Thank you, Universe, for all the support and love of family, friends, and co-conspirators! The year squeals by fastfastfast; as gratefulness abounds, here’s my 2011 in review:
A performance piece I conceived based on French art songs, poetry and dance with Joanna Whitsett, Meg Brooker and Miranda Herbert: Voix et Harpe, premieres at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Sang a few notes and danced a Scottish jig with the Houston Grand Opera Chorus in Donizetti’s Lucia Lammermoor, directed by the inimitable and soft spoken John Doyle. Almost catastrophically missed a scene entrance that might have been an historic Chorister Ruins Big Production. Check.
Art directed way cool promo photoshoot with photographer Kerry Beyer and stylist Serret Jensen for my collaborative opera work Klytemnestra, a setting of my libretto by composer, Dominick DiOrio.
Designed the build out for the beautiful and funky livingroom-esque performance space, Divergence Music & Arts at Spring St Studios, built by Dave Nickerson and Devon Nickerson. The space opens with a monster soiree blessed by singers, dancers, musicians, actors, etc!: Meg Brooker, Amy Guerin, Alison Greene, Hsin-Jung Tsai, Chris Becker, Dennis Arrowsmith, Shelley Auer, Lainie Diamond, Michael Walsh, Natasha Manley and Kyle Evans.
Klytemnestra enjoys its standing room only world premiere at Divergence Music & Arts with Kyle Evans, Meredith Harris, Meg Brooker, Miranda Herbert and John Harvey.
I sang and played with pals Kyle Evans, Alison Greene, Michael Walsh, Natasha Manley and Valerie Hartzell at Rothko Chapel Houston.
We recorded Klytemnestra with Chris Bourque at Lone Star College Montgomery’s crazy-amazing new concert hall.
I art directed another way cool promo photoshoot for Divergence’s Autumn Soiree with photographer Kerry Beyer and stylist Serret Jensen, and costumes by Goth Goddess, Kambriel. Alison Green and moi model spooktacularly.
Our haunting Autumn Soiree premieres at Divergence Music & Arts with dance and puppetry; with moi and Alison Greene; composer, George Hearthco; actor, Jon Harvey; dancer, Meg Brooker; puppetry of Kelly Switzer; pianist, Jeremy Wood; and Mini Timmaraju, tabla.
I skied Colorado for 3 weeks, praying for snow. None fell.
Planning January 2012 recording at KUHF of Elliot Cole’s setting of my libretto, Selkie, a sea tale.
Buh-bye, 2011 & thanks for the ride!
M
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Klytemnestra - The Original Subversive Female
Klytemnestra - The Original Subversive Female
A new chamber opera by Dominick Diorio. Libretto by Misha Penton
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