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Jonathan McCullough (Dominic Mercer)
“Soldier Songs” starts with a shot of a large tree in an empty field in late October, slightly right of center. Its leaves have fallen, showing off the lines of craggy branches. At first, you hardly notice the small figure on the left, dwarfed by the towering tree. The character, simply named Soldier, hesitates before moving toward the tree.
Next we see that Soldier lives in a trailer, surrounded by a picnic table, a grill, a lawn chair, and a smattering of junk. There is nothing else around him but the open field.
“He’s a solitary person,” said Jonathan McCullough, a baritone opera singer who both plays Soldier and makes his directorial debut with this film adaptation of the opera. “He’s someone who has signed up for service and now is experiencing symptoms of PTSD.”
âI Have a Dreamâ will be put to music in Milton
By Robert Knox Globe Correspondent,Updated January 14, 2021, 1:22 p.m.
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Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University s Center for Antiracist Research.Steven Senne/Associated Press
A prominent author and historian will offer his thoughts on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a vocalist who has performed with the Boston Pops will perform a musical version of Kingâs historic âI Have a Dreamâ speech in a livestream concert at the end of this month.
Milton Community Concerts will feature a group of Black performers and composers, plus reflections by National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi in the benefit âStill Dreaming: A Musical Tributeâ taking place on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend: January 13–19, 2021
Give back to the community, shop more fukubukuro deals and get rid of things you don’t need to make room for positive vibes in 2021.
January 13, 2021
Saturday, January 16, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We may be a few weeks into 2021 already, but fukubukuro deals aren’t done yet. Vendors at Koko Marina Center’s monthly craft fair will be offering deals of up to 90% off, along with a scavenger hunt with more than a thousand dollars’ worth of prizes. Expect fresh goodies from Sun Farm Hawai‘i, baby items, jewelry and more from dozens of tents and tables spaced out around the center. Past vendors have included Strawai‘i (reusable bamboo straws), Huff ‘n Puff Hawai‘i (okoshi snacks), Tasty Jerky Hawai‘i, Podagee Horseshoe and Hilo Soap Co. The combination sidewalk sale/farmers market will continue on the third Saturday of each month throughout 2021.
Tyshawn Sorey: The Busiest Composer of the Bleakest Year
An artist straddling jazz and classical styles had perhaps the most exciting fall in new music.
Tyshawn Sorey, a composer and multi-instrumentalist, conducting his song sequence “Cycles of My Being” in a filmed presentation by Opera Philadelphia.Credit.Dominic M. Mercier
Jan. 1, 2021
“Everything Changes, Nothing Changes”: Tyshawn Sorey wrote the string quartet that bears that title in 2018. But the sentiment is so tailor-made for the past year that when the JACK Quartet announced it would stream a performance of the work in December, I briefly forgot and assumed it was a premiere, created for these tumultuous yet static times.