Alice Shields is a New York based composer and pioneer in electronic music. She has three degrees in music at Columbia University: Doctor of Musical Arts in music composition (1975), Master of Arts in music composition (1967), and Bachelor of Science in music (1965), and was an Associate Director at Columbia-Princeton Electronic music center. Shields is also a trained opera singer and specializes in composing operas.
Alice Shields exciting mini-opera Komachi at Sekidera, inspired by a Noh play,
will be performed Tuesday, Dec.1, 2015 at 7:30 pm
at OPERA AMERICA, 330 Seventh Avenue, NYC (between w.28th & 29th St.),
with Martha Cluver, soprano, Sarah Carrier, alto flute & Mayuko Matsuda, koto.
Costume design, Camilla Huey; Costume Assistant Nicole Rauscher; Lighting: Seth Tillet.
Admission is $20, reception included. For tickets contact SMARTTIX at 212-868-4444
or email them at www.smarttix.com or, simply show up at the box office on the night of the concert.
The concert, entitled "THAT CERTAIN AGE" is a program of short operas about aging with grace and humor,
produced by The Aviva Players, Kindred Spirits & New York Women Composers, and will also include works
by Mira Spektor, Seymor Barab, Anne Phillips, Haim Elisha & Mario Fratti.
Alice Shields' Komachi at Sekidera:
"...fascinating
”
---AUDIOFILE EDITION
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