Winter 2020 - Cadenza Magazine

WINTER 2020

CANADA’S..

BALLET JORGEN How Artistic Director ..

Bengt Jorgen brought Anne of Green Gables™ to the dance world

MIWA MATREYEK The performer who has stolen our hearts

PROJECT Trio

High-Octane Chamber Music

TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THIS MAGAZINE News Artist Spotlight: Interview with MIwa Matreyek

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Cover Story: ... Pg 7-8 Interview with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen Artist Spotlight: Interview with PROJECT Trio

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iCadenza Review: Learning to Delegate

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Cadenza Roster Contemporary

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Global

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Dance

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Ensemble

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Film Performed Live

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Vocal Recitalists

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Instrumental Soloists

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Symphony Projects

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Classical Roster

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LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER Dear Fellow Arts Leaders, Welcome to 2020 - we have entered into a new decade. Have you noticed your energy shifting? I’m finding more and more that it is the state of my spirit -- not time -- that determines my efficiency and effectiveness. When I step into an optimal energetic state, both my capacity and time actually expand, and music and the arts play a pivotal role in that shift. With that in mind, we at Cadenza are really in the energy business; together with our presenting colleagues, we are curating, producing, and promoting artistic experiences that invigorate and energize our communities. This creative energy is my favorite part of our field: how lucky we all are to get to create together.

This year, I’m especially proud to be at the helm of Cadenza Artists and I’ll tell you why. First, I am thrilled to announce the latest additions to Cadenza’s roster: we are proud to now represent Judy Collins in Judy Collins: The Wildflowers Tour (more on pg 26) as well as Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert (pg 32).

In addition, in 2019, Cadenza brought on incredible new artists including: Brooklyn chamber music ensemble, PROJECT Trio; critically acclaimed composer of The Black Clown, Michael Schachter; composer, musician, author, and Pandora Radio’s Musicologist, Nolan Gasser; and the multimedia symphonic project from artist and innovator Aaron Dworkin, The American Rhapsody.

2019 also brought incredible successes and new heights for many of the longtime artists on our roster; many experienced well deserved moments in the spotlight and blossoming tours, as well as a number of premieres, including the premiere of Canada’s Ballet Jörgen’s Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™. The elite Canada ballet company was given exclusive rights to develop the ballet based on the beloved story, using the score from the original compositions of Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™. It’s a bright retelling of the famous redhead and her spirited upbringing on Prince Edward Island.

At Cadenza, we have also had a lot of exciting growth as we unveiled a new department focused on arts marketing. We merged with Beauchamp Artist Services, broadening our Marketing department by offering digital services to artists as well as to arts organizations. Beth Beauchamp has long pioneered new approaches to support both artists and arts organizations, including analysis on media and marketing assets, developing social media audiences, mailing lists, and more. Our marketing department also initiated a concierge program this year; through Cadenza’s Concierge Services, our team builds and deploys targeted campaigns and market research to enhance artist booking potential.

Please enjoy this issue of our winter magazine!

With warm wishes, Julia Torgovitskaya Rapoport CEO & Co-Founder, Cadenza Artists President & Co-Founder, iCadenza

NEWS

• Premier ballet company, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen, held the US premiere of Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™, on Oct. 11 in Utah. The uniquely Canadian story vividly brings to life the adventures of the orphan girl, Anne Shirley, in the first-ever feature-length balletic adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved, classic tale.

• Animator, director, designer and performer Miwa Matreyek has won a 2019 Princess Grace Award in the Special Projects category for her live, one-of-a-kind staged performances. She also won the award in 2012 and 2008.

• The world premiere of The American Rhapsody took place this past fall with the Minnesota Orchestra. Aaron Dworkin’s The American Rhapsody shares a distinctly American story by interweaving Samuel ColeridgeTaylor’s Symphonic Variations on an African Air with modern spoken word and historic speeches.

• Cadenza is honored to announce that Judy Collins: The WildFlowers Tour has joined the Cadenza Artist roster.

For the 2020-2021 season, Collins will reprise Wildflowers, her seminal 1967 album, accompanied by brand new arrangements for symphony orchestra.

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• Emmy-winning composer Bruce Broughton has made a commitment to donate his collection of music scores for film, television, video games, theme parks and concert music to the University of North Texas Music Library in support of the media music initiatives in the UNT College of Music.

• The New Yorker lists The Black Clown as one of 2019’s Performances of the Year! The production was adapted from the Langston Hughes poem of the same name, is a collaborative piece of music and dance, and was co-composed by Cadenza Artists’ Michael Schachter. It’s NY premiere was at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival in July.

• PROJECT Trio, known for their educational outreach, performed with two Illinois district school orchestras this past October. Jennifer Mullen, director of the District 99 Orchestra, said “We are thrilled to welcome PROJECT Trio and honored to have our students play alongside these incredibly creative professionals.”

• Congratulations to the Cadenza Artists who are eligible for a GRAMMY® nomination! Some Cadenza Artists have been considered for multiple categories: Terry Barber, Conspirare, Lara Downes and Friends, and Daniel Ho.

• FOR LOVE OF YOU is Lara Downes’ tribute to pianist and composer Clara Schumann, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of her birth. Lara released the album earlier this fall and it was #1 on the Billboard charts for Traditional Classical Albums for two weeks in a row.

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MIWA MATREYEK Animation Performance Artist Cadenza Artist Miwa Matreyek is an animator, director, designer and performer whose work blurs the line between real and unreal. Miwa’s live, staged performances showcase her interacting with her animations as a shadow silhouette, creating work at the cross-section of cinematic and theatrical, fantastical and tangible, illusionistic and physical. Much of Miwa’s work explores themes related to environmentalism, urban planning, global warming, and water conservation. Cadenza interviewed the artist to learn more!

Originally this work started while I was in grad school, from playing with a projector in an empty classroom with some friends. That grew into an interdisciplinary collaboration and each small discovery in technique, visuals, and physical interactions was something we could expand upon. Eventually, we turned that work into a number of short performances.

Can you tell us more about your upcoming project, Infinitely Yours?

My new project Infinitely Yours is about the climate crisis and the complex world that humans have made for themselves.

Your work is very beautiful and dreamlike but also emotionally charged, using visual narratives to move the audience. How has your work developed over time?

