If you are searching for Whitman-related events in the the New York area, please also check the Walt Whitman Birthplace website (we highly recommend the tours of the house Whitman Sr. built and Walt lived in for his first four years) and the Whitman House in Camden, NJ (step inside Walt’s home for his last decade).

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Two Poets in Music: Whitman and Pushkin

La Maison Française, the Embassy of France 4101 Reservoir Road, Washington

The Russian Chamber Art Society celebrates the 200th birthday of American bard Walt Whitman and the 120th birthday of his Russian counterpart Alexander Pushkin in a concert of musical settings of the poets’ work. Concert includes works by American and Russian composers and features Shelley Jackson (soprano), Kevin Wetzel (baritone), and Vera Danchenko-Stern (piano). General admission $55; [...]

Carol of Words: Walt Whitman in Song

Haverford College 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford

To celebrate the bicentennial of Walt Whitman’s birth and his lasting contribution to American letters and song, Lyric Fest presents two concerts with distinct programming of Whitman songs in Philadelphia. Presented in two parts, Lyric Fest premieres of 10 new works alongside extant settings of Whitman with each concert featuring a quartet of singers, a [...]

Requiem for Whitman

The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral 273 Mott Street, New York

The Dessoff Choirs, under the baton of music director, Malcolm J. Merriweather, presents Requiem for Whitman, featuring the opulent a cappella Messa di Requiemby Ildebrando Pizzetti. Pizzetti’s Requiem offers the full range of emotion, with lush harmonies and an evocative Gregorian chant setting of the “Dies irae.” Works that set Whitman’s poetry include Carols of Deathby William [...]