Tag: World Premiere
Composer Jeff Beal And His Not So Meek and Mild “Beatitudes”
"I wish it didn’t feel so current, but it does. That urgency was very much part of what propelled me forward."
Kathryn Bostic: Finding Gladys Bentley’s Fearless Song
"I think she leaned even more into who she was, finding places to hold on to self-worth and self-regard. The music was an easy partner. She came into the world this way."
Rudi Goblen on the Art of Radical Imagination
“My job is to cook the meal. How people eat it—that’s up to them.”
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Tiler Peck curates and performs in "Ballet Festival: Jerome Robbins"
ERIC STANTON BETTS PLANS TO MAKE IT
"This show is built around Native people and Native culture, but it's got themes of identity and authenticity that anyone can relate to."
Composer Nina Shekhar Offers You Her Glitter Monster
"There's no rule that says you can't do this. This tradition has evolved over time because of that."
Mary Kouyoumdjian and Her First Opera…
"If anyone has experienced grief, we all know that this brings out the best and the worst in people around you."
Artist/Creator Edgar Arceneaux Goes for All or Nothing
"The show is very critical of our desire to learn about the stories of people who've been taken advantage of."
Composer Reena Esmail And Her Water Music
"Malhaars are ragas that are designed to beckon rain...am I somehow beckoning the thing that I am trying to write about the disappearance of?"
UPDATED: Composer Kevin Puts Discusses “The Hours”
"The emotional situations; I live for these these things as a composer. I live for the moments when I can let these situations wash over me and let music come out. This is why I do it."