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 is a topic as ancient as Greek drama, but in Oksana G. it takes on a life as imme­di­ate as today’s head­lines, yet hon­ours the ingre­di­ents com­mon to all great operas: uni­ver­sal­ity, time­less­ness and high emotion.”

Luciane Car­dassi and I have the priv­i­lege of open­ing UCSD’s first Sonic Dias­po­ras Fes­ti­val, fea­tur­ing the works of the music department’s alumni. On this con­cert, Luciane gives a repeat per­for­mance of Hockey Story, which she com­mis­sioned in 2009. The piece, for piano, elec­tron­ics, and the voice of the pianist, takes a look at hockey in all of its dimen­sions, from the pro level to young chil­dren, play­ers to fans, sus­pense to stats.