Violinist Julie Rosenfeld has invited five composers with whom she had worked over the past 30 years, to each write a work for violin and piano. The composers include Kenneth Fuchs, Katherine Hoover, John Halle,
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Laura Kaminsky’s big-bite idea to write the score for a contemporary opera inspired by the life of Georgia O’Keeffe suits the grand genre and subject matter. It also begs a question: How to portray in
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As One is the most frequently produced contemporary opera with two dozen productions scheduled since premiere at BAM in 2014. Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed’s chamber opera As One was the 14th most-performed
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John von Rhein, Contact Reporter, Chicago Tribune December 26, 2016 Here in Chicago there were things to regret, of course, but classical music lovers had much else to be grateful for, good things that perhaps
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MENLO PARK, Calif. (November 14, 2017) – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the first 10 recipients of its Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions, an $8 million commissioning initiative that is the largest of
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by Anne Midgette in The Washington Post | Nov 3, 2017 The headline looks like a spoof: “There’s a good reason there are no great female composers.” The article beneath it eviscerates the outputs of
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“I’ve always found the making of art to be fascinating. When I was a kid, growing up in Manhattan, my younger sisters and I would incorporate what we were learning at out various lessons — piano,
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By Anne Midgette | August 4, 2017 “Kaminsky has an extensive background in teaching and administration in addition to a long catalogue of chamber and orchestral works. The success of her first chamber opera, “As One” (2014),
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Opera Parallèle is delighted to announce OPERA America’s Grants for Female Composers has awarded $21,000 to Opera Parallèle to support the commission of composer Laura Kaminsky to create and premiere “Today It Rains”, in collaboration
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A new initiative bringing stories with purpose to all audiences Santa Fe Opera announces the launch of Opera for All Voices: Stories of our Time, a new initiative committed to telling wide-ranging stories that resonate with
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The Inspiration Between Music and Art with Laura Kaminsky and Rebecca Allan The Burchfield Penney Art Center is pleased to announce a multi-media artists-in-residence program. Composer Laura Kaminsky and visual artist Rebecca Allan will discuss
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A review from the Houston Chronicle, following the premiere of the new Kaminsky-Campbell-Reed opera, writes: “Some Light Emerges, the new opera commissioned by Houston Grand Opera through its community collaborative initiative, dives right into Rothko
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[In “Some Light Emerges”] Kaminsky has a knack for making characters sound real even while singing operatic lines. Director Robin Guarino’s fluent staging helped all (the characters’) human traits come across. Conductor Bradley Moore and
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Since its earliest days, 5BMF’s artistic programming has maintained a particular focus on the emergence of new music in New York City, regardless of genre. This dedication, coupled with our mission to celebrate the city
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AOP Composer-in-Residence Laura Kaminsky receives gold medal of honor from the President of Poland NEW YORK – On Wednesday, May 4th, our beloved Composer-in-Residence Laura Kaminsky was decorated with the Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (Gold Cross of Merit)
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