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 round­table dis­cus­sions on the opera in Toronto this spring, and I will be com­pos­ing the music for one act of the opera, to be work­shopped at the Banff Centre in August of this year. The act will then be fully pro­duced in the first part of 2010. More details to fol­low as they become avail­able.

I have a couple of upcom­ing per­for­mances of note, includ­ing the Tapes­try Opera To Go 2006 series, and my first com­po­si­tion jury at UCSD. I’ve also made some updates to my short bio, the pic­tures sec­tion, and my CV.

I’m start­ing to get set­tled in San Diego, and have updated con­tact infor­ma­tion to reflect that change. I’ve also posted an upcom­ing per­for­mance by Tapes­try New Opera of two my short opera scenes, for those who will be in the Toronto area. See the per­for­mances sec­tion for details.

The Tapes­try LibLab was a suc­cess and I’ve been pack­ing like mad since then. Now I’m off to San Diego to start my Master’s degree. I’ll post news and updates as I get set­tled into the rou­tine of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia. Best wishes to every­one back in Toronto.

I was chosen for the 2005 edi­tion of the Tapes­try “LibLab”. We will be writ­ing, rehears­ing, and per­form­ing inten­sive short opera scenes daily in Toronto between August 15-24. There are four com­posers and four libret­tists, and we rotate so that each com­poser works with each libret­tist and vice versa. For more infor­ma­tion, see Tapes­try New Opera.