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A Celebration of 20th Century Composers and the Launch of The Douglas Moore Songbook

Feb 14 2020 | 1:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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The National Opera Association, the Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera, and Opera Index In collaboration with The American Opera Project, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Hunter College and Manhattan School of Music Present

A CELEBRATION OF 20TH CENTURY COMPOSERS
Dominick Argento — Jack Beeson — Douglas Moore — Virgil Thomson
March 14, 2020, Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College,
1:30 to 5:00 pm

Session 1: 
Dominick Argento—An American Master of Lyric Opera, 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Video presentation by Libby Larsen, Composer
James Robinson, Artistic Director, Opera Theater of St. Louis
Gordon Ostrowski, National Opera Association
Recital of Argento Songs Soprano Lauren Flanigan and Mentoring House
American Opera through the Lens of Beeson and Moore, 3:00 to 3:50 pm
Miranda Beeson, Professor – Creative Writing and Literature, Stony Brook University
Susan Gonzalez, Director of Vocal Studies & Hunter Opera Theater, Hunter College
Virgil Thomson: The Father of American Opera & LORD BYRON Re-discovered, 4:00 to 4:50 pm
Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director, Encompass New Opera Theatre
Charles Fussell – President, Virgil Thomson Foundation
Selection from Lord Byron - Oswaldo Iraheta, Tenor and Mark Watson, Baritone And the launch of THE DOUGLAS MOORE SONGBOOK

Session 2:
 
Douglas Moore and the Defining of American Music, 6:30 to 7:45 pm
Jerry McBride, Head Librarian, Music Library, Stanford Libraries
Exclusive John Kander video interview on the Columbia University Opera Workshop
Michael Ching, Composer
Jay Lesenger, Stage Director
Douglas Moore Songbook Recital, 8:00 pm
Singers from The American Opera Project, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Hunter College, Manhattan School of Music, and Mentoring House
Reception to follow sponsored by Opera Index.

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930 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10065 United States

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Box office and theatre entrance through the Loewe Plaza at 68th Street between Lexington and Park Avenue

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