Going forward, all scores and licensing agreements for my operas will be handled by E.C. Schirmer. As of today (December 20, 2022), there are already direct links on the E.C. Schirmer website for copies of The Beautiful Bridegroom or An Embarrassing Position:
https://www.ecspublishing.com/the-beautiful-bridegroom-dan-shore-opera.html
https://www.ecspublishing.com/an-embarrassing-position-dan-shore-opera.html
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Wednesday, April 21 at 1:00pm is the virtual premiere of my new song cycle, Five Songs from Anna Berkowitz, performed by soprano Jardena Gertler-Jaffe and pianist Diana Borshcheva. Commissioned by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, these are five arrangements of Yiddish folksongs that were recorded by the ethnomusicologist Ruth Rubin in 1955 and 1961 from the singing of Anna Berkowitz in Montreal. Thank you to Alex Weiser and everyone at YIVO for this incredible invitation to work with the materials from the Ruth Rubin Archive.
The video will remain online after the premiere, both on YouTube and Facebook.
Continuing Evolution 2: Yiddish Folksong in Classical Music | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
On Thursday, April 8 (new date!) at 7:00pm Central Time (8:00pm Eastern Time), Dara Rahming, Wilfred Delphin, and I will present a talk on Freedom Ride as part of New Orleans Opera’s adult education lecture series.
I am deeply honored to have been included in The Washington Post’s list of “21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow.” Thank you to Michael Andor Brodeur for this extraordinarily generous assessment, and congratulations to all of the other phenomenal musicians here!
Composers and performers to keep your ears open to in 2021 - The Washington Post
On January 23, MassOpera will be broadcasting a video from their fantastic 2018 production of The Beautiful Bridegroom. The video will be available on YouTube at 8:00pm, with a pre-show at 7:00pm with cast members Emily Harmon and Abigail Whitney Smith. Directed by Cassie Lovering and conducted by Brendon Shapiro, the cast also features Jennifer Soloway, Kristin Fahning, Celeste Pellegrino, and Jaime Hartzell.
Madame Kirsten’s Pregame Dating Show & Bridegroom Broadcast | MassOpera
The direct link to the performance is here:
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On October 21, MassOpera is sharing a video of highlights from last November’s workshop/staged reading of Freedom Ride. The video will be available on YouTube at 8:00pm, and to celebrate the launch, there will be a Zoom panel discussion at 7:00pm with me, music director Lidiya Yankovskaya, and cast members Alicia Russell and Ron Williams, moderated by Michael J. Bobbitt.
https://massopera.org/events/freedom-ride-panel-and-broadcast/
The direct link to the performance is here:
Very excited to share this terrific new video of “I’m On My Journey” from Freedom Ride, with Vince Wallace, Kim Jones, and the Chicago Opera Theater chorus conducted by Adrian Dunn. Our director of visual design was Rasean Davonte Johnson, and the audio mixing and mastering by Ken Silber at Silken Audio. It has been a joy to work with these friends again while sheltering in place. Thank you to everyone at Chicago Opera Theater, especially communications director Beth Stewart-Tur, general director Ashley Magnus and music director Lidiya Yankovskaya!
On July 2, Opera del West presents the internet premiere of Mozart's ZOOMpresario, a new English-language adaptation of The Impresario created for these times of online auditions and online opera performances. With Theodora Cottarel, Aurora Martin, Joel Edwards, and Rosie Osser; stage direction by Brenda Huggins, and music direction by Eve Kochen Budnick.
I am very pleased to announce the release of soprano Michelle Murray Fiertek's CD Every Tiny Thing on Albany Records! The CD features a recording of my piece "The Cowboy's Life" accompanied by Michael Korman on piano and Luciana Arraes on violin.
You can order a copy of the CD from your local record store, buy it directly from Albany Records, or download it on iTunes.
Special thanks to Eve Kochen Budnick and the Rivers School Conservatory for commissioning and premiering this piece in 2017 at their annual Seminar on Contemporary Music.