Tapestry presents workshop performances of the 2nd act of my opera in development, The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. June 11 & 12, 2012 From the Tapestry website: “Sung in Ukrainian, Russian and English, this opera vérité with prologue…
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Oksana G. Act 2 Workshop Performance
Tapestry presents workshop performances of the 2nd act of my opera in development, The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. June 11 & 12, 2012 From the Tapestry website: “Sung in Ukrainian, Russian and English, this opera vérité with prologue…
Oksana G. excerpts at the Alliance Against Modern Slavery Conference
Tapestry and the Women for Oksana G. network are presenting an excerpt from my opera in development, The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G., at this annual conference sponsored by the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.
Letting Go of 20th-Century Historicism
Like most composers, I absorbed certain widely accepted musical axioms from my university studies, but they’ve never been entirely satisfying. As a consequence, I constantly search for better explanations, in the process hopefully becoming a better artist. One of the…
Tagged with: biology, historicism, oksana g, philosophy, process, quatuor bozzini, se contourner se conformer, sociology, tapestry
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Oksana G. Act 1 Workshop Presentations
March 9 and 10, 2011 From the Tapestry website: “Sung in Ukranian, Russian and English, this opera vérité with prologue and epilogue uses non-operatic music from various cultures to enhance the composed score and drama. The tragic ménage à trois…
Newsletter: News, Concerts, Events, & Critical Thought
This is a reprint of the first edition of my e-mail newsletter. For some time I’ve had a newsletter signup form on my website but this is the first time I’m actually sending a newsletter out! I plan on doing…
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Oksana G. Workshop
Workshop of the opera I am developing, Oksana G., at the Banff Centre, in collaboration with Colleen Murphy, Tapestry New Opera, and Opera.ca.
Tapestry New Opera Works — Opera.ca
A long-term project of mine is moving forward this year. Tapestry New Opera applied for and received funding from Opera.ca to produce the first act of the opera I have been developing with librettist, Colleen Murphy. We’ll be involved in…
Tapestry Wordplay
This festival of libretto readings features the new short works for next year’s Opera to Go, as well as excerpts of text and music from Netsuke (by librettist Jill Battson & composer Rose Bolton) and The Enslavement and Liberation of…
Tapestry Opera To Go 2006
From March 1–18, five one-act operas, including a work by Colleen Murphy and myself.
- @elcush Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
- My response to @elcush's The Bacon-Wrapped Economy http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
- My latest blog post, looking at the difference between crowdfunding and traditional philanthropy:http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
- My latest article: Working for Free: Helpful or Harmful? http://t.co/TvNqXlxT54 a composer's response to @tanehisi Atlantic piece
- Composition Lessons: The Dirty Projector’s “Police Story” and on how to write for voice http://t.co/1ze2kTuBF0
- A friendly review of my premiere at Other Minds last weekend: http://t.co/d1EspIr1Q9
- The @OtherMindsSF Festival was pretty great this year, thanks to all involved.
- Soundcheck for @OtherMindsSF complete, come check out the show tonight, premiere of my piece.
- Apparently my "Machiavellian Guide" now ranks for the search term "iconoclast composer". ;-) http://t.co/tRwTLccA7R
- I will be interviewed by Sarah Cahill on @kalw_radio tonight for the @OtherMindsSF Festival, 8:00pm PST, check it out.
