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The controversy about the title “Female Composer”…..
…or “Woman” composer, (or “Latin American” composer, for that matter) gets a perspective from composer Kristin Kuster here. It is worth reading her opinion piece in the New York Times alongside the piece she quotes from NewMusicBox. Much of what she says about women composers applies to women conductors, and both contingents are underrepresented in the high-level circles of the profession that receive the most performances or conduct the elite ensembles. She is right that women have sought to separate […]
Categories: art and society, contemporary music, interdiscipline, music composition, my work, new conductor, postclassical music, postmodernism, Uncategorized • Tags: Kristin Kuster, Women Composers
¡Unicamente la verdad! has had tremendous reception this year!
Gabriela Ortiz, the composer of ¡Unicamente la verdad! has sent us the fantastic review written by Opera News after its California premiere with the adventurous Andreas Mitisek and Long Beach Opera, with the new title Camelia la tejana: Only the Truth!. I invite you to revisit the notes on the conceptualization and premiere in 2008 at Indiana University of ULV, more than an opera, a work of interdisciplinary art. It is wonderful to see the different directorial approaches, one sardonic […]
Categories: art and ritual, art and society, Carmen's work, context and perception, multimedia, my work, new opera and music drama • Tags: Camelia la Tejana, Gabriela Ortiz, Unicamente la verdad
CD Reviews are In…
The critics have enjoyed the Cds produced and conducted for the Latin American Music Center. Read them (with other reviews) here
Categories: conducting, music composition, my work, new choral music, sacred music
A thrilling new conference on Sacred Music ….
…with James MacMillan and a stellar panel of guest composers and scholars. Check the site here It was a privilege to be part of it!
Categories: art and religion, art and ritual, art and society, my work, new choral music, new conductor, sacred music
Conducting the Mexico Philharmonic
A celebration of women composers in Mexico, even though very well attended and warmly received by the Mexican public, was a special and unique (rare) event that begs the question: Have women composers arrived or is music by women essentially different? Should there be a completely dedicated and specific context for music by women, and by extension, for music by Latin Americans? This is something to consider, given that the context for European composers is the conventional concert hall,where music […]
Categories: conducting, my work
Sharing Don Freund’s Passion with Tropes
An interdisciplinary project produced last May, that has opened so many avenues for reflection! The interaction with great artists lighting designer Rob Shakespeare, video artist Susanne Schwibs. digital artist Margaret Dolinsky, choreographer Liz Shea, digital designer Ed Dambik, stage mechanics designer Paul Brunner and stage director Jonathan Courtemanche can change a life, in this case, mine. Bravo–composer Don Freund! (In the picture, tenor Nick Fitzer and digital art by Margaret Dolinsky).For more pictures, visit Margaret Dolinsky’s page here
Categories: art and religion, art and ritual, gesamtkünstwerk, interdiscipline, multimedia, my work, new opera and music drama • Tags: DON FREUND
The reviews of PASSION with Tropes are as variegated as the work itself
Composer Jeremy Podgursky has just published his review of Don Freund’s PASSION with Tropes in the excellent online journal Sequenza21.com. His full account and considered opinion teach us how an interdisciplinary presentation of a musical work originally conceived for concert oratorio format may provoke surprising revelations about the work itself. The layers multiply beyond the performance through the reception and critique of viewers. Podgursky’s impression of PASSION was affected by his experience of important films by Fellini and Godard. This […]
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