Author: Kenneth Gourlay
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Our On Call: Covid-19 Opera
Free world-wide streaming begins Thanksgiving weekend, November 28. Special promotion by SEIU Local 73 to its 40,000 members.
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Radio
WHOLE NOTES – Music of Healing and PeaceAired on 98.7 WFMT on December 13, 2019 This 60-minute program, featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma, soprano Christine Steyer and others, features music in response to gun violence in our cities. Steyer and pianist Marta Johnson perform the aria “Red is a Trick” from Bellissima’s upcoming opera, Future Perfect by David Shenton, lyrics […]
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Bellissima Opera Outreach Brings Music to Over 23,000 Students
Our outreach program recently performed at Kinzie Elementary, Lane Tech HS and Al Raby HS in Chicago, bringing the number of students to whom we have brought free music exceeding 23,000.
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Join our online SongShop sessions
We explore song text and context, develop song setups and patter, and dig into the subtext of lyrics. Have a song to work on. We currently meet via Zoom each Saturday. You are welcome to observe one session first, if you wish. Signup here.