Autumn 2010
Upcoming lectures in Chicago and Boston
This fall, I will be giving two lecture/screenings about film and Wagnerian opera. The event, From Bayreuth to Hollywood: Richard Wagner and the Art of Cinema, will be presented at the Wagner Society of America in Chicago on October 31, and at the Boston Wagner Society on November 13. Please click here for more information on the Boston event (in the Future Events tab of their site); further information about the event in Chicago will be forthcoming. If you are able to make it to either of these, I hope to see you there!
Added September 22, 2010
My video for Quill Classics on Classical TV
I recently produced a video of virtuoso harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky, in collaboration with the early-music label Quill Classics. That video is now featured on Classical TV.com, a terrific new website that is home to a wide variety of streaming music and arts videos. (Here is a link to the site.) If you have not yet had a chance to visit this site, it is a real treat-- they have quite a trove of films and performing arts broadcasts, among other content.
Added September 22, 2010
Summer 2010
Upcoming screening: The Laborer
My short film The Laborer, a narrative inspired by the opera Boris Godunov, will be screened at the Anthology Film Archives on August 11 as part of the New Filmmakers NY series.
Added August 9, 2010
Summer classes at Usdan
I'm about to finish another great summer of video production classes at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts-- once again, my students did themselves proud with the creativity, wit and skill of their film projects. Great work, everyone!
Added August 9, 2010
Spring 2010
Panelist at Musical Theater Writing Program
On April 20, I will be heading to the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts to be a panelist for Writing for Television: From Idea to Page to Screen, an event open to current students and alumni. Other panelists include Stephanie L. Jones, Gena Oppenheim, and Charlie Rubin, head of the TV Concentration in Tisch's Dramatic Writing department.
Added April 10, 2010
Lecture at the Wagner Society of New York
I will be speaking on Sunday afternoon, April 25 at the Wagner Society of New York, as part of their seminar on Die fliegende Hollander. The event is presented in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera's performances of the opera. My talk is titled "Haunted by Pictures: Die fliegende Hollander, Wagner's Art, and Film." Other panelists at the seminar will include Wagner scholars and performers from the Met production. For more information or to buy tickets, please visit http://www.wagnersocietyny.org/. I hope to see you there!
Added March 30, 2010