The work is based on my process of taking in and cataloging the barrage of news articles we see every day about the climate crisis, ecological collapse, and societal causes and effects of our current times. We have become increasingly aware that we are living in the Anthropocene, the geological epoch where all parts of the earth and its processes are affected by human activity — from remote arctic glaciers melting, unseasonal storms, microplastics in the environment (and in animal and human bodies), and plastic trash in the deepest trenches of the ocean. It’s paralyzing to think about, because it’s too big in scale and time, too complex, and it feels too difficult to even conceive of changing 7.7 billion people’s lifestyles in order to turn this disaster around. I am interested in exploring ways to make invisible systems visible, to connect the dots between cause and effect, the entagled things that

In many ways my solo work has stayed consistent over the 12 years of making work like this, in so far as the technical set up — projectors, screen, performer — have stayed the same. However, with each new piece, there is research and development that adds complexity to the visual compositions and illusions of the performance. My earlier work played with the simple transformation that happens when I combine projection and body in one space. The projection feels more physical and the body feels more fantastical — often like a magic show. I have matured over the years as an artist, pushing the technique I’ve developed, to now tell a story with a message.

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span through space, past, present and future. Often, these big ideas can only be expressed as surreal metaphors. As an artist and performer, I want to take information about the climate crisis and pass it through my own dream filter, and engage with these ideas as first-hand experiences — a body getting buried in trash, struggling down a flooded river, choking on the exhaust. By performing in these scenarios, I want to create memorable images that the audience can’t shake off.

Theater and live performances are about creating an empathetic bridge between the stories on stage and the audience - that is the significance of the physical presence of the performer and audience, and the generosity of each person taking the time and energy to be in the same space together. I hope to impact the audience by letting my images wash over them, hopefully becoming images that stick in their minds.

What are some of your most memorable moments as an artist?

Why do you think it will be important for audiences to experience this specific project?

I think some of my most memorable moments are when I have a conversation with someone from the audience, and it feels like I’ve truly affected them.

My previous piece, This World Made Itself is about the history of the earth, and it’s very rewarding to have conversations with people who are not only impacted by the technical complexities of the work, but about their interpretation of what they saw and experienced, especially with young audiences.

Climate crisis is something that should be on everyone’s mind. But the vast, all-inclusiveness of it can feel debilitating since it requires changes to personal habits, societal responsibility, corporate accountability, legislation, and pacts made across the globe.

Humanity has lived with a blissful ignorance/ indifference for the before and after of our modern conveniences, because the truths are inconvenient to both the sellers and consumers. Often these processes are made invisible. The “before”: we don’t see where the crude materials that make our everyday products come from, we don’t see how the extraction process affects the environment, nor do we see the energy and other resources it takes to produce the items. The “after”: we can’t see the full span of time that it takes for products (such as plastics) to breakdown and decompose, the toxins that are released, and the dissipation and accumulation of toxic materials in the environment, and to human bodies.

You travel as a one-woman show, often incorporating artist talks and workshops. What is your intention when arriving at a new venue?

What do you want people to walk away with?

In terms of outreach, I am interested in inviting participants to reconnect to a sense of play and experimentation. I feel like often when working with technology, we are handed a manual and told “this is how you use this and this is what it does” — and too many people don’t stray from that. Invention isn’t just about inventing a technology, but also new ways of using that technology.

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CANADA’S BALLET JORGEN THE DIRECTOR’S CUT:

How long have you had the idea to create Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™?

Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™

On and off I’ve had the idea for about a decade, but I seriously started looking into it in early 2016. That is when I started the process of seeing what was required to obtain the intellectual property rights to do this work.

Over the last 28 years, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen has produced a total of 216 original creations by 80 choreographers, including eight full-length ballets and five works created especially for children and family programming. Last year the company received exclusive rights to create Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™, with a score based on the original compositions from Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™. It is the first time the story has been authorized for creation as a full-length ballet, and the world premiere took place in September 2019.

Why did you decide to create a ballet based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel, Anne of Green Gables?

Canada’s Ballet Jörgen is focused on a few core principals. We always focus on doing works by Canadian artists and telling Canadian stories. As we have increasingly focused on recreating classics into a Canadian context, the next logical step was for us to do a full-length classic that was a Canadian story, and really, Anne of Green Gables is the quintessential Canadian story. Coupled with that, for the past decade, we have focused on building a national organization on regional foundations. We want our programs to reflect the regions that we are based in and that support us. Atlantic Canada was our first hub out of Halifax. We feel that it is time to tell a great Canadian story from the Atlantic region. There are other great stories from Atlantic Canada, but really Anne of Green Gables tops them all in terms of name recognition and identifiable qualities with Atlantic Canada. At the same time, Anne of Green Gables is

In this article, CBJ’s Artistic Director, Bengt Jörgen talks about his inspiration, the work of creating a new full-length ballet, and what audiences can expect from this first-ever balletic rendition of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s iconic Canadian story of Anne of Green Gables. The interview was conducted and written up by Victoria Campbell Windle, a Communications Contributor to CBJ.

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By the time the work premiered in September, we had spent roughly three years working out all the various details: preparing the synopsis; recording the music; creating new scores for orchestras playing it live; designing costumes; testing sets with the dancers; and of course, creating the work with the dancers, which comes at the end of the creative process because you need all of these other elements before you start creating the work.

What do you hope this ballet will bring to audiences?

I’m hoping it will engage people. I want people to see the story through dance in a way that makes them go: “Wow, that’s really great. I hadn’t expected to see the story come alive in this way.” I want people to understand that our medium is a great medium to tell stories. We want to share this story with a lot of people. We’re a unique dance company because the audiences that mainly come to see us are new to dance. We attract people who, in many cases, have not been to a theatre. Certainly, we want to share this story as an arts project with people that may have never come in touch with the performing arts before and who may have never come in touch with the story before.

just a great story. We realized there has never been a full-length classical ballet created on this story and felt that we’re the perfect company to do it.

What can audiences expect from your version of Anne and her story?

We also hope to spark an interest in Lucy Maud Montgomery amongst a lot of young people and to continue to be part of a process that celebrates a time and place in Canada at the beginning of the twentieth century that talks about things that are very human and important—things that make people both laugh and cry. We hope we can make people feel enriched by bringing another great story to life through the medium of dance.

