Jessica Meyer Releases New Portrait Album I LONG AND SEEK AFTER On New Focus Recordings
Jessica Meyer releases her new composer/performer portrait album, 'I long and seek after,' featuring performances by Meyer, Lorelei Ensemble, and a collective of instrumentalists and vocalists. The album celebrates poetry by female and underrepresented writers, exploring themes of loneliness, desire, love, heartbreak, justice, and courage. Available now on New Focus Recordings.
National Sawdust Hosts The Future Is… Festival and Creative Forum
Both before and throughout the pandemic, National Sawdust’s mission has been to provide artists with financial and creative opportunities, audiences with access to groundbreaking work presented in remarkably high fidelity, and to support young creators by means of a rigorous mentorship network. These three goals serve as the inspirations for The Future Is… Festival, which takes place June 7 through June 16, features work by 6 composers and choreographers developing new work through residencies co-produced with the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, and funded by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Production Recording Of PAUL'S CASE Released
National Sawdust Tracks released the recording of the chamber opera Paul's Case, composed by Gregory Spears, libretto by Kathryn Walat and Gregory Spears and conducted by Robert Wood.
BWW Review: Elvis Costello's THE JULIET LETTERS Revived by Urban Arias
Running a small opera company requires innovation enough, but Washington's Urban Arias goes further, by commissioning new works, or finding pieces that are little known or rarely performed and infusing them with reliable company talent that can electrify their purposely small audiences.
Cellista Previews LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL Ahead Of New Album
Ahead of her new 'Transfigurations' album, groundbreaking experimental cellist and multidisciplinary artist Cellista presents 'Look Homeward, Angel', a cutting edge genre-bending track featuring the lyrics and rhymes of hip hop artist DEM ONE (a.k.a. Demone Carter) and beautiful soprano vocals by Melissa Wimbish. As a stage poem, 'Transfigurations' is a multi-media work that includes dance, poetry, original classical compositions, noise and sound textures.
Alexandra Silber to Lead CAMELOT at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Shakespeare Theatre Company today announces the cast of Lerner and Loewe's multiple Tony Award-winning musical Camelot. Directed by STC Associate Artistic Director Alan Paul (Kiss Me, Kate; Man of La Mancha), the classic musical will play at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St NW) from May 22 through July 1, concluding STC's 2017-2018 mainstage season.
Signature's SIZZLIN' SUMMER NIGHTS Cabaret Series Announced
Virginia's Signature Theatre opens its air-conditioned doors once again for the annual Sizzlin' Summer Nights Series. Two and a half weeks of live music and performances by Signature favorites and DC area stars. The cabaret series runs July 5 through July 22, with a different performance every night.
Composer/Violist Jessica Meyer Presents Two Premieres in NYC, 4/30
Continuing a flurry of activity, composer/violist Jessica Meyer looks ahead to two premieres in NYC. On April 30, the well-regarded new music collective counter)induction premieres Sagrada Familia at the Brooklyn Public Library. And, in her largest-scale work to date, NOVUS NY premieres Through which we flow at Trinity Church Wall Street on May 18.
Composer Jessica Meyer To Premiere Four Works In Spring
Jessica Meyer is an established violist and educator whose playing has been described as 'fierce and lyrical' by the The Strad. She is a member of the well-regarded new music collective counter)induction, and a widely-traveled soloist. In recent years, composition has become central to her many musical endeavors.