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Cal State LA Music Professor Sara Carina Graef Honored With Outstanding Professor Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2022

Sara Carina Graef, a professor of music in the College of Arts and Letters at Cal State LA, was recognized for excellence in teaching and outstanding achievements during University Convocation 2022.

Opera Live Streams And On-Demand Content On This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2020

Here's a look at some of the newly added and upcoming streams being offered by opera companies across North America:

Target Margin Theater Announces 2018 Company Artists And Programs In Brooklyn
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2018

Following the opening of the Company's first permanent home, Target Margin Theater has announced that 13 diverse artists, via three distinct programs, will be supported in 2018. The Company's new home, located in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, enables Target Margin Theater to deepen their support of the next generation of theater makers through its annual incubator LAB festival, it's five-year-old fellowship program, and its new artist-in-residency program.

Review Roundup: CROSSING at Brooklyn Academy Of Music
by Alan Henry - Oct 5, 2017

CROSSING plays through October 8 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the critics are weighing in!

Composer and Cellist Peri Mauer to Debut MAD JAM as Part of Make Music New York
by BWW News Desk - Jun 20, 2017

Composer and cellist Peri Mauer will present her new performance piece MAD JAM Wednesday, June 21st, 3-5pm, in Hudson Boulevard Park, located at 35th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, New York, NY.

Cellist Peri Mauer Featured With Illuminati Orchestra for Club Bonafide Show
by BWW News Desk - Apr 28, 2017

On Saturday, April 29, 2017 cellist and composer Peri Mauer will be featured playing with the Illuminati Orchestra for two sets at Club Bonafide, located at 212 East 52nd St., New York, NY 10022.

Cellist Peri Mauer to Play Solo Set at Zinc Bar
by BWW News Desk - Mar 21, 2017

Cellist and composer Peri Mauer will be revisiting her composition 'Dutchess Starlight Revisited' in a solo set on cello at Zinc Bar on Wednesday, March 22nd at 7PM.

Peri Mauer To Premiere SHADOW LAKE String Quartet
by Molly Tracy - Feb 21, 2017

On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 7PM, composer Peri Mauer will present the world premiere of her newly composed string quartet, Shadow Lake, at St. Peter's Church, located at 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th St. in NYC.

Peri Mauer to Premiere SHADOW LAKE String Quartet Today
by BWW News Desk - Feb 20, 2017

On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 7PM, composer Peri Mauer will present the world premiere of her newly composed string quartet, Shadow Lake, at St. Peter's Church, located at 619 Lexington Ave.at 54th St. in NYC.

BWW Review: I Spy Prototype Festival's Chamber Opera, MATA HARI
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 16, 2017

The life and times of the spy-as-femme-fatale, Mata Hari, has always attracted the interest of film and stage artists. Now we have the Matt Marks-Paul Peers opera MATA HARI—which opened New York's fifth Prototype Festival last week and continues through Saturday the 14th—though I think of it as more of a dance than an opera. Not literally, of course, but dramatically, as a dance of death for the title character and the men (and one woman) who surround her in this compelling, though somewhat messy, work.

Three New American Opera Projects to Premiere in Spring
by BWW News Desk - Jan 13, 2017

Three new operas developed by American Opera Projects to premiere:  two on race relations in America and one on the future of sex.

PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now Festival Begins This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 3, 2017

Beth Morrison Projects and HERE's fifth annual PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now festival begins this week, running January 5-15!

Peri Mauer & Friends to Perform at Bard Graduate Center
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 17, 2016

On Tuesday June 21st, 3:00-5:00pm, composer and cellist Peri Mauer will present a free concertat the Bard Graduate Center, located at 18 West 86th St., NYC. 

Peri Mauer's Trio THOUGHT'S TORSION to be Performed at Symphony Space in Gala Concert
by Jessica Fallon Gordon - Jun 4, 2016

THOUGHT'S TORSION, composer Peri Mauer's trio for flute, viola, and cello will be performed at Symphony Space on June 4, 2016, by Michael Laderman flute, Gregor Kitzis viola, and Arthur Cook cello in a New York Composer's Circle Gala Concert. Symphony Space is located at 250 West 95th St., NYC. Also on the program is music by Raoul Pleskow, Madelyn Byrne, Patricia  Leonard, Hubert Howe, Max Giteck Duykers, Ross Griffey, and Brian Fennelly. Tickets are $20, students free.  

Peri Mauer's THOUGHT'S TORSION Set for Symphony Space Gala, 6/4
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 3, 2016

THOUGHT'S TORSION, composer Peri Mauer's trio for flute, viola, and cello will be performed at Symphony Space on June 4, 2016, by Michael Laderman flute, Gregor Kitzis viola, and ArthurCook cello in a New York Composer's Circle Gala Concert. Symphony Space is located at250 West 95th St., NYC. Also on the program is music by Raoul Pleskow, Madelyn Byrne, Patricia Leonard, Hubert Howe, Max Giteck Duykers, Ross Griffey, and Brian Fennelly. Tickets are $20, students free.  http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/9217/Music/gala-concert-featuring-2015s-competition-winner

William Burroughs' CUT-UP Experiments Inspire 11 Composers' New Vocal Works, 10/16 at The Stone
by BWW News Desk - Oct 16, 2015

Experiments in Opera -- the composer-driven collective with an air of mad scientists in the lab -- opens its 2015-16 season with the premiere of 11 new commissions for ensemble and voice in The Travel Agency is On Fire: Burroughs Cuts Up the Great Bards, presented Today, October 16, 2015 at the East Village avant-garde haven The Stone. Two sets take place at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Each set features different songs.

William Burroughs' CUT-UP Experiments Inspire 11 Composers' New Vocal Works, 10/16 at The Stone
by BWW News Desk - Sep 16, 2015

Experiments in Opera -- the composer-driven collective with an air of mad scientists in the lab -- opens its 2015-16 season with the premiere of 11 new commissions for ensemble and voice in The Travel Agency is On Fire: Burroughs Cuts Up the Great Bards, presented Friday, October 16, 2015 at the East Village avant-garde haven The Stone. Two sets take place at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Each set features different songs.

20 Vocal Commissions, 3 Shows at The Stone and 6 Video Operas Set for Experiments in Opera's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - Aug 24, 2015

EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA - the curiously refreshing composer collective - announces its Fifth Anniversary Season, featuring 20 commissions of vocal works, 3 shows at The Stone in Alphabet City and 6 new video operas to be screened at Anthology Film Archives.

Peri Mauer Premieres JOURNEY at St. Peter's Church Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Apr 21, 2015

Journey, Peri Mauer's new piece for oboe, will be premiered tonight, April 21, 2015, 7:30PM, at St. Peter's Church (619 Lexington Avenue at 54th St.), Virginia Chang Chien, oboe.

Peri Mauer to Premiere JOURNEY at St. Peter's Church, 4/21
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 15, 2015

Journey, Peri Mauer's new piece for oboe, will be premiered April 21, 2015, 7:30PM, at St. Peter's Church (619 Lexington Avenue at 54th St.), Virginia Chang Chien, oboe.