They’ll recognize Anne from the book as a really strong female character. We’ll be able to speak to a lot of the emotions that Anne displays. In dance, we can effectively show things that are sometimes a little harder when you deal with words. In this case, I think we’re really going to focus the story on the beautiful environment that she lives in. On stage, we’ll be able to bring to life all the things in Prince Edward Island that come to life in Anne’s imagination. We hope it will be entertaining, lighthearted, quick-paced, and full of life.

What goes into creating a new full-length ballet?

P h ot o by Ji m Or gi l l

In this case, the story already exists which makes it easier because we don’t have to write the story. At the same time, it won’t be exactly like the book; you have to adapt the story to create the synopsis. Those of us creating the synopsis have to pull out certain things that we can provide a unique perspective on through dance. The score will be orchestrated from Anne of Green Gables – The Musical®, so we also have to be cognitive of the fact that the flow of the story has to fit with the music. We have a team of three people: myself, Heinar Piller, and Sue LePage, who worked for about six to seven months to create a synopsis that works really well.

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PROJECT Trio Chamber Music Ensemble PROJECT Trio is a passionate, high energy chamber ensemble comprised of three virtuosic composer/performers from Brooklyn, New York: Greg Pattillo (flute), Eric Stephenson (cello) and Peter Seymour (double bass).

Cadenza sat down with Peter to talk about how PROJECT Trio met, the importance of live music, and their passion for educational outreach!

That’s why, when you go see a PROJECT Trio concert, it’s a huge variety of a genre and style and it really represents all three of our different loves of music and our different backgrounds.

What are some of your most memorable moments as a group?

We have had the good fortune of traveling extensively throughout the world, including several US Department of State tours. The most memorable tour was to the former Soviet Union where we performed in Kiev, Minsk, and throughout Russia. Getting to share our music with international communities has been really exciting. We’ve been to Australia, Hong Kong, and all over Europe. One of the great things is when we travel, it’s just the three of us. We don’t travel with any kind of entourage. It is just the three of us out on the open road.

How did PROJECT Trio find each other?

We all went to college together at the Cleveland Institute of Music back in the late nineties. So we’ve actually known each other for well over 20 years now.

We were all classically trained and studying at the conservatory, but after hours, we all enjoyed making music of all different styles. After college, we went our separate ways but in 2006 we came together in New York City and formed PROJECT Trio.

Tell me about your current programming and touring.

We released a new album over the summer of all new music and arrangements. So there’s a lot of really cool stuff. We have some exciting arrangements including Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla by Glinka, Tico Tico

by Zequinha de Abreu, Yardbird Suite by Charlie Parker, and a great medley of music by The Beatles.

Plus, we just finished a brand new arrangement based on West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein. The new original music is truly in the PROJECT Trio style and language...a fusion of classical, jazz, classic rock, pop... we really try to hit on everything in our concerts. We’re constantly creating new stuff.

Each member of the group has developed a unique, personal voice. How do you balance the individual voices in the group while maintaining the clear musical identity of the ensemble?

Our instrumentation of bass-cello-flute is completely unique. We searched high and low for music, but there is no existing repertoire for us - so we write and arrange all of our own music. That’s the place where each individual shines because we each bring our musical ideas to the table and that eventually creates the final product.

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How would you describe your performances to someone who has never seen the program or heard of PROJECT Trio?

The best way I explain is - high octane chamber music. It’s a show that’s fun, highly energetic, and entertaining. The comment that we get the most is, “I could not stop smiling”. Plus, we are one of the only acts I know where you can bring your kids - your five-year-old or your 15-year-old, plus your friends and your grandma. Everyone will like it, it’s very accessible and it has a very wide appeal. The audience really gets to know us because we talk throughout the show and there’s a lot of storytelling, an hour just flies by. We don’t stop. From the moment we walk on stage to the end, it’s nonstop virtuosic chamber music.

600,000 students, and everywhere we go we use that opportunity to go out into the community.

Why do you think it is important for audiences to experience your work?

I think it’s important for audiences to experience any live music. Going out, seeing performers play live, experiencing the concert hall, and seeing an instrumentalist play in their virtuosic way. Live music to me is very important, and so we hope to do our small part of keeping live music alive and well and in our society.

What does the partnership look like when you work with a venue?

When a presenter hires us, we are truly at their service. Our goal is to serve our client and the community of the venue - to help them fulfill whatever their mission is.

Nowadays, the live experience is happening less and less. Kids are playing instruments at school less and less. We truly believe that there’s a direct correlation between creativity and being a well-rounded person in society. And so introducing kids to classical, jazz, and other instrumental music is something that we find incredibly important.

Plus it’s fun! It’s great to get in there with hundreds of first-graders in a gym….no bells and whistles, no puppets, no screens, no amplification. We can entertain them and teach them about the history of music in 40 minutes.

Social media has been a very successful platform for you - what has that meant for the group?

We started the ensemble at a unique time of the internet. It was when YouTube started, so we got in at the ground level of that platform. It was just luck, but one of the things that we are always trying to do is to perform as much as possible, in front of as many people as possible. So, the internet success was by chance, but it was because we’re always seeking out new audiences. Plus, being at the forefront of things is the way to make it!

You are well known for your incredible educational engagement. Can you talk more about that?

We believe strongly in music education and music education plays a big role in who we are today. From the very inception of PROJECT Trio, we knew that education would be a large part of what we do.

We not only enjoy it, but we also have a product that’s good for introducing kids to instrumental music, both jazz and classical. We have played for over

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iCADENZA ARTICLE Find more at iCadenza.com

iCadenza Tips: Letting Go and Learning to Delegate by iCadenza writers

One of the keys to a successful career is learning the art of delegation. It’s simple: the more ways you can find to delegate routine tasks, the more free time you have to work on the development of your career.

you can’t delegate effectively without training the other party involved. There’s a lot of information and clarity they need. Sometimes they need to try things out first before they take over. So many people don’t delegate because they wait until they’re up to their ears and there’s no time to get someone else on board.

At iCadenza we’ve noticed two key stumbling blocks to delegation: (1) Letting go of control.

(2) Finding the time to delegate.

Delegation without Training is a Recipe for Failure

We all love control. But being overly controlling can cause more problems than it solves. If you’re holding on tightly to control things, you are not necessarily being effective because it can be hard to see things clearly and to solve problems. This is the key to learning to delegate – letting other people share the load of work and help you develop your dreams….

Has this happened to you? You’re working on a time-sensitive project. You’re totally overscheduled and trying to do too much.

