B. Allen Schulz

Well… the good news is that my children’s opera, with libretto by Jeff LaGreca, has been accepted in the NYC International Fringe Festival. Jeff and I are excited that our work has been recognized this way. We’ll be deciding soon if we’ll be mounting a performance there in August, 2008. We are both leaning towards performing at the festival, but we have to finance the musicians, costumes, sets, and other artistic properties ourselves. And, we’ll need to re-cast some of the roles–partly because the originators of the children’s roles have grown up over the past 1.5 years. Jeff and I are meeting soon to figure out what we need to do to get this off the ground. I’ll report back here soon with our final decision!

Please join me and my fellow composers of the Random Access Music composers’ collective on May 2 and May 4 for six world premieres, performed by the Lost Dog New Music Ensemble. This performance will be the third year of collaboration between RAM and Lost Dog. Joining the Lost Dog players will be special guest artist, mezzo-soprano Hai-Ting Chinn. My own work, Still Life (with Monkey), is a playful romp inspired by my daughter, Naomi’s careful placement of objects on our coffee table. Included in Naomi’s composition was a toy monkey.

Friday, May 2, 2008, @ 8:00 pm
The Tenri Cultural Institute
43-A West. 13th Street (near 6th Ave.)
Manhattan, NYC
Tickets: $15 online; $20 at the door; $15 for seniors; $7 for students

and

Sunday, May 4, 2008, @ 2:00 pm
Queens Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing Queens, NYC
Admission to this concert is FREE!

The works on the concert will be:

Jonathan Pieslak Banchetul, for Soprano
David Fetherolf Septuagenaria, for Flute, Piano, and Cello
Erin Rogers Primary Colors, for Flute, Clarinet, & Piano
Manly Romero Remember, Father, for Violin & Piano
B. Allen Schulz Still Life (with Monkey), for Clarinet & Cello
I. The Fruit: Apples and Oranges
II. The Knife and the Bowl
III. (and the Monkey)
Stefan Weisman CalabiYau Songs, for Violin, Piano, & Soprano

The Lost Dog Players are: Laura Barger (Piano), Miranda Cuckson (Violin), Chistine Perea (Flute), Tom Piercy (Clarinet), and Clarice Jensen (Cello).