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November 2020 Newsletter
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Two Latin Grammy Nominations for Ricardo Lorenz’s (BM ’84, MM ’87) Recently Released Album
Ricardo Lorenz’s (BM 1984, MM 1987) recently released CD King Mangoberry: Music of Ricardo Lorenz (Blue Griffin Recordings), has received two Latin Grammy Award nominations for Best Classical Album and Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The music of Venezuelan-born Ricardo Lorenz, currently Professor and Chair of Music Composition at Michigan State University, is featured on the nominated album in performances by the MSU Wind Symphony conducted by Kevin Sedatole. World-renown maraca soloist Manuel Rangel is also featured on the album. King Mangoberry is available through YouTube and Spotify. Latin Grammy Awards will be announced this year on November 19 from the city of Miami. |
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Matthew Peterson’s (MM ’08) Voir Dire recording releases worldwide to critical-acclaim
On October 9, 2020 the original-cast recording of Voir Dire, a true-crime courtroom opera by Matthew Peterson with libretto by Jason Zencka was released worldwide on the new Indie-classical label RedHouse. The label celebrated its first release with a party in Stockholm featuring performances from Voir Dire by soprano Elisabeth Mayer and bass John Sax. Writing for Dagens Nyheter, Martin Nyström awarded the recording the top rating, and Svenska-Dagbladet arts editor Anders Q. Björkman wrote that Voir Dire is his “favorite [work] in the true-crime genre.” The Wall Street Journal called Voir Dire “startlingly immediate and journalistic, as gripping as a great feature story, and made memorable by the depth and texture of the music.” Featuring breathtaking performances by five young opera artists – Anna Laurenzo, Trevor Martin, Nate Mattingly, Christina Pecce and Andrew Surrena – and an ensemble of nine Minnesota musicians conducted by maverick opera-maestro Viswa Subbaraman, the 90-minute opera was recorded over two intense days in June 2018 at Minnesota Public Radio’s Weyerhauser Studio in St Paul, MN. The recording was funded by over 100 crowdfunding-supporters as well as a grant from the Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet). Voir Dire can be streamed on all digital services including Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, and the double-CD set can be purchased from ALOADED. |
Faculty News |
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New Work by Prof. Don Freund now available on Spotify
Don Freund’s Giraffe Study has just been released on Payton MacDonald’s album Solo Marimba Commissions, Vol. 3. Available on Spotify. |
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