Someone jumps in to help but you don’t have time to give them clear instructions on what they need to do. It turns into a disaster and you think – I should have just done this myself. We conclude that delegation doesn’t work when the problem was not preparing to delegate.

Delegating means Learning to Let Go You can develop your awareness of noticing when you are holding on to too much control.

Ask these questions – What can I let go of in this moment? Where can I loosen my grip to let someone else help? Look at everything you’re taking on in your personal life and career and ask: What do I need to have direct oversight over? What could someone else handle and oversee?

Put time into the schedule for training, for trial runs, and for asking questions. Because once you’re in the thick of things, it’s too late to delegate.

Getting Delegation to Work for You Decide to let go. Look for places in your life where tasks can be delegated. Schedule time to train. Have more time and be more effective in your life and career!

Finding the Time to Delegate

iCadenza is a coaching and consulting firm for professional musicians and arts organizations.

Learn more, and get a free 30-minute consultation, at www.icadenza.com.

It’s an irony of the overscheduled that they struggle to find the time to delegate because delegation takes planning. You can’t delegate at the moment things get to be too much because

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THE ROSTER Bella Gaia Miwa Matreyek enra Birds in the Moon Impro Theatre Niño de Elche Estonian Voices Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna ..

Canada’s Ballet Jorgen Siudy Garrido Flamenco Celebrating Ella: Live from the Apollo Menuhin Duo Duo Petrof PROJECT Trio Conspirare Bridge & Wolak DePue Brothers Band Mélange Warner Bros. Presents: March of the Penguins Warner Bros. Presents: The Matrix Frankenstein Spencer Day Judy Collins: The Wildflowers Tour Laurie Rubin Will Martin Terry Barber Kelly Hall-Tompkins Daniel Ho Rueibin Chen Lara Downes Vanessa Perez Inna Faliks Angel Romero Aaron Dworkin’s The American Rhapsody Salute to Vienna and more!

ARTISTS

CONTEMPORARY

BELLA GAIA

Multimedia Performance Artists “Out of this World” - USA Today

BELLA GAIA is an unprecedented, immersive, audiovisual experience combining NASA satellite imagery of Earth, time-lapse nature and cultural footage, and stirring live music and dance from around the world.

BE LLA GA I A

Inspired by astronauts who described the life-changing effect of seeing the Earth from space, director-composer Kenji Williams has also created extensive residency and outreach materials for universities, schools, and planetariums.

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MIWA MATREYEK Animation Performance Artist “Magical...the sheer breadth of the imagery ... is unlike anything you’ve seen before.”

- Los Angeles Times

Matreyek’s critically-acclaimed solo work integrates multiple layers of animation, performance, and video installations. Equal parts uncompromising and fantastical, she nonverbally explores themes of environmentalism, global warming, urban planning, and water conservation.

Read more on page 5 about Miwa’s latest project, titled Infinitely Yours.

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FEATURE PROJECT

enra

TECHNOLOGY MEETS DANCE “Combining elements of dance, performance art, music, technology, light and more, the versatile Japanese troupe ‘enra’ has stumbled upon magic.” – The Huffington Post The key to enra’s artistry is the fusion of interactive digital technology with performance art. They are a performance company that blends the skills of dancers with backgrounds in martial arts, gymnastics, ballet, animation dance, juggling and street dance with projected digital art. enra creates fresh stories that explore space, time, and gravity. enra is represented in partnership with Empire Entertainment Japan, Inc.

Book enra -21 for 2020 NOW !!

CONTEMPORARY

BIRDS IN THE MOON

BI R D S I N THE M O O N

Chamber Opera

Written by composer Mark Grey with a libretto

by Júlia Canosa y Serra, the storyline for Birds is loosely based on an eccentric theory by 17th century scientist Charles Morton, who hypothesized that birds migrate to the moon.

With a fantastical story that draws parallels to immigration, migrants, and human rights, Birds in the Moon is a traveling chamber opera staged in a mobile state of the art, selfcontained, shipping container -- a theatrical magic moving box. A work that can be staged in theaters, parking lots, college campuses, and even on the beach, the spring 2020 premiere will feature mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke.

Birds in the Moon is directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer and presented in partnership with Meyer Sound Laboratories Inc.

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IMPRO THEATRE

Comedic Theatre Company “Impro Theatre has evolved into a powerhouse improvisational company with full-length shows that are off-the-cuff and consistently hilarious. An indigenous Los Angeles treasure, the company should be seen — and reseen!”

– Los Angeles Times

Founded in 1988, Impro Theatre creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest playwrights, authors and composers.

With no pre-planning or prepared scenarios, the performers combine verbal dexterity and robust physicality to bring character and plot to life in an instant, making each Impro Theatre show unique and unlike any other theatrical experience.

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FEATURE PROJECT

Book Elche Niño de for son! next sea

NIÑO DE ELCHE

Electronic Flamenco Music “Album of the Year ... Dark, provocative, absolutely from the now.” – El País (Spain) Niño de Elche is a cantaor, a singer of flamenco, but not as we know it. He is a multi-disciplinary artist who combines flamenco singing and toque with performance art, poetry, improvisation, minimalism, singer-songwriting, rock and electronics. He has received the “Album of the Year” award by the Spanish National Press Association for Voces del Extremo.

Niño de Elche is represented in partnership with Plan-B Music Madrid.

GLOBAL

PASCUALA ILABACA Y FAUNA Chilean Accordion Pop

P A S CUA LA I LA B A C A Y F A U N A

“Ilabaca and Fauna’s music is varied and meaningful” – Slate the Disco

Accordion-wielding Pascuala Ilabaca’s music is rooted in traditional sounds, informed by a colorful childhood, moving from Barcelona to Chile, Mexico to India, and back again, which effortlessly integrates shades of jazz, pop and rock.

Her latest album, El Mito de la Pérgola, was released in December 2018.

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ESTONIAN VOICES A Cappella Group

“One of the most unique sounding vocal ensembles from Europe.” - Britt Quentin, M-Pact

Award-winning Estonian Voices are an a cappella vocal sextet that likes to mix it up.

Jazz, classical and folk styles all get their attention, with a repertoire of both original and traditional pieces – including a few pop hits. Their clever style fuses playfulness with absolute technical mastery, bound together with a cheeky smile and a charming sprinkle of vocal artistry.

