I prefer to conductors who have genius, those who have rehearsals.
-Maurice Ravel
Someone on Google+ posted this, and said he read it in a essay by Leibowitz. I can’t find any source other than that, but heck, it’s in a essay so it must be true. Right?
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, (born 6 July, 1605; died 1 November, 1648)
“Wer bin ich, Herr”
There is a 9-year old in a bikini playing the oboe in my dining room. And I’m still in my pajamas. Ah, summer.
Worried that your oboe is too assertive? Try the oboe d’amore
Yep … they’re at it again! It’s another “Assembly Required” event. This time it’s “puccinimission”!
In case you’re too lazy to click through, I’m gonna steal and post it here:
• Full orchestra, unrehearsed, assembled on the spot
• Hosted by — conductor Jennifer Peterson, directors Eric Einhorn (I), Jonathon Field (II, III), Marc Verzatt (IV), dramaturg Cori Ellison and live classical music weblog or twitter journalists to be announced
• Audience encouraged to interact digitally
• Live videostreaming via Ustream
Act I – Tuesday, August 16, 7-10pm
CAST: Roseanne Ackerley, Glenn Seven Allen, David Adam Moore, Michael Weyandt, Cory Clines, Lawrence Long
HOSTS: Jennifer Peterson, Eric Einhorn, Cori Ellison
Act II – Sunday, August 21, 7-10pm
CAST: Roseanne Ackerley, Sharin Apostolou, Ryan MacPherson, Kenneth Overton, Michael Weyandt, Cory Clines, Ryan Allen
HOSTS: Jennifer Peterson, Jonathon Field, Cori Ellison
Act III – Tuesday, August 23, 7-10pm
CAST: Kerri Marcinko, Caroline Worra, Ryan MacPherson, James Bobick
HOSTS: Jennifer Peterson, Jonathon Field, Cori Ellison
Act IV – Sunday, August 28, 7-10pm
CAST: Kerri Marcinko, Caroline Worra, Ryan MacPherson, Gregory Gerbrandt, Michael Weyandt, Kevin Burdette
HOSTS: Jennifer Peterson, Marc Verzatt, Cori Ellison
For complete details, click to view the Press Release.
Interested in playing in the orchestra? Click here to view the Call for Orchestral Players.
And click to make a donation to operamission through Fractured Atlas, our Fiscal Sponsor.
So I’ll be there only for Act II, as it’s all I could manage, but it should be loads of fun! I’ll get to meet a few people I yak with on Twitter, too!
