2009
    San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theater
  • October 3, 2009
    Los Angeles, CA - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
  • October 6 , 2009
    Portland, OR - Newmark Theater
  • October 9, 2009
    Santa Barbara, CA - UCSB Arts and Lectures
  • October 11, 2009
    Boulder, CO - Macky Auditorium
  • October 21, 2009
    Richmond - University of Richmond, Modlin Center for the Arts
  • November 12, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA - American Musicological Society Conference
  • November 17, 2009
    Princeton, NJ - McCarter Theatre Center
  • December 31, 2009
    New York, NY - AFH
  • January 14-16, 2010
    New York, NY - AFH
  • February 19, 2010
    Atlanta, GA - Emory University