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FEATURE PROJECT

SIUDY GARRIDO FLAMENCO presents

FLAMENCO INTIMO As seen on NBC’s World of Dance Flamenco Intimo is a dynamic production that reflects the pureness of flamenco art. An original production by dancer and choreographer Siudy Garrido, it showcases the traditonal dance form from a contemporary perpective.

The show features music from composer and flamenco guitarist JosĂŠ Luis de la Paz and renowned musical figures in singing and percussion.

Lasting 1 hour and 20 minutes (no intermission), Flamenco Intimo features Siudy along a corps de ballet of 6 extraordinary dancers.

Book SIUDY O GARRID !!

-21 for 2020

DANCE/ENSEMBLES

CANADA’S BALLET JÖRGEN

(ANNE OF GREEN GABLES)

Ballet Company

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CA NA D A ’ S B A L L E T J O R G E N

“We believe that ballet has the power to touch audiences in profound ways.” - Bengt Jörgen, Artistic Director & CEO

Over the last 28 years, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen has produced a total of 216 original creations by 80 choreographers, including eight fulllength ballets and five works created especially for children and family programming. The Company has been granted exclusive rights to create Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™, with a story based on the famous children’s novel and a score based on the original compositions from Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™.

Read more about CBJ on page 7.

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CELEBRATING ELLA:

LIVE FROM THE APOLLO Jazz Tribute “an evening of music worthy of lady Ella herself” - Downbeat Magazine

A blockbuster celebration of the life and legacy of the Apollo Legend and Queen of Jazz. This “spectacular show” (Downbeat Magazine), produced by eight-time GRAMMY® winning producer Gregg Field, features headlining artists performing hits from each decade of Ella’s extraordinary career.

Celebrating Ella, Live from the Apollo is presented in partnership with G Studio Digital, Concord Records, New York’s Apollo Theatre, and the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation.

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ENSEMBLES

MENUHIN DUO Piano Duo “Powerfully communicated.. a vivid double-act at the piano.” - Classical SourcePatron

“As if entirely of one mind” (Primephonic) captures the essence of every performance by the dynamic Menuhin Duo. Whether performing on two pianos or side-by-side at the same keyboard, Mookie and Jeremy play as one, interpreting the classical repertoire with devotion and joy.

ME NUHI N D U O

While exploring existing literature by major composers, the Duo also incorporates music composed by Jeremy into their performances.

DUO PETROF Piano Duo

“And real beauties they were- with a glorious full and rich sound.” - Theater Jones

The most prestigious concert halls in Moscow, Prague, Shanghai and New York City have witnessed the exceptional quality, sophisticated style and unique repertoire of Duo Petrof. After performing together for 16 years, Anatoly Zatin and Vlada Vassilieva have developed their own concept of the piano duo as stage genre, by creating and performing their own arrangements.

Their many awards in the world of classical music include the first prize at the international competition for professional piano duos in the United States (2018), a nomination for the 2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards for their iconic two-piano version of El Jarabe Tapatío, and the title of ContemporaryClassical ensemble of the year by the 2016 Mexican Music Awards in New York City. Two of their albums have received Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards.

Repetoire includes Mussorgsky/Zatin: Pictures at an Exhibition for two pianos, and Martinu: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra.

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PROJECT TRIO

Chamber Music Ensemble “First rate playing grounded in Classical Music” - Wall Street Journal

P RO JE CT T RI O

PROJECT Trio is a passionate, high energy chamber music ensemble comprised of three virtuosic composer/performers from Brooklyn, New York. Blending their classical training with an eclectic taste in musical styles, the group has made an impact on audiences of all ages.

Gramophone Magazine singled out the group as “an ensemble willing and able to touch on the gamut of musical bases ranging from Baroque to nu-Metal and taking in pretty much every stylism in between,” while The Wall Street Journal hailed the Trio for their “wide appeal, subversive humor, and first-rate playing.” The New York Times has called beatboxing flutist Greg Pattillo “the best in the world at what he does.”

Bursting onto the scene with their landmark social media videos, PROJECT Trio is a musical experience defining a new level of entertainment!

Read more on page 9.

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CONSPIRARE Choral Ensemble “The ravishing sounds emanating from the mouths of the ever-consistent and enthrallingly virtuosic—and enthusiastic—band of choral wizards called Conspirare bring a freshness of interpretation and absolutely engrossing sense of urgency to a piece [Path of Miracles] that they obviously believe in...” - audaud.com

Established in Austin, Texas in 1991, Conspirare is a GRAMMY® ­winning and internationally recognized choir with a reputation for “expanding the boundaries of choral performance” (Wall Street Journal).

Conspirare, which translates from Latin as “to breathe together,” is led by founder and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson.

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BRIDGE & WOLAK Contemporary Chamber Duo “Fresh, exciting and fun, dispelling any of the old preconceptions about classical music…”

– Barrie Examiner

BR I D GE & WOL A K

Classically trained international soloists, Michael Bridge (accordion) and Kornel Wolak (clarinet) use virtuosity, comedy and musical sensitivity to bring their custom repertoire to life. Playing classical showpieces, jazz ballads, and fiery folk music, Wolak and Bridge began collaborating in 2012 and have since toured across Canada, Poland, France and Ecuador as both performers and educators.

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“[They relish] the bond with a living, choosing audience.” – New York Times

With their signature concert experience expressed in their name, the NYC-based chamber music ensemble Mélange changes the rules of performance as we know it by inviting the audience to actively participate in the selection of works to be performed.

Choosing from a menu of over 30 works, their repertoire ranges from one to six performers, and from genres such as classical, baroque, romantic, jazz, Latin, and Broadway.

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Chamber Ensemble

ENSEMBLES/FILM...

DEPUE BROTHERS BAND Bluegrass Americana

D E P UE B R O TH E R S B A N D

“This band of brothers gives real meaning to the phrase ‘progressive bluegrass,’ bending genres while delivering a powerful mix of classical chops, blazing bluegrass, and rock and roll.”

– Hal Real, Founder of World Cafe Live

The DePue Brothers Band encompasses a vivid blend of bluegrass, classical, and rock genres.

Hailing from Bowling Green, Ohio, the brothers are the founders of the term “grassical music,” pioneering this style in the early 1990’s. Each DePue brother is a classical violin virtuoso in his own right, and brings rich and diverse talents to the band’s sound.

