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OLD NEWS: 2006: - Recipient of a Bang on a Can People's Commission - DARKLING opened on February 28 and is selected as Gothamist.com's "Pick of the Week." Click for DARKLING Press - Participated in "Ear Department," a program at Merkin Hall hosted by Michael Gordon. - "Composers' Voices from Ives to Ellington" wins an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award 2005: - Invited to be a guest composer at Bryn Mawr College seminar, "Sexuality, Religion, and the Power of Music" - DARKLING selected to be included in the Guggenheim Museum's "Works & Process" Series - "The Bird Happened" selected for the American Composers Orchestra's Underwood New Music Readings - "From Frankenstein" presented by Luna Nova as part of Rhodes College's McCoy Visiting Artists Program 2004: - "From Frankenstein" winner of the Chicago Ensemble’s “Discover America” Competition - Guest composer at the Associated Colleges of the South’s Summer Festival in Georgetown, TX - "Crash" commissioned by the Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium to honor George Crumb on the occasion of his 75th birthday PAST PERFORMANCES: June 2 and 3, 2006. 8PM Scenes from "Darkling" Video presentation of the premiere production American Opera Projects THE WRITE OF SPRING: FIRST CHANCE Also features concert readings of opera scenes by Stefania de Kenessey, Tarik O'Regan, and Richard Wargo The Great Room at South Oxford Space 138 S. Oxford St. in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn Tickets $15 ($12 for students/seniors) May 3, 2006. 8PM "Skin Nails Hair" Patti Monson, flute; Jonathan Shapiro, percussion Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall Princeton, NJ March 18, 2006. 7:30PM "Skin Nails Hair" Lost Dog New Music Ensemble Christine Perea, flute; JoAnne Maffia, percussion Good Shepherd Methodist Church 30-44 Crescent Street (one block south of 30th Avenue) Astoria, NY March 3, 2006. 6:30PM "Galesburg, Illinois (Where are the Trees?)" Renee Favand, soprano; Sean Mills, piano Dorothea Tanning Tribute The Blue Mahoe, 243 East 14th Street New York, NY Tickets $15. Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar at 6:30; Tribute begins at 8:00. March 1, 2006. 8PM "From Frankenstein" Part of the "Ear Deparment" Series Anthony Costanzo, male-soprano Newspeak; James Lowe, conductor Ear Department: "Emerging Composers" Listen to the music and stories behind the work of three up-and-coming composers Also featuring Clarice Assad and Melissa Mazzoli Hosted by Michael Gordon Merkin Hall, 129 West 67th Street New York, NY Tickets $15 Previews: February *26 at 3PM and February 27 at 8PM Opening Night: Februrary 28. 8PM Performances: March 2, 3, *4, *7, 9, 10, 11, *14, 16, 17, 18, 2006. 8PM * Panel discussions with the creators will follow these performances "Darkling" American Opera Projects Jody Sheinbaum, soprano; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano Jon Garrison, tenor; Mark Uhlemann, bass-baritone Marcus DeLoach, baritone (singing Lee Hoiby's "The Darkling Thrush") The Flux Quartet; Brian DeMaris, conductor Classic Stage Company Theater 136 East 13th Street New York, NY Tickets $30-$45. Discounted for students and seniors. www.TicketCentral.com or 212-279-4200 February 9, 2006. 8PM Songs: "Beauty Tips," "Law of the Jungle," and "Twinkie" Part of the Northriver Music Series Also featuring music by Renee Favand, David Sisco, and Samuel Barber Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano; Melody Fader, piano, Meighan Stoops, Clarinet Renee Weiler Concert Hall at Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street New York, NY November 13 & 14, 2005. 8PM "Darkling" American Opera Projects with members of The Flux Quartet Guggenheim Museum's "Works & Process" Series Peter B. Lewis Theater 1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Tickets $24 ($18 for members, students, and seniors) "Ad Lib" October 15, 2005, 9AM. Brian Kennedy, organ SCI 2005 National Conference University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC "From Frankenstein" May 8, 2005, 3PM. The Chicago Ensemble; Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano International House at the University of Chicago 1414 East 59th Street Chicago, IL Tickets $25 "The Bird Happened" May 5-6, 2005, 7PM. American Composers Orchestra – Underwood New Music Readings Alfred Lerner Hall at Columbia University New York, NY "From Frankenstein" May 3, 2005, 7PM. The Chicago Ensemble; Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano The Three Arts Club of Chicago 1300 N. Dearborn Chicago, IL Tickets $25 "Crash" April 22, 2005. NACUSA National Concert California State University, Northridge Los Angeles, CA "Darkling" April 19 and 20, 2005. American Opera Projects, First Chance South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford St. Brooklyn, NY Tickets $20 ($15 for students, and seniors) Reservations: 718-398-4024, or mgray@operaprojects.org "Meetings" March 29, 2005. Derrick Ballard, bass; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano; Douglas Jabara, baritone; Margaret Kampmeier, piano Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall Princeton, NJ "From Frankenstein" February 28, 2005. Luna Nova; James Romig, conductor; Laurence Albert, baritone Rhodes College McCoy Visiting Artists Program Hardie Auditorium in Palmer Hall Memphis, TN "Crash" February 25, 2005. Locrian Chamber Ensemble Riverside Church (10th floor) New York, NY "Hammer Time" December 6, 2004. North/South Consonance; Max Lifchitz, piano Christ & St. Stephen's Church 120 West 69th Street New York, NY "Stick-Shift Confessions" December 2, 2004. So Percussion Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall Princeton, NJ "The Fishtank Sonata" November 11-13, 2004. Daniel Wilkerson, percussion Imagine2 Electro-Acoustic Music Festival The University of Memphis Memphis, TN "Ode to Fiberoptic Cables and Light" October 29, 2004. Collaboration with Linda Ganjian, video artist; Susanna Speier, writer; Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano Presented at OUT OF THE LOOP, an evening of geo-political video art Barbès, 376 9th St Brooklyn, NY "Meetings" October 7-8, 2004. American Opera Projects Amy Van Roekel, soprano; Michael Zegarski, baritone; Derrick Ballard, bass; Elaine Rinaldi, piano; Steven Osgood, conductor South Oxford Space, 138 S. Oxford St Brooklyn, NY "Non-Fiction" October 5, 2004. Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Hays, baritone; Marija Ilic, piano Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall Princeton, NJ "Twinkie" August 11, 2004. Keith Spencer, baritone; Elaine Rinaldi, piano The Explorers Club, 46 East 70th Street New York, NY "From Frankenstein" July 27, 2004. Luna Nova; James Romig, conductor; Diane Thornton, contralto Associated Colleges of the South New Music Festival Southwestern University Georgetown, TX "Crash" July 2, 2004. Third Angle New Music Ensemble Oregon Bach Festival Beall Hall, University of Oregon Eugene, OR "Urban Trees" and "Twinkie" May 25, 2004. William Ferguson, tenor; Derrick Ballard, bass; Elaine Rinaldi, piano Vox and Friends, a festival of New American Opera Symphony Space New York, NY "Big Red" May 11, 2004. Meighan Stoops, clarinet Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall Princeton, NJ "The Bird Happened" May 7, 2004. New Jersey Symphony – Workshop Reading Richardson Auditorium Princeton, NJ "TOE (Theory of Everything)" April 2, 2004. National Student Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc. Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA "From Frankenstein" March 27, 2004. In conjunction with "Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature," at the Georgia Tech Library Eyedrum Atlanta, GA
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