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Royce Vavrek

Kazem Abdullah -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kazem Abdullah (conductor)

As a conductor who can often be found in the pit of an opera house, many hours of Kazem Abdullah’s l...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Mary Kouyoumdjian -- Photo by Alik Barsoumian

Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian Meets Discomfort with Empathy

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. In one of my favorite photos of composer...
Author
Amanda Cook
Missy Mazzoli -- Photo by Caroline Tompkins

5 Questions to Missy Mazzoli about Luna Composition Lab

In the early 2000s, several American composers came to define a style of post-Minimalism that defies...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Gyan Riley--Photo by Travis Emmett

This week: live streamed concerts (April 6, 2020 – April 12, 2020)

Terry Riley and Gyan Riley Composer/performer Terry Riley joins Music on Main with his son, guitaris...
Author
Sam Reising
p r i s m--Photo by Larry Ho

5 Questions to the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA)

Upon recognizing that the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) Award for Best New Oper...
Author
Megan Ihnen
loadbang

loadbang Kicks off 10th Anniversary Celebration with “Music That Defines”

What do Charles Wuorinen, Reiko Füting, Eve Beglarian, Alexandre Lunsqui, Hannah Lash, and Andy Akih...
Author
Tristan McKay
Dito and Aeneas

Opera Philadelphia’s O18 Festival: A Company at a Crossroads

Over the past couple of years, Opera Philadelphia has taken bold steps toward positioning itself at...
Author
Amanda Cook
Deerhoof performs at the 2017 Big Ears Festival--Photo by Cora Wagoner Photography

This week: concerts in New York (June 11, 2018 – June 17, 2018)

LPR X: Deerhoof Deerhoof with Tigue and Subtle Degrees perform as part of Ten Years Together: New Am...
Author
Sam Reising
ONE Festival The Dharma at Big Sur

Opera Omaha’s Inaugural ONE Festival: “Flyover at Your Own Peril”

Opera Omaha just took a big step towards the national spotlight on new opera with their inaugural ON...
Author
Megan Ihnen
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Mazzoli and Vavrek’s Proving Up at Opera Omaha ONE Festival

A makeshift sawhorse, an oval stock tank, miniature flowers, and a collection of liquor bottles dott...
Author
Megan Ihnen
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5 Questions to James Darrah (Artistic Director, ONE Festival)

When it comes to the words “trailblazing” and “influential” in terms of dire...
Author
Megan Ihnen
Du Yun in an excerpt from her opera Angel's Bone

Video Premiere: Angel’s Bone Music Video featuring Du Yun

On September 22, 2017, VIA Records released the studio recording of the Pulitzer Prize winning opera...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
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Du Yun’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Angel’s Bone on VIA Records

Angel’s Bone, awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music, was premiered at the 2016 PROTOTYPE festiva...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Anna Thorvaldsdottir

This week: concerts in New York (January 9, 2017 – January 15, 2017)

Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert | Ecstatic Music Festival This year the Bang on a...
Author
Sam Reising
Matt Marks

This week: concerts in New York (January 2, 2017 – January 8, 2017)

Mata Hari | PROTOTYPE Mata Hari is an exploration of love and survival of the famous femme fatale wh...
Author
Sam Reising
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Breaking the Waves World Premiere at Opera Philadelphia

On Saturday, September 24, 2016, the curtain of the Perelman Theater rose in silence for the world p...
Author
Amanda Cook
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek

5 Questions to Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek about Breaking the Waves

On September 22, 2016, Opera Philadelphia will give the world premiere performance of Breaking the W...
Author
Amanda Cook
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JFK by David T. Little/Royce Vavrek Premieres in Fort Worth

John and Jaqueline Kennedy are iconic popular figures in American history–not only did they re...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
Brooklyn Phil and Melissa Hughes - Photo by Joshua Simpson

Brooklyn Village at Roulette, by the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Est. 1857)

Last March, and for two nights only, Brooklyn Village was performed in Downtown Brooklyn. Advertised...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
David T. Little

5 questions to David T. Little (composer, former executive director of MATA)

From the Brooklyn Phil website: Over two nights at Roulette Theater in Brooklyn (509 Atlantic Avenue...
Author
Thomas Deneuville

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