Magdalene at Prototype Festival by Gregory Moomjy Despite all the chronological milestones that were recently achieved, the new year, a new decade, 2020 marks one important milestone in American history which should not go unrecognized. A century ago, in 1920 Congress ratified the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Appropriately the classical music…Continue reading REVIEW: Magdalene
REVIEW: Blood Moon
Blood Moon at Prototype Festival by Gregory Moomjy Opera is full of ghost stories. Throughout the centuries audiences have thrilled to Lucia going insane while being tormented by the spirits of Scottish paramours or watching the Flying Dutchman’s quest for unconventional love unto death. In more modern times, the ghosts in John Corigliano’s Versailles have…Continue reading REVIEW: Blood Moon
REVIEW: Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni at Bronx Opera by Gregory Moomjy It’s scary to think that it is almost ten years since I was in college. As a budding musicologist it should come as no surprise that I took an Introduction to Music History and to this day one assignment stands out. Our professor instructed us to write…Continue reading REVIEW: Don Giovanni
Iron & Coal: Jeremy Schonfeld and Kevin Newbury
Prototype Festival 2020, January 10 & 11, 2020 JEREMY SCHONFELD, Composer, Creator & Performer is a singer/songwriter, composer/lyricist, producer, mentor, teacher, and actor. His concept album “Iron & Coal”, produced in Vienna, Austria with producing partners Beat4Feet, was nominated for several Amadeus Awards, and in May of 2018, a multimedia concert-event based on the album,…Continue reading Iron & Coal: Jeremy Schonfeld and Kevin Newbury
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Prototype Festival 2020, January 17 & 18 Julian Wachner, Composer Julian was named one of Musical America’s Top 30 Professionals for 2018—serves as director of music at Trinity Church Wall Street, overseeing an annual season of hundreds of events. Besides serving as principal conductor of NOVUS NY, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and the…Continue reading REV. 23