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FRANKENSTEIN Film with Live Orchestra “The audience was riveted to their seats.

The power of the live music with the classic film was hypnotic.” - Rob Tomaro, Cashbox Canada

Popular with audiences, especially during the Halloween season, Michael Shapiro’s Frankenstein movie score for orchestra features the 1931 American cult classic set to gripping original music, in various flexible instrumentations. Currently, the music is available for Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Operatic Ensemble.

Suggested Instrumentation (Small Chamber Orchestra): 15 players total. Strings, 4 Winds, 4 Brass, 1 Percussion, 1 Piano

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FILM PERFORMED LIVE

WARNER BROS. PRESENTS: THE MATRIX LIVE Film with Live Orchestra

“The Matrix is an inner-circle sci-fi Hall of Famer, a visual trendsetter, and a cultural touchstone that remains culturally prominent today.” - The Ringer

A blockbuster hit and cult favorite, The Matrix is widely regarded as the greatest science fiction movie of all time.

T HE MA TR I X LI V E

Suggested Instrumentation: 61-85 players total. Strings, 10 Winds, 14 Brass, 9 Percussion, 1 Harp, 2 Keyboard, 1 Boy Soprano

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Film with Live Orchestra

“A delightful, wholesome experience for the family.”- Washington Post

Oscar-winner for Best Documentary in 2005 and the second-highest grossing documentary of all time, this beloved documentary has beautiful and sweeping music. It is all about the courage and survival of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica and offers a family-friendly experience. 2020 will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the film’s release.

Suggested Instrumentation: 35-55 players total. Strings, 3 Winds, 4 Brass, 4 Percussion, 1 Piano, 1 Harp, 1 Synthesizer.

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VOCAL RECITALISTS

LAURIE RUBIN Mezzo-Soprano

“a young mezzo-soprano whose voice is darkly complex and mysteriously soulful” - LA Times

LA URI E RUBI N

Having performed around the world in recital, opera, and with orchestra, Laurie Rubin’s mezzo-soprano voice, spirit and story captivate audiences like no other.

Born blind, Rubin has concertized with orchestras and opera companies worldwide to tremendous acclaim, including high praise from the New York Times chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini, who wrote that she possesses “compelling artistry,” “communicative power,” and a voice that displays “earthy, rich, and poignant qualities.”

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SPENCER DAY Pop Jazz Singer/Songwriter “cool jazz sensibilities” and “cleverly crafted tales” - The Washington Post

Spencer Day, the #1 Billboard charting pop/ jazz singer and songwriter, has headlined venues from Birdland and Lincoln Center to the Hollywood Bowl and London’s West End. Known for his unique sense of humor and distinctive original songs, his upcoming project “Broadway by Day” celebrates the unlikely friendship between jazz and musical theatre with swinging numbers from A Chorus Line, South Pacific, Hello, Dolly!, and more. Spencer has been called “prodigiously talented” by The Village Voice, “Compelling” from Time Out NY, and “Brilliant” by The San Francisco Chronicle.

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FEATURE PROJECT

“You could argue Collins has earned that ‘legend’ distinction as much by interpreting and inspiring songs as she has by writing or singing them…”

– Edmonton Journal

JUDY COLLINS’

THE WILDFLOWERS TOUR The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions.

Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has been entered into the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame.

For the 2020-2021 season, Collins will reprise Wildflowers, her seminal 1967 album, accompanied by brand new arrangements for symphony orchestra.

Judy Collins is represented in partnership with the Agency for the Performing Arts (APA).

BOO K JUDY COL LIN NOW S !

VOCAL RECITALISTS

WILL MARTIN Entertainer / Vocalist

“A once in a generation talent ... he is head and shoulders above any other international artist around at present” - Dickon Stainer, Universal Music’s Global Classics

Internationally acclaimed vocalist and entertainer Will Martin - the youngest man in history to top the UK Classical Charts - has grabbed the attention of audiences around the world with his electrifying stage presence, and expressive yet versatile voice.

WI LL MA RTI N

His latest album, By Request, features a compilation of tracks requested from his fans, including classics like “Piano Man,”“The Power of Love,” and “Against All Odds.”

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TERRY BARBER Countertenor

“... performances of great vitality and verve” - LA Times

Internationally acclaimed countertenor, Terry Barber, is known for his extraordinary range both vocally and stylistically.

A past member of the GRAMMY® winning group Chanticleer, Terry has appeared as a soloist in world-renowned venues including the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and Moscow’s Svetlanov Hall. He has also appeared as a soloist on recordings for every major record label with a variety of artists, from Madonna to the London Philharmonic.

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FEATURE PROJECT

KELLY HALL-TOMPKINS’

THE FIDDLER EXPANDING TRADITION From Broadway’s “Fiddler”/Violin Soloist All New Arrangements from the classic musical, Fiddler on the Roof Recognized as a 2017 “New Yorker of the Year“ by the New York Times and frequent collaborator of violinist Mark O’Connor and conductor Keith Lockhart, Hall-Tompkins has appeared with many of America’s most prestigious orchestras, and recently completed a 13-month run on Broadway as the musical fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof. Also acclaimed as “the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive” (New York Times), with “tonal mastery” (BBC Music Magazine) and “searing intensity” (American Record Guide), violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is forging a dynamic career as a soloist and chamber musician.

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INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS

DANIEL HO Hawaiian Multi-Instrumentalist “One of the undisputed masters of the instrument” - Ukulele Magazine

Daniel Ho’s simple philosophy of presenting music with sincerity and artistry has earned him six consecutive GRAMMY® Awards, number-one albums on national airplay charts, and top-ten albums on Billboard.

D A NI E L HO

A Honolulu native, Ho performs original songs in English and Hawaiian that feature his versatility on ukulele, slack key guitar, and piano.

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RUEIBIN CHEN Classical Pianist

“He plays with white-hot energy, steel-fingered power, and athletic virtuosity” - The Boston Globe

Rueibin Chen has been described as “one of those geniuses that come along once in twenty years” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). The youngest ever winner of the Rachmaninoff Piano Competition, he started his career as a child prodigy and concert pianist at age ten when he made his debut with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Polish National Radio Symphony, Budapest Symphony, Prague Symphony, Moscow State Symphony, Russian State Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Shanghai Symphony and Taiwan Philharmonic.

