Poet Laureate

Blooms upon a stem
Beauteous orchids of pink
A joyous array.


The Soiree Society of the Arts
In Tribute
to
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
2009

The Music, The Music

Accord
Awakened sensibilities
A divine frenzy
Colors of splendor
Sounding of passion
The music, the music
Keys, strings
Voice the moment
The quest of BEING
Embraced by sounding drama
Lilting waves of resolve
The music, the music
The calm
The crescendo
The cresting light
The silent spaces
The emptiness
The music, the music
And I in its embrace
In its beckoning call
In its sounding splendor
In its soulful search
In its grasping quest
The music, the music.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Soiree Society of the Arts

In Tribute
to the performances of

Paul Barnes, piano
September 5, 2009

Sean Riley, violin; Irene Florence Wong, piano
September 12, 2009

Michael Shinn, piano
September 19, 2009

Andy Feldbau, piano
October 3, 2009

Performances Extraordinaire.
Soiree Society of the Arts





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Keys and Strings

Keys and strings
The splendor of sound
Heart and spirit ever to resound
Blessed be the muse, the music sublime
Creation's call known in sounding divine
Heard be the winds and the rolling waves of sea
Tender the touch, deep passion in mounting plea
Bloom and petals alight in frivolity play
To the awakened reverie I do pray
Lilting sentiments resonant and real
The muse, the music, the soul to reveal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate


In Dedication and in Tribute

Lauren Weaver
cello
Yashar Yaslowitz
piano

Performance Extraordinaire
August 15, 2009

Johann Sebastian Bach
Gabriel Faure
Bela Bartok
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms

Soiree Society of the Arts
Carnegie Room Concerts
Nyack, New York

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The Violin's Voice

The flow and grasp of hand
A bow in heart's command
Sounding strings
Sensibility of soul
Waves of a knowing grace
Fill the room
Each note
Each pause
Each touch
And heard be the violin's voice
The music
The music.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate

Music is the poetry of emotion
And poetry is the voice of music.

In tribute to

Keryn Kleiman
Violinist

Performance Extraordinaire
July 25, 2009

J.S. Bach
Mozart
Kreisler
Granados
D' Falla
Gluck
Ravel

Soiree Society of the Arts
Carnegie Room Concerts
Nyack, New York


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