Opera Vista
Imagine, if you will, four composers of four operas before a panel of four judges and an enthusiastic and sophisticated audience. You have all the makings of Opera Vista's annual competition. This is a competition for new chamber opera in which the audience votes for the winner.
New Voices
On April 15, Little Opera Theatre of New York presented an excerpt of my new work-in-progress, Flash of Recognition. This was part of their New Voices presentation featuring works-in-progress by three composers, Kim Sherman, Inessa Zaretsky and yours truly.
ACM's Weekly Readings
Chicago's Accessible Contemporary Music continues their popular Weekly Readings program. They record a piece by a living composer, yours truly in this instance, every week during their performance season and post it to their website. My not so recent work Serenade is the first reading of the season. Head to ACM's website for a listen to this and much, much more.
Summer in Sombor (Letu u Somboru)
Summer in Sombor is a week-long composition seminar led by the members of the South Oxford Six composers collective. This seminar is an opportunity for up to 12 students to spend a week with the members of the collective and a resident ensemble exploring the art and craft of composition from a variety of perspectives. The seminar includes group sessions, individual instruction, readings by the resident ensemble and public concerts. The language of instruction will be English and the seminar takes place in Sombor, Serbia in July 2009--exact dates will be posted soon.
Interested students can contact me for details or if you have questions. You can can also watch this video to see the experience through the eyes of previous participants.