During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, George Elliott Clarke, Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2016-17) and Toronto Poet Laureate (2012-2015) began to commission composers to set Canadian poems to music. He now has 71 poems/songs to share in his signature series "5 Poets Breaking Into Song". At each event a vocalist and a pianist perform 8 songs by 5 or 6 poets and the audience also hears brief readings by 5 poets.
The Heliconian Hall event is #17 in the series and will feature presentations of poems and songs primarily by women. The theme of the event is “Liberation Celebration”.
The program will salute the ongoing struggle for Women's Liberation and will commemorate the 80th anniversary on May 8th of the Liberation of Europe from Fascist tyranny.
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