Hello Phil,
First of all, thank you for including Crime of Righteousness on your website. It makes it seem as though it existed!
I would like to write another opera–this time a much smaller animal, about 40 minutes long, with parts for three soloists and a chorus. I’m not sure how I’ll score it, but not for string quartet alone. It’s likely to have a saxophone, and oboe, strings, and piano. It’s about the history of communication. There are five scenes. 1. John Cabot and other Englishmen share a concert with some Native Americans. The English are in a ship anchored on a river in Maine. The Native Americans are on the shore. 2. A Telegraph office, an amorous sender, a non-committal receiver and the telegraph operator who happens to act as a spiritual guide. 3. A Telephone Booth, an amorous talker and a non-committal listener, and maybe an operator, maybe a stander-by who has spiritual thoughts about the nature of THIS form of communication. 4. An office cubical. An amorous sender of early e-mail and a non-committal receiver of that e-mail and an office-mate who acts as a spiritual guide. 5. People texting and typing, the spiritual guide cannot be understood.
I don’t want to do this without a group to sing. Are you at all interested?
Secondly, I wonder if you ever teach conducting–it’s a skill I think I should learn.
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Hello Phil,
First of all, thank you for including Crime of Righteousness on your website. It makes it seem as though it existed!
I would like to write another opera–this time a much smaller animal, about 40 minutes long, with parts for three soloists and a chorus. I’m not sure how I’ll score it, but not for string quartet alone. It’s likely to have a saxophone, and oboe, strings, and piano. It’s about the history of communication. There are five scenes. 1. John Cabot and other Englishmen share a concert with some Native Americans. The English are in a ship anchored on a river in Maine. The Native Americans are on the shore. 2. A Telegraph office, an amorous sender, a non-committal receiver and the telegraph operator who happens to act as a spiritual guide. 3. A Telephone Booth, an amorous talker and a non-committal listener, and maybe an operator, maybe a stander-by who has spiritual thoughts about the nature of THIS form of communication. 4. An office cubical. An amorous sender of early e-mail and a non-committal receiver of that e-mail and an office-mate who acts as a spiritual guide. 5. People texting and typing, the spiritual guide cannot be understood.
I don’t want to do this without a group to sing. Are you at all interested?
Secondly, I wonder if you ever teach conducting–it’s a skill I think I should learn.
I hope you are well and thriving!
-Ellen
Hi Ellen!
I enjoyed Crime of Righteousness! I still talk with some of the participants about it.
I’ll send you an email – let’s talk!
Phil