Richard D. Russell » Shun Yang Lee http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 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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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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]]> http://rdrussell.com/great-rehearsal-of-time-is-not-an-option-at-bard-college/feed 0 Richard D. Russell Awarded a Commission by Fordham University’s “Poets Out Loud” http://rdrussell.com/richard-russell-awarded-a-commission-by-fordham-universitys-poets-out-loud http://rdrussell.com/richard-russell-awarded-a-commission-by-fordham-universitys-poets-out-loud#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:53:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/wordpress/richard-russell-awarded-a-commission-by-fordham-universitys-poets-out-loud/ Founded in 1992, Fordham University’s Poets Out Loud is charged with the mission “…to bring a public audience to Fordham‚Äôs Lincoln Center campus and to foster the appreciation, creation, and […]

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In Fall 2009, Poets Out Loud put out a call for scores for composers interested in collaborating with the poets of their organization. I am delighted to announce that I was awarded a commission for this project, and I was paired with poet Elisabeth Frost. I selected three of her poems and composed a cycle called “Time is Not an Option.”

The premiere will be Saturday, April 24 at 7:30pm at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus, Columbus Avenue at 60 Street, in the 12th Floor Lounge. The concert is free and open to the public.

The performers will be sopranos Clarissa Lyons and Ilana Zarankin, with Shun-Yang Lee on piano. Other composers on the bill include Martin Hennessy, Alexander Nohai-Seaman, Lawrence Kramer, and Mary Ann Joyce-Walter. In addition to my collaborator, Elisabeth Frost, other featured poets are Heather Dubrow, Edward Hirsch, Janet Kaplan, and D. Nurkse.

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