The young artists of Mannes School of Music will perform works by multiple German composers such as Beethoven, Reichardt, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Brahms and new compositions by Mannes composers Keaton Hoy and Maxwell Kaye. This year's program is curated by John Hargraves, Ph.D and revolves around two female figures, created by the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who inspired some of the greatest songs in musical literature. The mysterious and tragic figure of Mignon first appears in Wilhelm Meister, and her songs have subsequently been set to music by dozens of composers. Suleika, the female voice in Goethe’s cycle known as the West-Eastern Divan (anthology), has similarly been appropriated by many song writers, such as Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Reichardt, Wolf, Tchaikovsky. The history of the two figures will briefly be examined, and the performers will present songs of these composers, as well as some new compositions by young composers of Mannes, inspired by these lyrics.