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Erika Switzer is an internationally active pianist who COLLABORATEs in major concert halls around the world.

She is a co-founder of Sparks & Wiry Cries, which curates opportunities for art song creators, performers, and scholars.

 
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coming up next…

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Baryshnikov Arts Center
Nov 22
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Downtown Music at Grace
Dec 4
Downtown Music at Grace
University of Michigan
Jan 15
University of Michigan

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recently performed

Performances
Guarneri Hall Presents
Nov 7
Guarneri Hall Presents
BC Brain Wellness
Oct 9
BC Brain Wellness
Kendal at Hanover
Sep 28
Kendal at Hanover
Bard Music Festival: program 5
Aug 11
Bard Music Festival: program 5
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Sparks & Wiry Cries

Switzer has long been a leader in envisioning and promoting the future of art song performance. In 2009, in collaboration with soprano Martha Guth, she founded the organization Sparks & Wiry Cries, which commissions new works, presents the songSLAM festival in New York City, and publishes The Art Song Magazine. She is also devoted to new music, and has recently premiered new compositions in the 5 Boroughs Music Festival Songbook II; at the Brooklyn Art Song Society; and at Vancouver’s Music on Main. 

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I am so excited for the year to come. To be candid, I’ve invested in myself over the past year like never before. I’ve put my mental and physical health first and applied that focus at the piano, in my teaching, and in my artistic adminis
Wearing my Director of Collaborative Piano Studies 🎩 to announce that applications are open for the Collaborative Piano Fellowship. The piano fellows are a team of incredible artists who collaborate with the singers and instrumentalists @bardcolle
Rachmaninoff #bardmusicfestival2022 with the most incredible artists @zhannaalkhazova @brrrring @williamfergusontenor @tylerduncanbaritone
Flashback to the @oregonbachfestival with @tylerduncanbaritone and my most favourite @steinwayandsons piano, yet! Hoping for more opportunities to share #winterreise - it’s themes of mental health more relevant than ever.
What an exhilarating few days at the @elorafestival - COVID struck, like it does, and @benjaminapplbaritone was a superhero in the right place at the right time. I’m so grateful and I think I can say that the Elora Festival was, too. What a dee
Repost from @elorafestival • JUST ANNOUNCED! Baritone @BenjaminAppl will make a special appearance at the Elora Festival with @erikaswitzerpiano for Winterreise, July 8 at 4pm. Tickets available through the link in our bio.
Recording complete 🎙 watch out for “A Left Coast” later this year, featuring @jeffreyryancomposer @mlokbitis @iman.habibi.composer #jeancoulthard #leslieuyeda #melissahui #stephenchatman
So excited for summer performances @oregonbachfestival @elorafestival @bardcollege #bardmusicfestival with @singerty @brrrring and more! #livesongandprosper
Returning to Downtown Music at Grace to play some Schumann and Brahms with Raman Ramakrishnan - this coming Wednesday, link in bio. #cellopiano #chambermusic #bardfaculty #collaboration @bardcollegeconservatory
 

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