Ryan Ebright

Musicologist at @BGSUCMA. I write about opera, new music, American music. Bylines: @nytimesmusic, @operanews, @newyorker, @newmusicbox. he/him/his

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Delighted to announce that I've received one of this year's Kurt Weill Prizes from @KurtWeillFndn, for my 2019 article "Doctor Atomic or: How John Adams Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sound Design" (@CambUP_Music/@CambridgeUP Opera Journal).
https://t.co/OsvADwZPX2

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Didn't have a tuba quartet medley of Tainted Love, Paint It Black, and Sweet Dreams on my bingo card today, yet here we are.

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@SocAmMusic @MinimalismSoc

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CALL FOR PAPERS
SPECIAL ISSUE ON MEREDITH MONK
The new editorial team of American Music is excited to invite submissions for a special issue that will explore topics, issues, & debates surrounding the art & music of Meredith Monk. Details at: https://t.co/6MewfVTHn9

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@classicalbeat Yes, please.

[NYPL_Music @nyplmusic]

The finding aid for the Pauline Oliveros collection is published! Oliveros was an avant-garde composer born in 1932. She studied music at the University of Houston (1949-1952) and San Francisco State College (1954-1956) and was a pioneer in electronic music.

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👏 👏 👏

[BGSU Music Library @MLBSSA]

If you'd like to read more about our partnership with the Internet Archive, click on this link: https://t.co/u4w9jot5O9

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Henahan liked it; audiences did too, per a company memo from 1972: "The Company has received the ultimate accolade: FAUST COUNTER FAUST and MOTHER OF US ALL were pirated from the Hunter College performances and are being sold at $25 per show in New York's recording black market."

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Of the many U.S. opera companies formed after WWII, few were as adventurous as @mnopera. For the July issue of @OPERANEWS I wrote about the founding & radical early years of the company, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. https://t.co/GYIBZOWgB7

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The image above comes from John Gessner and Wesley Balk's "Faust Counter Faust," which sounds truly wild. Here's a snippet from Donal Henahan's 1971 review in the NY Times:

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@DougShadle I found myself wondering the same thing this morning.

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@ZerbinettasBlog John Luther Adams, Become Relax

[composers doing normal shit @NormalComposers]

Composers being fathers: a thread.

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Fantastic news! The @librarycongress music division is top-notch.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

NEWS: The Library has acquired the music manuscripts and papers of contemporary American composer, conductor and writer John Adams.

Learn more: https://t.co/XEUNXxCr1n

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@ZerbinettasBlog Ugh

[VAN Magazine @vanmusicmag]

Minimalism was always more than its pioneering “Big Four.” This playlist by “On Minimalism” authors @kerry_ob & @seatedovation explores an alternative history of minimalism in music by John Coltrane, the Velvet Underground, Éliane Radigue, and many more.

https://t.co/OCSNY7RcrS

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@daifujikura That's excellent!

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I had a wonderful time talking to @daifujikura back in 2019 when his Shamisen Concerto premiered. You can read about it here: https://t.co/OSwXtm7ZBh

[London Sinfonietta @Ldn_Sinfonietta]

Here's a clip of Hidejiro playing last night 🤩 If you like what you hear, tickets are still available for our Fireworks concert tonight, where he'll play @daifujikura's Shamisen Concerto: https://t.co/poC9Jqlvav

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@SocAmMusic

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I wrote a short history of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha for @OPERANEWS in advance of not one but two(!) new productions/re-imaginings of the opera that open in the next few weeks, at @OTSL & @Luminato. You can read it here: https://t.co/LotCuA90BL

[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis @OTSL]

We’re thrilled that this important work is getting so much attention! Our production of Treemonisha opens this Saturday, May 20!