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End of April features a sneakpeek of a new Cockey &
Cockey Opera! Boise, ID - Monday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. Opera Idaho Studio - 513 S. 8th St. –
access studio from the parking lot.
FREE - open to the public - Audience questions and feedback
welcome.
Wine
and cheese will be served.
You are invited to an opera workshop: An introduction to the project, an opera
by Jim Cockey, composer, and Bernadine Cockey, playwright; followed by 20 minutes of
the new work, featuring Opera Idaho performers with piano accompaniment in a recital
format. After the performance the audience will be asked for input -- positive,
negative, curious, encouraging, discouraging…it’s all helpful and enlightening!
What is
a workshop? A workshop is a venue familiar to the theater world, but less so to the
musical world. At a workshop an audience previews a work-in-progress for the purpose
of helping the writers and producers discover the work's potential strengths and weaknesses.
This is a rare, almost unique, opportunity to experience and influence an emerging
artistic endeavor.
This opera is a modern re-telling of the Odyssey.
Corporate CEO
John Odysseus disappeared on a “business trip” in the Middle East.
For seven years his wife Penny—certain that he is alive and well and
eventually coming back home—has kept the company going, and the blood hounds at bay… yet
she knows she can only hold out for so long…she is outnumbered by those who want
John declared dead and to assume control of the company. In the opening scene,
they’ve all gathered in the boardroom, ready to force Penny’s hand.
But John is alive,
and another scene features a duet between Odysseus and his captor, Calypso… The
Gift of the Elk, a Suite for Native American Flute and Orchestra is being premiered by Joseph FireCrow (of Sym #2
fame) and the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestro Jung-ho Pak, April 10 & 11, 2010 (Sat. at 8
p.m. & Sunday at 3 p.m.) at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center in Hyannis, Ma. What an event this will be!
My first East Coast premier. Photographer Glenn Oakley (of Sym #3 fame) has contributed 12 stunning slides to augment
this performance. In addition to playing his flutes, Joe will be singing and playing drums and shakers. This is
going to be a very special event for sure, so if you can't make it, send a friend! I hope to see you there.
Symphony #3 ("An Idaho Symphony") IS HERE!!! You can get
it through this web site. Price is $20.00 plus s/h $2.50 and tax $1.20. So generally it comes out costing $23.70.
It is a part of a 2-disc collection of new works by living composers of the Americas. The collection, released by ERM
Media and distributed by Naxos, is called Made in the Americas. Go to the "CDs
for sale" section above and order. I'll send it to you post haste. And don't forget Volante, ($15) the CD produced
by the Langroise Trio, that includes "Ithica" which was featured on NPR's Performance Today. With Carl Rowe's
artwork adorning the cover, this is a visual beauty as well as an aural treat.
Listen to Idaho Autumn - opening
Listen to Idaho Winter - opening
Listen to Idaho Spring - opening
Listen to Idaho Summer - opening
Listen to page 24 of ID Spring
The above excerpts are from the Millennium Symphony's recording of Symphony #3 ("An Idaho Symphony",) now available through this web site. Dear Idaho Arts Quarterly readers, Click the "Listen
to page 24" text above to hear what the printed score excerpt sounds like.
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