Musicologist at @BGSUCMA. I write about opera, new music, American music. Bylines: @nytimesmusic, @operanews, @newyorker, @newmusicbox. he/him/his
Bowling Green, OH
Joined September 2013
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Delighted to announce that I've received one of this year's Kurt Weill Prizes from @KurtWeillFndn, for my 2019 article "Doctor Atomic or: How John Adams Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sound Design" (@CambUP_Music/@CambridgeUP Opera Journal).
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Didn't have a tuba quartet medley of Tainted Love, Paint It Black, and Sweet Dreams on my bingo card today, yet here we are.
CALL FOR PAPERS
SPECIAL ISSUE ON MEREDITH MONK
The new editorial team of American Music is excited to invite submissions for a special issue that will explore topics, issues, & debates surrounding the art & music of Meredith Monk. Details at: press.uillinois.edu/journals…
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The finding aid for the Pauline Oliveros collection is published! Oliveros was an avant-garde composer born in 1932. She studied music at the University of Houston (1949-1952) and San Francisco State College (1954-1956) and was a pioneer in electronic music.
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If you'd like to read more about our partnership with the Internet Archive, click on this link: blog.archive.org/2023/07/18/…
Of the many U.S. opera companies formed after WWII, few were as adventurous as @mnopera. For the July issue of @OPERANEWS I wrote about the founding & radical early years of the company, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. operanews.com/features/2023-…
The image above comes from John Gessner and Wesley Balk's "Faust Counter Faust," which sounds truly wild. Here's a snippet from Donal Henahan's 1971 review in the NY Times:
Henahan liked it; audiences did too, per a company memo from 1972: "The Company has received the ultimate accolade: FAUST COUNTER FAUST and MOTHER OF US ALL were pirated from the Hunter College performances and are being sold at $25 per show in New York's recording black market."
Fantastic news! The @librarycongress music division is top-notch.
NEWS: The Library has acquired the music manuscripts and papers of contemporary American composer, conductor and writer John Adams.
Learn more: go.loc.gov/41vR50OOtP8
ALT The Library has acquired the papers and manuscripts of composer John Adams. Credit: Deborah O'Grady
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Minimalism was always more than its pioneering “Big Four.” This playlist by “On Minimalism” authors @kerry_ob & @seatedovation explores an alternative history of minimalism in music by John Coltrane, the Velvet Underground, Éliane Radigue, and many more.
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I had a wonderful time talking to @daifujikura back in 2019 when his Shamisen Concerto premiered. You can read about it here: nytimes.com/2019/08/01/arts/…
Here's a clip of Hidejiro playing last night 🤩 If you like what you hear, tickets are still available for our Fireworks concert tonight, where he'll play @daifujikura's Shamisen Concerto: bit.ly/3LsbUj7
I wrote a short history of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha for @OPERANEWS in advance of not one but two(!) new productions/re-imaginings of the opera that open in the next few weeks, at @OTSL & @Luminato. You can read it here: operanews.com/features/2023-…
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We’re thrilled that this important work is getting so much attention! Our production of Treemonisha opens this Saturday, May 20!
I wrote a short history of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha for @OPERANEWS in advance of not one but two(!) new productions/re-imaginings of the opera that open in the next few weeks, at @OTSL & @Luminato. You can read it here: operanews.com/features/2023-…
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Season 3 of Sound Expertise starts tomorrow!!!
A sneak preview of our season debut: talking Joni with @annkpowers
Subscribe on all your fave podcast platforms; more at soundexpertise.org
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May 12 is the last day to watch @missymazzoli & Royce Vavrek's The Listeners in it's premiere production at Norwegian National Opera, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
Don't miss your chance to watch this beautifully filmed world premiere - or watch it again!
operavision.eu/performance/l…
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The music of Florence B. Price is having a renaissance, and new, foundational details about her life and racial identity are still being discovered. Here are some recent findings. nyti.ms/438jxmN
Detroit Opera announced its 2023/24 season and it looks good.
detroitopera.org/detroit-ope…