Mirror Visions Ensemble gives the world premiere of Griffin Candey’s “Silver Songs,” in its upcoming concert in New York City. The ensemble’s latest commission “Silver Songs,” includes poetry by Rae Armantrout, Richie Hofmann, Rebecca Hoogs, Jeanne Murray Walker, Kate Northrop, and Frank O’Hara. Candey describes “‘Silver Songs’ as exploring our fascination with and relationship to movies, how we see ourselves {…}
The Apex Contemporary Performance and producer and composer Griffin Candey are coming together to produce “The Dark Sky Project.” The project, which is currently running an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds, came together to commission four new song cycles from four female composers that reclaim narratives that history glossed over. The project will see four new song cycles for voice and {…}
Over the past years, the movie industry has been calling for more diversity in its films due to a lack fo representation. That representation has slowly been increasing and it was seen this year when the Academy decided to invite more minorities to its organization. However, in a recent study that GLAAD released, it was evident that the progress has {…}
