News
January 20, 2012
CAR CRASH OPERA - SHORT FILM PREMIER in ROCHESTER, NY — New animated cartoon short “Car Crash Opera” By Rochester Animator/ RIT Prof. Skip Battaglia. Screenings at The Little Theatre before all presentations of the feature film “The Artist.” CAR CRASH OPERA – PRESS RELEASE
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June 15, 2011
OPERA COMMISSION: Together with Michaela Eremiášová, we have been selected by the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University to compose a new operatic work for December 2012. The opera will be based on the play Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) by Federico Garcia Lorca.
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January 30, 2011
OLD FILMS & NEW MUSIC presented during the Kurt-Weill Festival at the Arsenal Kino, Berlin, Germany. In collaboration with composer Michaela Eremiášová. Curated by German film historian Prof. Reinhild Steingrover. Commissioned by the Kurt-Weill Festival in collaboration with the George Eastman House and the Eastman School of Music. Films from the 1910′s to 1930′s by Moholy-Nagy, Lotte Reiniger, and Walter Ruttmann
Eastman composers, performers, and faculty in Berlin with Kurt Weill Fest directors. Photos © 2011 Alexej Eremias
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September, 2010
Recipient of the 2010-2011 ASCAPLUS Award
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September 18, 2009
Recipient of the 2009-2010 ASCAPLUS Award
“The ASCAPLUS Awards Program is for writer members of any genre whose performances are primarily in venues not surveyed; and/or writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated.” More info. at: ASCAPLUS Awards
This year’s jury included H. Robert Reynolds, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Judith Clurman, conductor
and Director of Choral Activities at The Juilliard School, and Steve Smith, Classical Music editor for Time Out New York.
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July 29, 2009
CD RELEASE
From the Ministry of Culture of Colombia
Plan Nacional de Música para la Convivencia
“Conozca la publicación de los Premios Nacionales de Música en Composición 2007″
Leer/Read here
Escuchar/Listen here
More information about the Ministry of Culture of Colombia:
http://www.mincultura.gov.co/
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2009 Honors, Awards and Achievements of ASCAP Concert Members
More info. here
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May 2, 2009
Car Crash Opera has been selected for performance at the
2009 New York City Opear’s VOX Festival.
The festival will take place on the 1st and 2nd of May at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU. Visit: www.nycopera.com
See also [press release]
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“Beautiful, witty writing”
Matthew Levy
Director
Philadelphia Music Project
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“entertaining”
QOnStage.com
New York’s Performances and Arts Reviews
Full article here
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Film Scoring Concert – April 6, 2009
This event is a new collaborative project between the Eastman School of Music and George Eastman House.
The concert includes a presentation of the film Currents by filmmaker Stephanie Maxwell with music by Michaela Eremiášová and Jairo Duarte-López.
[press release] [watch]
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