I’m thrilled to have my music played on the island by these exceptional players, Nov. 17-20. Two performances in the Teatro Principal in Mahon, a jewel of an opera house (the first ever built in Spain, in 1829), and two in the Teatro des Born in Ciutadella. Based very loosely on the book by Angela Carter, I adapted parts of my original full orchestral score for nine of the OCIM players – a small ensemble as they share the stage with a trapeze artist and a clown with a giant wheel and several ladders! (Hotel Iocandi, fabulous performers)..It’s been a joy working with them all.
Updates
KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW FALL REUNION SEPT. 7TH, 2023
another year…
The “annual” reunion this year will be at Lethe Lounge, at 618 W 113th St on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Thursday Sept 7th at 8pm. It’ll be a tight fit, but great acoustics and a great hang. Some old music, some new music, some deep listening… Looking forward to seeing y’all…
GL, alto & bari sax, accordion, piano and vocals; Doug Wieselman, clarinets, saxes, guitar; Peter Apfelbaum, tenor sax; Steven Bernstein, trumpet, slide trumpet; Art Baron, trombone; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Kenny Wollesen, drums, percussion & Wollesonics.
KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW FALL REUNION OCT. 1ST, 2022
The “annual” reunion at Westbeth, this year on Sat. Oct. 1st at 8pm. Who knew the Community Room had such good acoustics, and was such a fun hang? Some old music, some new music, some deep listening…
GL, alto & bari sax, accordion, piano and vocals; Doug Wieselman, clarinets, saxes, guitar; Peter Apfelbaum, tenor sax; Steven Bernstein, trumpet, slide trumpet; Art Baron, trombone; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Kenny Wollesen, drums, percussion & Wollesonics.
Westbeth Community Room, 155 Bank Street, in the far West Village of Manhattan.
BIRD OF THE INNER EYE live stream Aug. 29th 2021
Belatedly and after the fact, I’m pleased to say we managed to do an intense 3 and 1/2 week workshop of this new chamber opera up in northern CA (whilst dealing with rampant Delta variant and wild fires) which culminated in 3 concert performances at the Arcata Playhouse at the end of August, the last of which was live streamed. The original stream was available for a week only, but was re-posted for a second week due to the demand for tickets. I am enormously grateful to everyone involved for making this happen, particularly my librettist and long-time colleague Joan Schirle, the instigator of the project…
for more info on the piece go to https://ginaleishman.com/projects/bird-of-the-inner-eye/ or http://birdinnereye.com
BIRD OF THE INNER EYE workshop in August
We are very much hoping to finally pick up the postponed work on BIRD in August, with 3 weeks of rehearsals and three concert performances at the Arcata Playhouse Aug 27, 28 and 29 – depending, of course, on the state of the pandemic, vaccinations etc… Stay tuned…