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When the script has disappeared, when the audience is gone, where are the lines between the part you play and the person you are? We are all victims of the script. We are all playing a part. 10 artists meet in a ghost theater. At the cost of each other, they grapple with love, humiliation and loss.

ARTISTIC STATEMENT

Created in this time of isolation and fear, Broken Theater is a letter to our time, born of a deep desire to connect.

One day, many years from now, I hope our daughter will watch this film and see that our bodies can tell a thousand stories of longing, risk, desire and love. I hope she sees how complicated it is to watch someone fall and fail; how difficult it is to bear humiliation, admit our contradictions, and ultimately change.

This film is for all the artists and humans who get lost in the parts they play, forget their lines, and lose their way in a dream. This is for everyone changed by the imprint of human connection.

Music, poetry, dance and theatre combine in The No One’s Rose—a new, multifaceted, genre-defying piece. PBO, in partnership with the American Modern Opera Company and Stanford Live, is heartened to bring this life-affirming work to the stage after more than six years in the making.

AUCOIN The No One’s Rose   WORLD PREMIERE

American Modern Opera Company
Julia Bullock, soprano
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
Paul Appleby, tenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Julia Eichten, Yiannis Logothetis, Or Schraiber, and Bobbi Jene Smith, dancers
Keir GoGwilt, violin
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Jonny Allen, percussion
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Matthew Aucoin, conductor
Zack Winokur, director
Bobbi Jene Smith, choreographer
John Torres, lighting designer
Carlos Soto, costume designer
Cath Brittan, producer

Founded in 1951, Marlboro is acclaimed for developing the artistry and enriching the lives of generations of musical leaders, and for initiating the explosion of interest in chamber music in the U.S. and abroad.

ASON TWENTY ONE

Be a part of North Carolina’s premier chamber music festival.

For the past twenty years, the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival has brought the world’s most dynamic and accomplished musicians to North Carolina and beyond for concerts, master classes and interactive outreach initiatives. In residence at the East Carolina University School of Music, the festival has presented more than 330 public concerts and 550 master classes, including two performances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and a six-concert tour of Israel.

This year, the festival is divided into four seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer. For Fall 2020, Four Seasons goes virtual – giving music lovers, concertgoers and festival friends the ability to communicate directly with artists throughout each residency, intense and enlightening courses on the music being performed, guest artist interviews led by listeners and thrilling concerts by Four Seasons mainstays. Join us for the most unique music experience – from our homes to yours!

Filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe's new Digital Short features music by Matthew Aucoin and poetry by Jake Skeets. A Navajo artist (like Lowe) who grew up in Gallup, Skeets gives his hometown a leading role in his poetry. Lowe's film is an unflinching yet tender portrait of the city in 2021, seen through the eyes of the supernatural.

This Digital Short will be released on Friday, May 28, at 11am

Musicians from AMOC (American Modern Opera Company): Emi Ferguson (bass flute/flute/piccolo); Miranda Cuckso (violin); Coleman Itzkoff (cello); Jonny Allen (percussion); Conor Hanick (piano)

This project is generously supported by a consortium of donors to LA Opera's Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Nancy and Barry Sanders, and by a special gift from Dr. Stephen Erhart.

Co-produced by AMOC (American Modern Opera Company)

The Heifetz Institute will launch the first-ever Heifetz Ensemble-in-Residence Program, or HEIR, to take place in two sessions from January through May 2021. Just as the creation of the Heifetz Virtual Institute was an innovative and industry-leading response to the pandemic (the vast majority of summer festivals effectively suspended operations), the HEIR program is a creative alternative to the Institute’s acclaimed Heifetz on Tour program, designed to offer real-world performance experience and outreach opportunities for our most talented and engaging young alums.

Each of the two sessions will consist of either a string quartet or a piano trio composed of outstanding alumni of the Heifetz Institute, who will live and work in our home city of Staunton, VA for a two month period. Housing, meals, and salaries will be provided for the duration of the eight weeks. Intensive weekly rehearsal, performance, and production schedules will be prepared for the ensembles, augmented by the educational and outreach elements outlined above. Clear and strict policies regarding quarantine periods and social distancing will be enforced to ensure the safety of our artists and of our community

A mix of Baroque and contemporary solo Cello music. 3 nights, 6 performances.

Please arrive 15 minutes early to go through a short check in process.

COVID safety

• mandatory face covering.

• temperature check at the door. has to be under 104F.

• ventelated room.

• seats more than 6 feet apart.

• 1/4 capacity (16 max) per show. if you have friends who want to join you, probably best not to delay buying those tickets.

so&so is a classical music production company that creates 21st century symphonic experiences. we've been through a lot this year, and we'd like to offer you a moment to reflect and heal. rebuild your art-loving habits with us this winter.