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This is just a quick post to say that the “North American” premiere of Agamemnon is this coming Saturday. Here are the details: Date: 23 August 2008 Time: 7:30 PM Place: Swarthout Auditorium, Murphy Hall, University of Kansas Admission: FREE! While this is the same show that we produced in Greece, transplanting it from [...] I’m pleased to say that we all made it successfully and safely back to the United States. We’ve actually been back for a couple weeks now, so this post is long overdue. Apologies! As promised, here is an update about our weekend trip to Corinth, Mycenae, and Nafplio. Corinth We left Katohi around 7 [...] It is now early August, and our time in Greece is rapidly coming to a close. I’m pleased to report that our performance of “Agamemnon” at the Oiniades Theatre Festival was a success. It was a unique cultural experience for me to sit in the midst of the Greek audience during the performance. To [...] Time flies. This past week was our “tech week”, meaning that every evening we rehearsed “Agamemnon” at the Oiniades theatre with full set and costumes. Our final dress rehearsal is this evening (Saturday), and Sunday evening is our performance. The mayor of the village of Katohi wants to take us out for dinner after [...] I’m typing this post from my hotel in Athens, Greece, where I am unbelievably able to pick up a wireless internet connection (with only one bar of signal!). Two years ago, when I made my first trip to Greece, I wrote a post right before I left. This time, I’m a little behind. [...] If you are in the Lawrence area, I recommend coming to see the play “Keely and Du.” It’s a controversial play that explores the gray areas of… well, you’ll just have to come find out for yourself. Nota bene: the play is not recommended for people under 16. When: April 4 – 12 [...] A I mentioned in my last post, I’m working on some music for a play my wife is directing at KU called “Keely and Du.” Tonight I finished the music for the very end, when the lights go down. It’s not the most uplifting play, if the music gives any indication of that. [...] As many of you know, I was in Greece this past summer, writing music for a production of “The Bacchae.” We first performed this play in as part of the Oiniades Theatre Festival back in July. Lo and behold, someone has created a 360-degree panorama view of the ancient theatre at Oiniades. Feast your [...] Classes at KU resume again tomorrow, which means that I begin teaching music theory again, plus taking several of my own classes. Henceforth begins my second year of Latin study, plus classes in conducting and Renaissance history. Composition is always on the forefront as well. I have several goals, a couple of which are to finish two movements of a string quartet, plus begin work on a commission by Gabriella Frank. Now that all the parts for “Persepolis” are finished, I feel like I can concentrate on creative tasks rather than tedious, repetitve part extraction! After over 24 hours of travel, we made it back home from Greece. After our show closed (which was a success), we had a lot of free time. There was time to go to the beach, drink coffee, have long dinners, spend several days on the island of Kathalonia, and most importantly, extract parts for “Persepolis.” More on that shortly. |
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