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INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS

LARA DOWNES Pianist “Expect glamour with substance” - WQXR, New York’s Classical Radio Station

Her newest touring and recording projects include Holes in the Sky, a Sony Masterworks album released in March 2019, that celebrates the contributions of phenomenal women to the past, present and future of American music, as well as For Love of You, an album featuring the music of Clara and Robert Schumann.

Her next album, Some of These Days, is a musical reflection on freedom and equality, expressed through a multi-genre collection of Spirituals and soliloquies, to be released in 2020.

LA R A D O WNES

Lara Downes is among the foremost American pianists of her generation, a trailblazer on and offstage whose musical roadmap seeks inspiration from the legacies of history, family, and collective memory

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VANESSA PEREZ Classical Pianist “a kind of wild intensity that was often breathtaking ...” - Washington Post

A frequent collaborator of violinist Daniel Hope, cellist Jan Vogler, and actor Bill Murray, and featured on the show Mozart In The Jungle, Perez is widely regarded for her bold, passionate displays of technical virtuosity and keen sensitivity. A product of the energized musical culture of Venezuela, Ms. Perez “is not to be taken lightly” (The Washington Post).

Recent performance highlights include the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, a collaboration with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under John Axelrod in Germany, concerts with the Orquesta de la Juventud Simon Bolivar under Gustavo Dudamel in Caracas, work with Conductor Nikolaj Znaider and the Teresa Carreño Youth orchestra, the Casals Festival, and the Chopin Festival in Mallorca.

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POLONAISEFANTAISIE: THE STORY OF A PIANIST Piano and Spoken Word “signature blend of lithe grace and raw power” - Lucid Culture

I NNA FA LI K S

Inna Faliks, a Ukrainian-born American pianist and head of piano performance at UCLA, chronicles her life’s journey in an evening length show.

Music and words combine to spin a powerful and moving tale of her family’s immigration to America, as well as her seminal early influences and her evolution as an artist. It is also her love story, as she is reunited as an adult with the childhood friend who is now her husband.

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SIR ANGEL ROMERO Classical Guitarist

“His musical virtuosity has placed him at the head of the pack” - Classical Guitar Magazine

Sir Angel Romero’s eminence in the music world as soloist and conductor makes him one of the most sought-after musicians of his generation.

Hailed for his superior musicianship as the master of Spanish guitar, Sir Angel Romero’s artistry is heralded by audience and critics alike. A member of Los Romeros, the “Royal Family of the Guitar”, Romero regularly appears with distinguished orchestras and recital series around the world.

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SYMPHONY PROJECTS

SALUTE TO VIENNA New Year’s Concert Waltz into the New Year with Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert, now a North American Tradition!

This dazzling performance evokes a golden age of Viennese music, brimming with energy, merriment, and romance. It is a glorious re-creation of the beloved Neujahrskonzert, the concert that has welcomed the New Year for more than 80 years in Vienna and all over the world.

S A LUT E TO VI E N N A

Led by a witty and charming conductor who is an expert in Viennese music, Salute to Vienna brings the music of Johann Strauss to life with European singers, ballroom dancers, and members of esteemed ballet companies. Backed by the Strauss Symphony of America, the performance is rich with selections from beloved operettas, elegant dances, lively overtures, and the beautiful Blue Danube Waltz.

Celebrate the start of the New Year with Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert, delighting audiences in North America for more than 25 years!

AARON DWORKIN’S THE AMERICAN RHAPSODY Spoken Word Multimedia Performance This spoken word multimedia orchestral work tells the story of the USA through the prism of the life and words of America’s first President, George Washington. Spoken by Aaron Dworkin, 2005 MacArthur Fellow and Founder of the Sphinx Organization, the work is set to Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Symphonic Variations on an African Air.

The American Rhapsody is a tribute to the ideals of courage, freedom and commitment while also serving as a story of vulnerability and the progression of humanity through the great injustices which plague our history. The victories and agonies of our past not only resonate with but inform our present as our nation seeks to find a pathway toward a more unified future.

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OPERA PROJECTS

A BARREL OF LAUGHS, A VALE OF TEARS

HERCULES VS. VAMPIRES Film with Live Opera

“The score was rich in harmony, clever in melodic line, and especially brilliant in orchestration” - Classical Voice of North Carolina

Opera Project

Julia Adolphe’s new comic opera, A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears is based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Jules Feiffer. With libretto

by Stephanie Fleischmann, it’s a wonderfully loopy fairytale about a young royal doomed to make everyone around her laugh so hard that nothing gets done in her presence.

The operatic score by composer Patrick Morganelli provides the perfect accompaniment to the 1961 cult classic film Hercules in the Haunted World.

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MICHAEL SCHACTER’S THE BLACK CLOWN Opera Project

“The Black Clown is precisely why we have and need theater.” – Jared Bowen, WGBH Composed by Cadenza Artist Michael Schachter (p. 38) and fusing vaudeville, gospel, opera, jazz, and spirituals, The Black Clown brings Langston Hughes’ famous poem to life in a stunning new collaboration with bass-baritone Davóne Tines.

The upcoming touring production of The Black Clown will be produced and toured by Pomegranate Arts.

THE SECRET GARDEN Opera

“...the new work remains broadly faithful to its source while still making time to welcome young listeners into the world of opera.” - SF Chronicle Magazine The Secret Garden is an opera by Nolan Gasser with a libretto (based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett) written by Carey Harrison. The opera was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera, in partnership with Cal Performances, and premiered in 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley.

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ARIADNE GREIF

HILA PLITMANN

“[A] luminous, expressive voice” - NY Times

“The brilliant soprano Hila Plitmann manages every leap and switch of emotional gears with fearless commitment...” - Gramophone

Soprano

Soprano

Greif began her opera career as a ‘boy’ soprano in the Los Angeles area and at the LA Opera, eventually making an adult debut singing Lutoslawski’s Chantefleurs et Chantefables with the American Symphony Orchestra.

Her mesmerizing voice has her gracing halls across the globe, appearing alongside The Knights, Metropolis Ensemble, Gabriel Kahane, Mélange, and The Orlando Philharmonic.

Hila Plitmann is a glittering jewel on the international music scene, known worldwide for her astonishing musicianship, light and beautiful voice and the ability to perform challenging new work. She has worked with many leading conductors, performing with the likes of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra.

