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Gargoyle Garden Rehearsals Begin
We have finished our first two rehearsals for Gargoyle Garden. On Tuesday (7/15) and Wednesday, the cast met and began the long, hard work of learning the music to the show. Everyone was high-energy and enthusiastic, and we made alot of headway into the score. But, after three grueling hours on Tuesday, I could see…
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Gargoyle Garden casting: Complete!
Well, that was not that painful in the end… choosing the cast was long and arduous, and–as I noted in a previous post–was very sad when it came time to send rejection notices. But, we now have all the roles cast and I have to begin scheduling rehearsals!! The cast for the 2008 NYC international…
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Casting and rejection
Well, we’re almost done casting Gargoyle Garden for the August run. We’ve cast every role except “Annabel”, and we’ve narrowed that down to two wonderful little girls. Either one of them will do quite nicely. We’re simply working through our pros and cons at this point. But, let me say this: I hate casting. I…
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Gargoyle Garden venue and performance dates
Hey! Ho! Kerrack-kerah!! We have our venue and our dates for the 5 performances of Gargoyle Garden! We’ll be performing the show on the main (upstairs) stage at the Bleeker Street Theater, 45 Bleeker Street in the East Village (@ the corner of Lafayette and Bleeker. The 6, B, D, V, and F subway trains…
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Gargoyle Garden update
Well, things are, uh…, proceeding. Good news/bad news/no news. Good news: Jeff and I have received our venue designation from the Fringe Festival organizers. It’s a great venue. I can’t tell you where it is yet, though, since the organizers are putting the final touches on where all of the festival’s 200 shows will be.…
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Gargoyle Garden in August
Well, after much thinking and pondering and consideration of the finances needed to bring Gargoyle Gardento the NYC international Fringe Festival, Jeff LaGreca and I decided to mount the show. So, we’ve been busy contacting some of the original performers to see if they’re interested and available. Some are. But some aren’t. So, we’ll need…
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Conductors = Robots?
well, it’s not that bad… The Robot’s movements are fairly fluid–although a bit, erm…, robotic. Also, the world did not end.
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NYC International Fringe Festival
Well… the good news is that my children’s opera, with libretto by Jeff LaGreca, has been accepted in the NYC International Fringe Festival. Jeff and I are excited that our work has been recognized this way. We’ll be deciding soon if we’ll be mounting a performance there in August, 2008. We are both leaning towards…
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Concert on May 2 and May 4
Please join me and my fellow composers of the Random Access Music composers’ collective on May 2 and May 4 for six world premieres, performed by the Lost Dog New Music Ensemble. This performance will be the third year of collaboration between RAM and Lost Dog. Joining the Lost Dog players will be special guest artist,…
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me: social entrepreneur
Last Fall, Steve Charles, one of the editors of the Wabash College alumnae magazine, contacted me to see if I’d be willing to participate in an online interview about social entrepreneurship. He seemed to think that my many activities with the Astoria Music Society as well as with the Random Access Music composers’ collective made…
