We're thrilled to announce that our Kickstarter campaign to support the release of Tod's new CD, "...but not simpler..." met and surpassed its funding goal. Heartfelt thanks to all who backed the project. We'll be shipping out the incentive items over the coming week. The CD will be released by Bridge Records on November 1!!
Score for Tod Machover’s ‘Sparkler’ now available
The score for Tod Machover's 'Sparkler' (2001), for orchestra and electronics, is now available to view and order online through Boosey & Hawkes. Also available are the scores for 'Jeux Deux' (2005) and 'Skellig - Opera in 2 acts'. Here are audio clips from Sparkler. The recording will be available very soon on a new …
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Kickstarter blogs about Tod Machover’s new album
As we enter the final week of our Kickstarter campaign, with just under $2,500 left to reach our goal, we are delighted and honored to have Tod's music and CD project featured on the Kickstarter blog. The interviewer asked excellent questions and put together a very entertaining article. Enjoy, and thank you for helping us …
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Personal Opera in London
Tod is just back from a whirlwind trip to London where he brainstormed with director Braham Murray, his collaborator on Resurrection and Skellig, about new opera and theater concepts, and launched a new project with theater group Punchdrunk (more soon on these soon). But first he swung by the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden …
Washington Post spotlight’s Tod Machover’s museum work
Tod Machover has collaborated over the years with museums to create immersive musical environments. This work is the focus of a Washington Post feature published yesterday: Music museums of the 21st century. "The new music museum of the 21st century is high-tech, cutting-edge, interactive. It’s a place where music is made, not simply heard. It’s filled …
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Punchdrunk and Opera of the Future win NESTA grant
Exciting news from Tod: "Just received funding from UK-based NESTA to work with the amazing theater group Punchdrunk to develop a live online experience connected to their hit show Sleep No More now running in New York. Off to London today to work on this and several other projects. Stay tuned for the online SNM in …
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“…but not simpler…” – New Machover CD in the works!
Tod Machover is completing work on a new Bridge Records CD called ...but not simpler.... The album draws from Tod's instrumental works composed over the past decade, including "Sparkler" (commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered at Carnegie Hall), "Jeux Deux" (commissioned by the Boston Pops and premiered at Boston Symphony Hall), "...but not simpler" …
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Death and the Powers recording session
This just in from Tod Machover's Facebook: "Finished the DEATH AND THE POWERS recording today with two fabulous sessions. All the singers, the BMOP players, conductor Gil Rose, and the whole recording and tech team did an amazing job. I am SO happy that the music is in the can; now we enter the editing …
October 20 – MIT Composers Forum
More goodies for lucky Bostonians! M.I.T. has notably diverse and distinguished composers among its faculty and visiting artists, and four of them will be speaking this fall as part of the institute's Composers Forum. The series kicks off on October 20 with Tod Machover, who will be speaking about his forthcoming CD, ...but not simpler..., …
October 5 – Robots and Chowdah
If you're in Boston in early October, check out this event at the Museum of Fine Arts: Mixed Taste: Tag-team Lectures on Unrelated Topics: Robot Opera and Clam Chowder Huh? You may well ask. What do operatic robots have to do with chopped clams simmered with onions in a creamy broth? We don't know, and …
Opera of the Future 