Joshua Kosman March 3, 2021Updated: March 4, 2021, 7:22 am
Mezzo-soprano Hai-Ting Chinn performs “Science Fair: An Opera With Experiments.” Photo: Kate Milford
The presenter looks like any number of science popularizers you’ve seen on TV or in person. She’s got the white lab coat, the props oversize molecule models, vinegar and baking soda, a rock and the retractable pointer.
The difference is, she’s singing.
In “Science Fair,” billed as “an opera with experiments,” mezzo-soprano Hai-Ting Chinn holds the stage for 80 minutes, with only pianist Erika Switzer for company. In musical phrases as transparent as they are lovely, Chinn explains the Big Bang and the formation of the solar system, explores the structure of sound, and enlists a child volunteer from the audience to help her squeeze DNA molecules out of a strawberry.
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Cynthia Ling Lee in “Blood Run” as part of the Deborah Slater Dance Theater Studio 210 Residency Performance. Photo: Diana Chen, Deborah Slater Dance Theater
The month of March is typically dedicated to honoring mighty women and shining a light on the impactful ways they have brought change and contributed to the improvement of equal rights through the ages.
Women’s History Month is celebrated across the U.S. and around the world and corresponds with International Women’s Day (March 8). Bay Area organizations plan to recognize the celebration with a variety of virtual performances, activities and lectures aimed at highlighting women’s and girls’ power all month long.
Sonic Boom Music Festival doubles its offerings for spring 2021 â online, of course Festival offers a whole new set of programs, including music for oboe or English horn, compositions for organ and trombone, and various works for various combinations
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NATS names Jeffrey Ryan first place winner of 2021 Art Song Composition Award
posted on 8:00 AM, February 4, 2021
Drumroll, please… the 2021 winning composition is “Everything Already Lost”
Composer
Jeffrey Ryan has won first prize in the National Association of Teachers of Singing 2021 Art Song Composition Award for his work,
“Everything Already Lost.” As first prize winner, Ryan will receive $2,000 and the work will be performed at the 57th NATS National Conference, which is slated for July 2022 in Chicago. Additionally, the Cincinnati Song Initiative also will program the work on a future concert as part of its Americana series.
Ryan’s “Everything Already Lost” is an art song cycle for baritone and piano featuring the poetry of Jan Zwicky. The cycle premiered November 19, 2020, in a virtual concert by Music on Main and recorded at Chan Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, with Tyler Duncan, baritone and Erika Switzer, piano. The work is a four-song set.