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…
Tagged with: dance, dissemination, experiment, follow up, gregory oh, halo ballet, luciane cardassi, newsletter, oksana g, piano, première, supercollider, tapestry, toca loca, ucsd, x avant
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Oksana G. Orchestra Reading
The Canadian Opera Company does a rehearsed reading of one scene from the opera I am developing with Colleen Murphy and Tapestry New Opera. This is the same scene that was workshopped in Banff in August 2009. This scene includes…
Premières and Projects 2010
The New Year is off to a busy start, with several premières coming up and a variety of new projects in the works. On 25 Jan 2010, Brazilian-Canadian pianist Luciane Cardassi premières my new piece, Hockey Story, on the Happening…
Tagged with: elegy of others, events, hockey story, News and Events, oksana, orkest de ereprijs, tapestry
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Professional Experience
Apr 2011 Quatuor Bozzini Composers KitchenMontréal, Canada Workshop and residency with the string quartet. Development and performance of new work. Jan–Mar 2010 Judge JUNO Awards, Classical Composition of the Year Category Sep 2009–present Consultant and Web Writer San Francisco Contemporary…
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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.
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