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Eleven-City "Song of America" Tour Featuring Recitals by Thomas ... - Managing Information
The internationally acclaimed baritone Thomas Hampson, one of the most popular and sought-after singers of his generation, gave the first performance in his 11-city “Song of America” tour beginning with a recital in Yardley Hall at the Carlsen Center in Overland Park, Kan., on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. The next tour stop is at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The tour, which concludes with a performance at the California Theatre in San Jose, Calif., on June 3, 2006, will also include a recital on Jan. 19 at New York’s Carnegie Hall (a complete list of tour cities and venues follows). “The ‘Song of America’ tour with Tom Hampson is part of an unprecedented national program that the Library of Congress is initiating to celebrate creativity across America,” said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. “America is a wellspring of new ideas in music, literature, poetry, film and other forms of artistic expression. As the home of the Copyright Office of the United States, the Library of Congress has been the repository of the mint record of American creativity since 1870. We want to celebrate the energy and inventive - more available