The Giver Tulsa Opera will be producing The Giver January 10-11, 2015. This is the opera’s first “second production”, following its premiers in commissioning cities Kansas City and Minneapolis in […]

Hermestänze I am so pleased to post this response from Ani Kavafian, one of the leading violinists of our day, Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and […]

The News from Poems The staged reading of The News from Poems came off terrifically on November 2 at The Cell in New York.  The producer, Center for Contemporary Opera, […]

November 2 at 8 pm: Center for Contemporary Opera is producing the first half of The News from Poems in a gently staged reading at The Cell Theater, 338 w. […]

The News from Poems, a large-scale opera about American doctor/poet William Carlos Williams, will have a staged reading of the first half of the opera by Center for Contemporary Opera […]

THE GIVER Minnesota Opera is going ahead with their webcast (actually two) of The Giver. Here is their news release about it – and here is the site. Friday May […]

The Giver (chamber opera) I am thrilled to report that the opera played to 5 sold out houses (900 seat theater) in Kansas City. Lois Lowry joined me there for […]

The Giver January 14, 2012 Lyric Opera of Kansas City (world premier) April 27-29, 2012, Minnesota Opera After nearly two years of living inside the fascinating and troubling universe created […]

The Giver , by Lois Lowry – soon to be an opera near you. Minnesota Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City have commissioned me to write libretto and score […]

Miranda’s Waltz On May 31, 2009, Miranda’s Waltz, for orchestra and narrator/actor, commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra, premiered at the Kennedy Center. The two concerts in the big, beautiful […]