Esprit Orchestra, New Wave Festival
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Two news items to report… First of all, I’m pleased to say that I will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Esprit Orches­tra’s New Wave Fes­ti­val again this year. They will be doing the harp and piano piece writ­ten for my UCSD jury, which is the same piece being done at Gaudea­mus in Ams­ter­dam. In addi­tion, I’ve been asked to write an orches­tral piece for the 2007 install­ment of the fes­ti­val, which is very excit­ing. I will post more details (as they become avail­able) in the Per­for­mances section.

1 Mar 2006
Tapestry Opera To Go 2006
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From March 1–18, five one-act operas, includ­ing a work by Colleen Mur­phy and myself.

8:00pm, Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Charles and Marilyn Baillie Theatre
Distillery District
Toronto, Canada
www.tapestrynewopera.com    
The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. (2006)
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Instru­men­ta­tion: sop, ten, bari, clar, perc, pno, vln, vc, cb
Dura­tion: 15’00
Com­mis­sioned by Tapes­try New Opera Works
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Pro­gramme Note

I wrote this cham­ber opera for three singers and six instru­men­tal­ists in con­junc­tion with Colleen Mur­phy for Tapestry’s Opera To Go series. It tells the story of a young East­ern Euro­pean woman (Oksana) who has found her­self in the safe­house of an Ital­ian priest (Alessan­dro). She has escaped from a pimp (Kon­stan­tin), who tricked her into pros­ti­tu­tion, and now finds that she is falling in love with Alessan­dro. He in turn, despite his priestly call­ing, finds him­self tempted by Oksana. Dur­ing this scene, they dance around the com­pli­ca­tions of their sit­u­a­tion, each one afraid to reveal him– or her– self to the other. In addi­tion, another prob­lem presents itself at the end of the scene.

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