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OPERA

VICTORIA FOX

DAVID CASTILLO

“Victoria Fox displayed a rich mezzo-soprano and great comedic flair.” - Pittsburgh in the Round

“Heroic baritone with a tenor top ... remarkable and a pleasure to hear.” - Lauri’s List

A champion of contemporary music, Fox has premiered operatic, concert, and chamber works by celebrated composers including Julia Adolphe, Donald Crockett, Veronika Krausas, Jordan Nelson and Sarah Gibson. In addition to creating new roles, Victoria enjoys diving into opera’s great tradition of repertoire characters.

New Orleans native David Castillo is a performing artist and producer who delivers “impassioned” (Los Angeles Times), “beautifully sung and confidently acted” (Opera News) performances in the U.S. and Europe. David resides as an inaugural Company Member of The Industry.

Mezzo-Soprano

Baritone

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DIRECTORS/CON...

ELKHANAH PULITZER Director

ELLIOTT FORREST

Multimedia Designer, Director

Known for her bold, nuanced, and innovative stage direction, Elkhanah Pulitzer is an esteemed director of opera and theater. Recent projects include David Lang’s prisoner of state, Bernstein’s Mass at Lincoln Center, the live tour of Esperanza Spalding’s new album 12 Little Spells and DIORAMA, an art installation at the I.O.U. in San Francisco. Ms. Pulitzer explores the intersection between music and theater through innovation and hybridized forms.

“I let the music and visuals waft over me and got completely lost in the beauty.”

- Long Beach Symphony Patron Elliott Forrest custom tailors the concert experience, from high-concept projects to pops concerts, through the design and imaginative use of integrative multimedia. Forrest has been a partner for directed programs at venues that include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Houston Symphony, The New York Philharmonic, The Atlanta Symphony, The Pasadena Pops and The Little Orchestra Society in NY.

GRANT GERSHON

JEFFREY SCHINDLER

“In the pit, Grant Gershon could do no wrong.” Opera Today

“Conductor Jeff Schindler is nothing short of ideal.” - Josep Pascual, Spanish critic

Grant Gershon has led performances at SF Opera, LA Opera, LA Phil, LA Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Wolftrap and beyond. He currently serves as Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and as Resident Conductor of the Los Angeles Opera.

Jeffrey Schindler enjoys a dynamic international career that takes him from concert podiums around the world, to the scoring stages of Hollywood, to the recording studios of London. Mr. Schindler’s award-winning artistry melds imaginative and illuminating performances with expressive and powerful technique, impeccable scholarship, and vibrant energy. Jeffrey Schindler has conducted nearly 175 performances of Harry Potter, Star Wars, Amadeus, and many other film with live orchestra productions, in partnership with AVEX and others.

“powerfully impressive ... fearless in [her] dramatic imagination” - San Francisco Chronicle

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JULIA ADOLPHE

MICHAEL SCHACHTER

Composer

Composer

“colorful, mercurial, deftly orchestrated” - The New York Times Award-winning composer Julia Adolphe has been in demand by renowned orchestras and ensembles, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

“A work of art. . . brave, engaging, and immersive.” - Boston Herald Michael Schachter is a composer for stage and concert hall, pianist, and scholar. He spent his formative years immersed in omnivorous musical activity: absorbing the strains of Jewish cantillation, performing piano concerti, leading jazz combos, accompanying musicals and gospel groups, conducting Renaissance choral music, and more. Michael’s music-theatrical work, The Black Clown, premiered with a sold-out four-week run at the American Repertory Theater, and made its New York debut at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival in July of 2019.

Her awards include a 2017 ASCAP Young Composer Award, a 2016 Lincoln Center Emerging Artists Award, a 2016 OPERA America Discovery Grant, and a 2015 Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

JULI A A D O LPH E / M I C H A E L S C H A C H T E R

COMPOSERS OPERA

JEFFREY NYTCH

MAXIME GOULET

Composer

Composer

“Nytch’s work was both impressive and satisfying ... creating hope for the future of classical music.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Not only is this approach unique to a classical concert, but the composer himself is unique to the genre.” – Lancaster Online

Jeffrey Nytch enjoys a diverse career as a composer, educator, author, and advocate. His compositions include a wide range of works that have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. His new symphony explores the intersections of geology and human history in the Great Lakes region -- from the ancient formation of the iron ore that fueled its industries, to the massive glaciers that carved out its iconic bodies of water.

A symphony evoking different flavored chocolates (Symphonic Chocolates), a cabaret opera based on a comic book (Bungalopolis), a piano concerto as a soundtrack for a chess match (Checkmate!), a fishing story mimed by a costumed clarinetist (Fishing Story)… With his communicative musical language and the originality of his concepts, the Montreal based composer Maxime Goulet connects with audiences from all kinds of backgrounds and experiences, from youth audiences to savvy music aficionados.

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COMPOSERS

NOLAN GASSER

BRUCE BROUGHTON

“Gasser’s work definitively accomplished everything it set out to do, and then some: the music was mesmerizing.” – Oakland Tribune Nolan Gasser is a composer, pianist, author, and musicologist—most notably, the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project. His original works include the musical Benny & Joon (Paper Mill), the opera Secret Garden (SF Opera), and the orchestral works Cosmic Reflection (Baltimore Symphony) and the World Concerto (cellist Maya Beiser). Nolan’s recent book is Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste (Macmillan, 2019)—called “a work of staggering erudition and breadth” by The Economist.

“award-winning composer Bruce Broughton received the Lifetime Achievement Award as one of a handful of “Hollywood Greats” who have contributed on the highest level to the film experience.” – WME Entertainment

Composer/Speaker

GRAMMY® nominated and Emmy award-winning composer Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film scores such as Silverado, Tombstone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street and his television themes including JAG, Steven Spielberg’s Tiny Toon Adventures and Dinosaurs.

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Composer

JOSÉ LUIS DOMÍNGUEZ

Composer/Conductor “José Luis Domínguez is an indisputably exalted situation...” - Las Últimas Noticias With conducting described as “unrivaled, magnificent and with exemplary gesturing”, Chilean conductor and composer, Domínguez, is a prominent talent on the international orchestral and operatic stages. His most recent ballet score, The House of Spirits, was named Best Ballet of 2019 by Tuiteros of Chile.

A R Cultura TIST S He is a regular guest conductor with Opéra Théâtre Saint-Étienne, France. Prior to his relocation to the US, he was Music Director of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Chile and Resident Director with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago.

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