Opera Composition Workshop – Fall 2021

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Opera Composition Workshop – Fall 2021 IBOC Institute presents three operatic works developed under the guidance of Artistic Director João MacDowell and Vocal Director Roberta Prada, by the composers: Nathaniel Corthell (USA), SiHyum Uhm (South Korea), and Tyler Zwink (USA). Nathaniel Corthell.Tomorrow from the operaToday’s Tomorrow(work in progress) Baritone: Muir InglissPiano: Tomomi Sato SiHyum Uhm […]

II Symposium: Brazilian Identity in Concert Music

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Idealized and organized by the Unicamp Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Conductor Cinthia Alireti   The II Symposium: Brazilian Identity in Concert Music  (II Simpósio: Identidade Brasileira na Música de Concerto) is presented by the Unicamp Symphony Orchestra (OSU/CIDDIC). The event seeks to reflect on the different Brazilianness of national concert music and the paths for its dissemination. […]

IBOC Auditions 2021

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IBOC Auditions  Online submission Deadline: October 24th Email announcement for Callback: October 30th        In person Audition Dates: November 4th, 5th & 6th, 2021 Audition Results: November 20th      For the following:    Tamanduá the opera, Yemanjá Project, and other contemporary works in progress. Various projects will develop throughout December 2021-2024. We […]

Yemanjá Project On Brazilian Press

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A Tarde – Salvador, Bahia – 09/12/2021 The Goddess of the seas crossed the ocean to make her debut in New York opera. Headed by Salvadoran conductor Hugo Sanbone and the International Brazilian Opera Company,  the Yemanjá Project concert took songs from the Afro-Brazilian repertoire in operatic arrangements to the Garibaldi Plaza, in New York, […]

IBOC Young Composers Works – Summer 2021

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Thank you for supporting the International Brazilian Opera Company.  I have long believed that contemporary opera offers an opportunity to create communion engaging the collaboration of artists with different specialties and backgrounds. IBOC started from a group that perceived the need for creative renovation in an environment blossoming with fantastic performers. We are building a […]

IBOC Institute: Opera Composition – Fall 2021

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IBOC Institute: Opera Composition – Fall 2021   The International Brazilian Opera Institute is offering a contemporary opera composition course (ages 18+ recommended). IBOC faculty will collaborate with students to notate and produce recordings of their music.  Students will develop skills in melodic writing, harmonic development, rhythmic frame, and form, as well as notation skills. […]

Outdoor Concert! NYC Washington Square, Friday, September 3rd, 2021. 4 pm

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IBOC Band presents: Yemanjá Project The International Brazilian Opera brings its new roster of talent to live-action in New York City. An outdoor concert in Washington Square Park, premiering The Yemanjá Project under Maestro Hugo Sanbone (Brazil). In addition, opera soloists Nelson Ebo (Angola) and Rebecca de Almeida (Brazil), the virtuoso violin of Anna Tsukervanik […]

Design Talks: The Seventh Seal – an opera

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The Seventh Seal – An Opera When Art Becomes Reality Exploring Themes of Creativity, Production, Archetypes, Reflection and Catalyst The power of the imagination shapes reality. There is a dialogue between art and reality where one influences the other. When Ingmar Bergman wrote The Seventh Seal his characters where set in the era of the […]