Four Freedoms

An #opera by #JosephCPhillipsJr @numinousmusic highlighting how through contemporary events, “everywhere in the world,” we are failing those Four Freedoms

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

1st amendment vs 2nd amendment
From @TheFourFreedoms opera: One has “not the absolute right to exercise & practice such beliefs in utter disregard of the clear constitutional rights of other citizens...”

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

WHAT THE FUCK!!! NOT WHAT WE DO IN AMERICA!

“Multiple armed gunmen storm Michigan’s State House, State police are protecting @GovWhitmer & blocking the gunmen from gaining access to the house floor.

NO MORE BULLSHIT ABOUT PROTECTING 2A. ARREST THEM!

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

Soprano Abigail Beerwat sings for all of those youth activists fighting for a change to come @TheFourFreedoms #JosephCPhillipsJr #EarthDay #EarthDay2020 #EarthDay50

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

With so much going on with the world spinning forward, it’s hard to believe it’s ONLY been ONE month today my “Four Freedoms” opera premiered by @MDOperaStudio
Video: Scene from Act 1 Freedom of Speech
Music/Libretto by #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic #TheFourFreedoms

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

The @MDOperaStudio rehearsing Act 4, #FreedomfromWant this evening from my #newopera @TheFourFreedoms @Numinousmusic #JosephCPhillipsJr #FourFreedomsOpera #MarylandOperaStudio Premiere Friday February 14th @TerpsMusic @TheClariceUMD

https://t.co/74xHNU1MZE

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

Has today’s America & world forgotten the Four Freedoms and what they mean? Find out, premiere one week from tonight of my @TheFourFreedoms opera @TheClariceUMD @TerpsMusic presented by @MDOperaStudio

Tickets are FREE https://t.co/twSTptJpLR

#josephcphillipsjr @numinousmusic

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

Good luck today @mdoperastudio as your work begins preparing my opera @TheFourFreedoms. Wish I was there today but looking forward to the February 14 premiere @TerpsMusic @TheClariceUMD !!! Thank you all!!! #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic #FourFreedoms #NewOpera

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

And @TheFourFreedoms was a nascent idea, even a year before my #MyTwitterAnniversary!

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

“...a party whose stances & candidates don’t command public support is supposed to lose the election...they hope to use all the structural advantages they enjoy...to overcome their greatest disadvantage of all: getting fewer votes than their opponents” https://t.co/3ZOfokcVzW

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

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“The court betrays the Constitution when it limits the people’s ability to govern themselves.” @mjs_DC Kagan’s dissent in Rucho v. Common Cause is part of libretto for Act 1 of “Four Freedoms” opera. Premiere 2020 @TheFourFreedoms #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic #WorldOperaDay

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

“...America today seems to have forgotten: In a democracy, the people choose the government; the government cannot be allowed to choose its people.”

“The people are sovereign” is at core of Act 1 #FourFreedomsOpera #JosephCPhillipsJr @MDOperaStudio

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[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

It seems to me that people aren't paying enough attention to William Barr's attack on "secularism", which is clearly part of a Trump administration strategy that should outrage and scare us 1/ https://t.co/GrCY3mlxAD

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

“...and right now, I don’t think this country protects us people of faith anymore.”—from “Four Freedoms”. Is this/what Barr says even true? On 2.14.20 @TerpsMusic see how far we’ve come from #TheFourFreedoms

#FourFreedomsOpera #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic #freedomofworhsip

[The Hill @thehill]

Attorney General Bill Barr: "This is not decay. This is organized destruction. Secularists and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and academia in an unremitting assault on religion & traditional values."

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

Happy 70th birthday to historian & friend @harveyjkaye! His wonderful book “The Fight for The Four Freedoms” crystallized my desire to turn FDR’s words into opera. @MDOperaStudio premiere 2.14.20 @TerpsMusic #josephcphillipsjr @Numinousmusic #thefourfreedoms #fourfreedomsopera

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

During last week’s mini-retreat in upstate New York I was able to finish the @TheFourFreedoms libretto for @MDOperaStudio (with a little “help” 🐕). Now onward to composing! #FourFreedomsOpera #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic #MarylandOperaStudio Premiere 2.14.20 @TerpsMusic

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

One theme explored in my “Four Freedoms” opera is how voter suppression/gerrymandering goes against the ideals of America. The story in article is how it’s done. #FourFreedomsOpera #TheFourFreedoms #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic @MDOperaStudio
https://t.co/lnH0wQolNp

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

@rosariodawson @VanJones68 & others in 21st-Century Remake of Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms" Series. Also reflecting today’s world #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic new opera @TheFourFreedoms for @MDOperaStudio 2.14.20 #TheFourFreedoms @for_freedoms

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[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

Exciting first meet and greet, and Act 3 table read for my new opera “Four Freedoms” this weekend!@MDOperaStudio #MDOperaStudio #MarylandOperaStudio #TheFourFreedoms #FourFreedomsopera #TheFourFreedomsopera #JosephCPhillipsJr #newopera

[Four Freedoms @TheFourFreedoms]

One Freedom composed and done! More Freedoms, and details on opera premiere, coming soon #TheFourFreedoms #JosephCPhillipsJr @Numinousmusic #newopera #mixedmusic #FreedomofWorship (btw the cover photo is from @for_freedoms, which you should know more about too)

[Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye]

Forthcoming @TheFourFreedoms opera by @Numinousmusic - inspired by FDR Four Freedoms speech and https://t.co/TYs9txoJ0H