C&V Cycle 10 (2019-21) — AOP

Composers & the Voice CYCLE 10 (2019-21)

2019-21 Fellows

composer

Alaina Ferris

MATT FREY - COMPOSERThe music of Brooklyn-based composer Matt Frey creates intimately sentimental sonic worlds inflected with churning rhythms, minimalist-like textures, and extended moments of restless tension. Frey’s music comprises song cycles, m… — composer

Matt Frey

AMANDA HOLLANDER - LIBRETTISTAmanda Hollander is a librettist and fiction writer. Her opera Emperor’s New Clothes with composer Nicky Sohn was workshopped in Los Angeles in 2018. Her new libretto, Quake, set by composer Kay Rhie, will premiere throu… — librettist

Amanda Hollander

MICHAEL LANCI - COMPOSERMichael Lanci is a composer and educator currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. His music is viscerally engaging and stylistically diverse, drawing from a wide range of influences. Most recently, Michael was a finalist for… — composer

michael lanci

MARY PRESCOTT - COMPOSERMary Prescott is a Thai-American interdisciplinary artist, composer and pianist who explores the foundations and facets of identity and social conditions through experiential performance. Prescott is a 2019/20 Resident Artist… — composer

Mary Prescott

composer

Jessica Rudman

TONY SOLITRO - COMPOSERTony Solitro is an active composer of concert and stage music. Commissions include works for Utah Opera (Burial, Golden Spike Commission), Boston Opera Collaborative (She’s Fabulous, Triangle, A Case of Anxiety), MIFA Victory … — composer

TONY SOLITRO

librettist

Jay St. Flono

SINGERS

Hailed by The New York Times as possessing "a deep reservoir of expressive devices", soprano JUSTINE ARONSON’s interpretations have consistently captured the attention of those producing new music, earning her premieres with composers including Davi… — JUSTINE ARONSON
Soprano

AUGUSTA CASO (mezzo-soprano), made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2018 as a Flowermaiden in Wagner’s Parsifal, and her LA Opera debut in Getty’s Canterville Ghost. In 2019, she sang the title role in the world premiere of Laura Schwendinger’s Artem… — AUGUSTA CASO
Mezzo-soprano

BRANDON COLEMAN (Bass-Baritone) has been praised for his “exotic vocal coloring” by Opera News and “wonderful resonance” by Classical Singer. He commands the stage with his confidence and lures the audience with his voice. He has performed with Hawa… — BRANDON COLEMAN
Bass-Baritone

An active interpreter of Art Song, Opera and new music, MARIO DIAZ-MORESCO (baritone) is garnering attention for his versatility and strong stage presence. Mr. Diaz-Moresco studied at the University of Colorado, the University of Southern California… — MARIO DIAZ-MORESCO
Baritone

JASMINE MUHAMMAD
Soprano

TIMOTHY STODDARD (tenor) has sung the roles of Liberto/Lucano in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with Bare Opera, Milord Fideling in the American premiere of Salieri’s La cifra with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, 1st Armored Man/Second Priest in T… — TIMOTHY STODDARD
Tenor

Instructors

Steven Osgood C&V Artistic Director — Steven Osgood
C&V Artistic Director

Mila Henry Head of Music — Mila Henry
Head of Music

Matt Gray Head of Drama — Matt Gray
Head of Drama

Mark Campbell Libretto Writing — Mark Campbell
Libretto Writing

Mary Birnbaum Acting — Mary Birnbaum
Acting

Terry Greiss Improv Studies — Terry Greiss
Improv Studies

Kelly Horsted Music Director — Kelly Horsted
Music Director

Mentors

Du Yun Composer Angel’s Bone — Du Yun
Composer
Angel’s Bone

Missy Mazzoli Composer Breaking the Waves, Proving Up, Songs From the Uproar — Missy Mazzoli
Composer
Breaking the Waves, Proving Up, Songs From the Uproar

Ricky Ian Gordon Composer 27, The Grapes of Wrath, Morning Star — Ricky Ian Gordon
Composer
27, The Grapes of Wrath, Morning Star

Tobias Picker Composer Emmeline, Dolores Claiborne, Thérèse Raquin — Tobias Picker
Composer
Emmeline, Dolores Claiborne, Thérèse Raquin

Huang Ruo Composer An American Soldier, Sun-Yat Sen, M. Butterfly — Huang Ruo
Composer
An American Soldier, Sun-Yat Sen, M. Butterfly

Kimberly Reed Librettist / Filmmaker As One, Today it Rains, Hometown to the World — Kimberly Reed
Librettist / Filmmaker
As One, Today it Rains, Hometown to the World

David T. Little Composer Dog Days, JFK, Soldier Songs — David T. Little
Composer
Dog Days, JFK, Soldier Songs

Royce Vavrek Librettist JFK, Dog Days, 27, Breaking the Waves — Royce Vavrek
Librettist
JFK, Dog Days, 27, Breaking the Waves

SONGS (FIRST GLIMPSE)

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Scenes

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