Tod Machover shares his thoughts about "Death and the Powers" inĀ Glasschord, a magazine of arts and culture founded by a community of emerging artists. The current issue is dedicated to artists confronting the future, certainly a theme that is central to DATP. In the opera, the opportunities and challenges of the future are explored through …
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Lighting and Sound magazine has published its report on the Prague Quadrennial conferenceĀ (from page 110). The event held in June 2011 is one of the world's foremost gatherings of theater lighting and sound professionals. Starting on page 113, the article summarizes Tod Machover's talk, which focused on how technologies such as Hyperinstruments, Hyperscore and disembodied …
PBS NewsHour - Former Poet Laureate Pinsky: Poetry 'Too Fundamental, Large' to Need Advocate Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky is one of the rare "public poets" who enjoys sharing and performing poetry in settings as wildly diverse as The Colbert Report, The Simpsons and the musical performance stage. Pinsky has performed his poetry with jazz …
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The British radio program "The Sound Bath" (on MyWordRadio), dedicated to the exploration and appreciation of the human voice, interviewed composer Tod Machover about his newest opera Death and the Powers. Interviewer Angelina Kalahari, a classical opera singer herself, leads a fascinating and original conversation about how the composer approaches writing for the human voice …
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Archinect just published an extensive interview with composer Tod Machover about the process and thinking that went into the creation of MIT's Festival of Art, Science and Technology (FAST). This article provides a great deal of fascinating insight into how this festival came to be. If you're in Boston this weekend, don't miss FAST Light, …
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Broadway World - OPERA America Conference 2011 Held In Boston May 7-11 "OPERA America's annual conference presents a unique opportunity for the field's leaders to examine the issues affecting the opera community today. Anticipated highlights of Opera Conference 2011 will include the Opening Keynote Address by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab; a …
Just when we thought the Chicago coverage was finished, we came across these two thoughtful and thorough blog posts: MAL Music - Death and the Powers "This is one of those posts that makes it difficult for me not to just hit caps lock and begin effusing unintelligibly about how wonderful this show I saw …
Composer and M.I.T. professor Tod Machover takes listeners on a guided tour of music at the M.I.T. Media Lab on BBC Radio 3's flagship classical music program, "Music Matters". The program airs tomorrow (Saturday, April 23) and spotlights Boston. In addition to music at M.I.T. the program will feature two-time Grammy Award winning clarinettist Richard …
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We can't thank Brian Dickie and his amazing team at Chicago Opera Theater enough for their years of support and faith in Death and the Powers. They did a fantastic job and the Chicago audiences were wonderful. We will cherish this experience. In his blog post about the end of the Chicago run, Brian writes, …
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