The Two Trees: A Yeats Song Cycle
A project in Duluth, MN by Adam Sippola000days
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Wendy Durrwachter & Adam Sippola record a new classical song cycle composed by Wendy Durrwachter, based on the poetry of W.B. Yeats.
Backers: 38
Average Pledge Per Backer: $42
Funded: $1,585 of $1,500
Dates: Mar 31st -> May 2nd (32 days)
Project By: Adam Sippola
Backers: 38
Average Pledge Per Backer: $42
Funded: $1,585 of $1,500
Dates: Mar 31st -> May 2nd (32 days)
Project By: Adam Sippola
$1,585
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 2 @ 01:02 -0400 GMT
105%
of goal
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Latest News
We did it! 
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to our friends, fans, family, and fellow creators who have helped us reach our fundraising goal this month! We're dedicated to putting every penny to meaningful use. If you'd still like to support us financially via our Kickstarter, you've... (Read More)
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Shortly after my first trip to the unpopulated Boundary Waters Canoe Area as a teenager, I encountered this poem in school. It embodied everything I was feeling having just returned to my hometown of pavement. I suddenly perceived many societal... (Read More)
The Two Trees
April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
This poem haunts me with the idea that the more you learn of this world, the more bitter it tastes - look instead to enjoy what you can! The line, “gaze no more in the bitter glass” suggests a mirror and the reader’s inward reflection, also... (Read More)
Opitchii Bellanger joins the project!
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Wendy and I are thrilled to be collaborating with visual artist Opitchii Bellanger, who will be creating the album art for The Two Trees: A Yeats Song Cycle. The three of us seem to click in our approach to artistic creation from a spiritually... (Read More)
Sailing To Byzantium
April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Sailing to Byzantium explores fear of aging, mortality, life after death, and a strong desire to attain immortality on earth through the craft of art. Yeats achieves this in four brief, ingeniously scripted verses! I have been enamored by the... (Read More)
The Wild Swans at Coole
April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
This poem lures me with its combination of majesty, sorrow, and imagery in nature. I initially set the first verse to music that you will hear in the final verse. I did this after reading the poem several times, over 2 decades, absorbing its... (Read More)
That mystical place
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
As I've been learning, rehearsing, performing, and really allowing Wendy's music to get into my body and sink into my bones, I've been continually enlivened to discover new spaces within myself to give voice to my grief, joy, anger, fear, courage,... (Read More)
Wonderful Start! We're on our way...
April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much for contributing on Day 1. We're so grateful for your support! If you'd like to take it to the next level, please consider sharing our Kickstarter page on social media. Sharing via email can be even more effective, if you know... (Read More)
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