Composer Faye-Ellen Silverman’s October 2023 schedule is full with three world premieres in New York City—one of which features the composer performing her own music! On October 14, Silverman premieres her new solo piano work Embracing the Woman in Red as part of Composers Concordance 40th anniversary season. As a composer/performer, Silverman notes, “Since I […]
On September 15, 2023, the Atlanta Opera began its 11-performance run of composer Paul Moravec and librettist’s Mark Campbell’s opera The Shining, directly based on Stephen King’s celebrated 1977 novel. It was so popular that the production sold-out; so, they added an additional 12th performance at the Alliance Theatre! The “pleasingly macabre” production’s opening night […]
On September 15, 2023, composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell’s acclaimed opera The Shining receives its first run at the Atlanta Opera. Brian Staufenbiel directs and Timothy Myers conducts the opera at the Alliance Theatre. Directly based on the famed 1977 Stephen King novel, the opera was commissioned by The Minnesota Opera and premiered […]
On July 14, 2023, James Lee III’s new work String Quartet No. 3, “Untranslatable” premieres at the Ravinia Festival. The 21-minute work will be performed by Steans Music Institute Fellows. The afternoon concert will take place at Bennett Gordon Hall. Lee shares some insight into this new work. “String Quartet No. 3 ‘Untranslatable’ is inspired […]
On July 8, 2023, pianist E-Na Song premieres composer Kenneth Frazelle’s new solo work Notes for Him. The premiere will be presented by the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival in Tampa, Fl. The 5-movement, 12-minute work is part of the festival’s “Dreamscape World Premieres,” program. The concert takes place at Barness Hall at the University of […]
On June 2 – 4, 2023, Opera Parallèle (OP) presents the West Coast premiere of composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell’s celebrated opera The Shining, in San Francisco. Directly based on the famed 1977 Stephen King novel, the opera was commissioned by The Minnesota Opera and premiered in May 2016 at the Ordway Music […]
On May 19, 2023, the Cincinatti May Festival Chorus presents the world premiere of James Lee III’s new choral work Breaths of Universal Longings. Commissioned by the Cincinnati May Festival in celebration of its 150th anniversary, the four-movement, 28-minute work is scored for soloists, SATB chorus, SATB youth chorus and orchestra. Music director Juanjo Mena […]
Congratulations to co-composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels on being awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music for their first opera Omar. The Pulitzer Prize Citation reads: “Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels. Premiered on May 27, 2022 at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C., an innovative and compelling opera about the enslaved […]
“Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) has been eager for New England audiences to encounter Omar since we became a partner in creating this extraordinary new opera.” – Bradley Vernatter On the eve of the BLO’s New England premiere of co-composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ work Omar, General Director & CEO Bradley Vernatter shares some thoughts […]
“A piece of music like Sanctuary Road holds the potential to carry a story into the culture in unique and meaningful ways.” And so, as April 29, 2023 approaches, Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble music director Craig Hella Johnson shares some thoughts about the ensemble’s upcoming concert of composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell’s critically […]
