(Credit: Dario Acosta) Brooklyn Botanical Garden has announced that composer Kamala Sankaram will be its 2023 Artist in Residence. The Garden has commissioned a new work by Sankaram, which will be showcased as part of the “Power of Trees” program, which centers on the ways trees serve as pillars for the world. As Artist in Residence, Sankaram will spend over {…}
Credit: Dario Acosta It has the elements of opera: singing; a story communicated through sound; and a hero that is born, faces obstacles, makes a sacrifice, and dies. The work in question is the public sound installation and experimental opera “The Last Stand” by Dr. Kamala Sankaram, to be presented by Creative Time in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park from September 18 {…}
Creative Time has launched a Kickstarter campaign to present composer Kamala Sankaram’s new opera “The Last Stand” this July in New York City. The company is aiming to recoup $25,000. The project will be presented in two parts. First up will be a site-specific opera for and about trees, using vibrational tones familiar to tree communications. She will also showcase {…}