The Irish Times announces its nominations for its 22nd annual theatre awards, and Dinner at Eight is among those recognized
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National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize, and Grammy Award-winner William Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer of chamber, operatic, vocal, choral, cabaret, ragtime, and symphonic music.
He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan's School of Music in 1973, was named the Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Composition in 1994, and retired in 2008 after 35 years. Bolcom won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1988 for 12 New Etudes for Piano, and his setting of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience on the Naxos label won four Grammy Awards in 2005.
As a pianist Bolcom has performed and recorded his own work frequently in collaboration with his wife and musical partner, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris. Cabaret songs, show tunes, and American popular songs of the 20th century have been their primary specialties in both concerts and recordings. Their 25th album, "Autumn Leaves," was released in 2015.
In 2018, nine world premieres of Bolcom works commemorated William Bolcom's 80th birthday.
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In conversation with Chamber Music Society
CMS of Lincoln Center has been celebrating various composers' 80 years of experience, craft, and skill. They recently sat down with William Bolcom to learn more about his illustrious career, his influences, and his landmark works.
Read moreWilliam Bolcom's "Dinner at Eight" served up at Wexford Festival Opera
Critics from around the world came to Ireland to weigh in on the opera's European Premiere in October
Read moreBolcom/Corigliano 2018 Birthday Tribute - "An Unforgettable Experience"
January 11 concert in New York City began William Bolcom's year of 80th birthday celebrations
Read moreBolcom & Morris to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Medal on February 11
Arts Alliance Medals for Arts, Sciences & Humanities event celebrates "outstanding and sustained artistic and creative accomplishments within the arts"
Awarded annually, The Arts Alliance Medals for Arts, Sciences & Humanities honor and celebrate the extraordinary contributions and accomplishments of artists, creatives, individuals. The Lifetime Achievement Medal is presented in recognition of outstanding and sustained artistic and creative accomplishments within the arts, sciences and/or humanities receiving national and or international acclaim.
Medal recipients are celebrated for increasing public awareness of the arts + creative industries in the greater Ann Arbor area and beyond. Medalists make their mark through their leadership, philanthropy and accomplishments setting the standard for excellence and serving as the example for others to follow.
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Broadcast BBC Radio 3: Dinner at Eight
"Dinner at Eight" will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. 6:30 pm (in the UK - note time difference) https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
Moores Opera Center: Dinner at Eight
The University of Houston School of Music, 3333 Cullen Blvd, Room 120 , Houston, TX 77204-4017
An invitation to a sophisticated Manhattan dinner party proves to be a recipe for disaster. Based on the comedy-drama that spawned an all-star classic film, this new opera, premiered in 2017, lovingly pays homage to the Broadway of the 1930s and boasts a large cast of memorable characters. Moores Opera Center; Buck Ross, Director.
Moores Opera Center: Dinner at Eight
The University of Houston School of Music, 3333 Cullen Blvd, Room 120 , Houston, TX 77204-4017
An invitation to a sophisticated Manhattan dinner party proves to be a recipe for disaster. Based on the comedy-drama that spawned an all-star classic film, this new opera, premiered in 2017, lovingly pays homage to the Broadway of the 1930s and boasts a large cast of memorable characters. Moores Opera Center; Buck Ross, Director.