by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2015
The Paul Dresher Ensemble commissioned Paul Dresher and Alvin Curran each to compose a chamber violin concerto for acclaimed Bay Area violinist David Abel. The two works were developed collaboratively by the composers, soloist, and members of The Ensemble. Dresher’s...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 28, 2015
Taj Mahal collaborating with Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center Award: $40,000 Performing Arts grant awarded in 2008 Published and premiered: October 2009 Musician Taj Mahal collaborated with Los Cenzontles Touring Group to create a song cycle for the American worker....
by Frances Phillips | Aug 21, 2015
Composer Gang Situ collaborated with the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco (Chinese Culture Center) to create an original two-act opera, The Grand Seducers: Giovanni Meets Xi-men Qing. The piece, Gang Situ’s first for the operatic stage, was based in...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 14, 2015
Sara Felder’s Melancholy, A Comedy, is a solo play that seeks to surmount society’s silence and discomfort around mental illness in a time when 20th century western constructions of “insanity” are being challenged. Combining comic monologue, circus tricks,...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 25, 2015
There is an old Roma folk saying, “In the beginning the Jews were Gypsies and the Gypsies were Jews until God made us change places!” It recognizes how deeply intertwined the cultures of the Eastern European Roma and Jews are as a result of their shared experiences...
