Fresno State music professors receive first prize in international competition

March 6, 2024.Reading time 1 minute.

A woman in a magenta dress leans on a piano and sings while a man in a black suit plays the piano.

Fresno State professors Dr. Maria Briggs, soprano, and Dr. Peter Klimo, piano, received first prize in the Doug Davis international competition for their performance of the art song cycle “Family Portraits” by Doug Davis.

7th Annual Art Song Festival: Prize Winners

March 4, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

The 7th annual Art Song Festival wrapped up two days of brilliant performances and outstanding creativity, with winners in three distinct categories.

Attention English and Creative Writing students: Poetry competition open for 2023 Art Song Festival

May 2, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Piano accompanies a singer performing an original piece at the Art Song Festival.

The competition is open to all currently enrolled Fresno State English and Creative Writing undergraduate and graduate students.

4th Art Song Festival features Grammy winning bass-baritone Gerald Finley, student singers, poets and composers

February 22, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Aaleyah Wilson at Robin Fisher Masterclass 3rd Festival 2020

Two Fresno State poetry students and five music composition students have been selected as finalists in the fourth annual Art Song Festival competition which will take place on Feb. 26 and 27 on Zoom.

Art Song Festival comes to Fresno State

February 21, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Fresno State Department of Music will present the Art Song Festival this weekend at Fresno State. The two-day festival — taking place on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23 and 24 — will feature performances by students, faculty and guests including two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Joe Moore interviewed Briggs about the Art […]