Composer and pianist Joy Redmond (she/her) was born in California in 1999 and grew up in Yonkers, New York. Her education includes a BM in Classical Voice from Denver University and MM in Classical Composition from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music.
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Upcoming performances include Breaking the Barrier: a setting of poems by Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay for choir, soloists, organ and jazz ensemble. As a regular performer of new and classic work, Laura's professional singing experience expands internationally. Current opera projects: La Alcaldesa, a full-length opera about Puerto Rico's “Doña Fela”, the first woman to be elected as mayor of a capital city in the Americas, and The Curious Lady of Lyme Regis, about paleontologist Mary Anning.
In addition to the American Opera Initiative, recent accomplishments include OPERA America IDEA Resident Composer at the National Opera Center, 2021-2022 & Finalist in BMP: "Next Gen" as part of Beth Morrison Projects, 2021. Recent commissions from Ensemble Pi, Canterbury Choral Society, Brick Church & Five Boroughs Music Festival. Laura Jobin-Acosta is a multi-cultural composer/soprano with a focus on vocal music. He has conducted over 400 world premieres, including Raven Chacon’s Voiceless Mass, which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize. He has led productions for Opera Omaha, Beth Morrison Projects, Tri-Cities Opera, PROTOTYPE, Teatro Grattacielo, Experiments in Opera, and more. In such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, MoMA, and Park Avenue Armory, Bloom has worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Jacaranda, Kronos Quartet, The Crossing, Dashon Burton, David Byrne, Helga Davis, Isabel Leonard, Hila Plitmann, and Dawn Upshaw, among others. He is Co-Artistic Director of both Contemporaneous and Present Music, Artistic Director of Queer Urban Orchestra, and Principal Conductor of the orchestras at NYU. David Bloom is a conductor equally at home in orchestral repertoire, opera, and new music, leading “ferocious and focused” ( New York Times) performances lauded for their “rhythmic precision and dynamic forward motion” ( Wall Street Journal). She teaches at Columbia University and NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and serves as a mentor to the NBO Musical Theatre Initiative in Nairobi, Kenya. She’s an alum of ALT’s Composer Librettist Development program. Worth and Fargo Moorhead Operas) Steal a Pencil for Me, with Gerald Cohen (Opera Colorado) Quamino’s Map with Errollyn Wallen, (Chicago Opera Theater) Dinner 43 with Michael Ching (Decameron Opera Coalition) and new adaptations of Fledermaus and Mozart’s Impresario for Anchorage Opera. Worth Opera, her operas include: The Knock, with Alexsandra Vrebalov for Glimmerglass Festival and Cincinnati Opera Murasaki’s Moon, with Michi Wiancko (On-Site Opera, Metropolitan Museum of Art and ALT) Embedded, with Patrick Soluri, (ALT, Ft. A three-time winner of the Frontiers Competition at Ft. She’s best known for her plays The Women of Lockerbie, produced internationally and My Lord, What a Night, produced at Ford’s Theatre and optioned for Broadway. Spending time with loved ones and my furry “children”, traveling (I was able to visit Iceland and Montreal just this spring!), dining out, and enjoying Omaha and all of the fun activities this wonderful city provides for us.Deborah Brevoort writes plays, musicals and operas. Outside of the office you can be found doing… : I can consume a lot of snacks in any given day. Resident DJ, karaoke singer, and I will occasionally attempt my skills as a breakout dancer. Oh, I can’t just pick one! I’m fortunate enough to say that every show holds a special place in my heart. Your all-time favorite opera or theatrical production: I’ve been known to make a mean crostini or two – right in the office kitchen! (Check our Twitter page from last fall and you will find some of our creations.) What is something you do in your position that people might not expect: Sitting through a Final Dress Rehearsal for the first time will truly take your breath away – such talent! Seeing the productions come to life on the main stage of the Orpheum Theater. Six-word summary of your job/duties/what you do:Įncourage company growth through generous giving.ĭescribe the best or most rewarding part of your job: Length of time you have worked with Opera Omaha:
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