The winners of the Ensemble for These Times and Luna Composition Lab’s 2023 Call for Scores have been announced to the public. Commission winners are Lucy Chen’s work for cello and piano, Madeine Clara Cheng‘s commission for soprano, cello, piano, and tape, and Caleb Palka’s piece written for soprano and piano. Sage Shurman’s piano trio, “Composure” also receives special recognition, {…}
(Photo: Marco Borggreve) In 2021, a court in The Hague ordered the giant oil company Shell to cut its CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030 relative to its 2019 levels. The case had been brought by Dutch environmental groups concerned by the company’s flagrant disregard for the damage their emissions were doing to the planet’s climate; recent research has shown {…}
Multi-genre composer Ellen Reid has signed a global publishing deal with Wise Music Group and Chester Music Limited. Reid is currently serving as Composer-in-Residence with New Mexico Philharmonic and is the Contemporary Music Chair for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Reid received the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera “p r i s m.” Along with composer Missy Mazzoli, {…}
The Los Angeles Opera has announced the release of three digital opera shorts directed by James Darrah that will stream on its On Now platform. First up is Darrah’s vision for Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings,” beased on Karen Russell’s surreal short story about a farming family attempting to fulfill the requirements {…}
Boston Lyric Opera has announced the revamped 2020-21 season. The company plans to reschedule productions of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” and Blanchard and Cristofer’s Jazz opera “Champion” for the 2021-22 season while Humperdinck’s “Hansel und Gretel” will be postponed for a future date. Instead, BLO will offer operatic content through outdoor performances in the fall 2020 and spring 2021, as well {…}
The Boston Lyric Opera’s “At Its (s)Core” podcast series will feature company Music Director David Angus in a discussion with 2019 Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Ellen Reid during its next episode. The episode, which will broadcast July 23, 2020, will be on the topic of Maurice Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloe.” Angus and Reid will also discuss the impact they feel the {…}
This week features three major releases. Among them will be solo album debuts and one very intriguing world premiere that should spark the interest of contemporary opera lovers. P R I S I M Composer and sound artist Ellen Reid’s opera “p r i s m” is set to be released by Decca Gold. The opera, with a libretto by Roxie Perkins, was commissioned {…}
It was announced on Wednesday that Roxie Perkins and Ellen Reid’s “p r i s m” had won the Music Critics Association of North America third Annual Award for Best New Opera, following in the footsteps of such works as “Breaking the Waves” and “The Wake World.” The opera, which premiered on November 29, 2018, as part of Los Angeles Opera’s {…}
The Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) has bestowed its Third Annual Award for Best New Opera to composer Ellen Reid and librettist Roxie Perkins for “p r i s m.” Reid and Perkins will be honored at a July 26 Award Ceremony at Tanglewood during MCANA’s Annual Meeting. The MCANA Award for Best New Opera is the only {…}