Richard D. Russell » Clarissa Lyons http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 “Time is Not an Option” premieres at Fordham University, April 24, 2010 http://rdrussell.com/time-is-not-an-option-premieres-at-fordham-university-april-24-2010 http://rdrussell.com/time-is-not-an-option-premieres-at-fordham-university-april-24-2010#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:37:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/time-is-not-an-option-premieres-at-fordham-university-april-24-2010/ My new piece, “Time is Not an Option” premiered last Saturday, April 24, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. This piece was commissioned by the Poets Out Loud faculty of […]

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]]> My new piece, “Time is Not an Option” premiered last Saturday, April 24, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. This piece was commissioned by the Poets Out Loud faculty of Fordham. Unfortunately, the Fordham poet I was paired with, Elisabeth Frost, was unable to attend as she is in Europe on a Fulbright scholarship. Fordham’s poet-in-residence, Janet E. Kaplan, deputized in the reading of Frost’s poems. The esteemed musicologist, Lawrence Kramer, refereed the awarding of commissions, and was the evening’s emcee. As well, he offered up some of his own music and poetry.

The musicians came by way of Bard College in upstate New York. Soprano Ilana Zarankin sang many of the other songs this evening, and soprano Clarissa Lyons performed my particular cycle. Shun-Yang Lee was the evening’s accompanist.

Other composers on the evening included Martin Hennesey, Mary Anne Joyce-Walter, and Alexander Nohai-Seaman. The poems set to music were written by Edward Hirsch, D. Nurske, Janet Kaplan, and Heather Dubrow.

It was a great concert, so I’m posting a lot of pics here, Click image for a larger size.

Clarissa Lyons

Shun Yang, piano; Clarissa Lyons

Lawrence Kramer

Clarissa Lyons, Shun Yang, Richard Russell

Ilana Zarankin, Clarissa Lyons, Richard Russell

Janet Kaplan, Lawrence Kramer, Richard Russell

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]]> http://rdrussell.com/time-is-not-an-option-premieres-at-fordham-university-april-24-2010/feed 0 Great Rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option” at Bard College http://rdrussell.com/great-rehearsal-of-time-is-not-an-option-at-bard-college http://rdrussell.com/great-rehearsal-of-time-is-not-an-option-at-bard-college#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:51:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/great-rehearsal-of-time-is-not-an-option-at-bard-college/ Ilana Zarankin Yesterday I traveled to the beautiful Bard College campus in upstate New York to attend a rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option,” which premieres this Saturday. (…with […]

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Clarissa Lyons

Yesterday I traveled to the beautiful Bard College campus in upstate New York to attend a rehearsal of “Time is Not an Option,” which premieres this Saturday. (…with texts by Elisabeth Frost.) I heard a few of the other composers works, too, and I can say this will be a great concert!

I was so impressed with Bard’s Olin Hall I took a few pix to share with my iPhone. The sopranos are Ilana Zarankin and Clarissa Lyons, the pianist is Shun-Yang Lee. Each of them are superb.

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