New Voices Opera

08/20/2023

At the JSOM Student Organization Fair! So excited for this new year and already inspired by meeting all the amazing incoming students. Stay tuned for some exciting updates coming soon!

04/09/2022

Today is the day! Join us at the Ted Jones Playhouse, 107 W 9th St, at 3:00pm for the world premiere of Rhiannon's Condemnation! It is free to attend, but if you choose to donate *any amount* to NVO, you will be entered into our raffle to win one of six AMAZING prizes (including tickets to IU Ballet, Theater, and Opera performances, the Buskirk Chumley Theatre, and Hoosier Heights)
We can't wait to see you all there!

04/04/2022

Tech has started for our premiere of Rhiannon’s Condemnation, coming to the Ted Jones Playhouse in downtown Bloomington this Saturday at 3:00pm! Don’t miss your chance to register for your free ticket today!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rhiannons-condemnation-tickets-308046444207

02/04/2022

Announcing THE X, New Voices Opera's annual Exhibition Concert!

3:00 pm | 2/6/22

11/30/2021

This please consider donating to New Voices Opera so we can continue to foster new opera through the collaboration of emerging student composers, performers, and administrators in an experiential learning environment! There is no such thing as too small a donation as any gift makes an impact!

Your contributions allow us realize our vision which is:

To foster the creation of operas by the next generation of operatic composers.

To promote a genre of opera that is relevant to a modern audience.

To strengthen the cultural vitality of our region through new operatic works and a new operatic genre.

And to provide student musicians, composers and administrators with increased performance opportunities, professional experience and creative outlets within the industry.

We believe the future of opera depends on organizations like New Voices Opera, and on people like you for your continued support of our endeavors and new music!

Please use this link if you would like to make a donation:
https://www.myiu.org/one-time-gift?appealid=e2d10565-926d-4236-ba31-5a44b047797d&account=I320014902

10/20/2021

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT!
New Voices Opera is holding auditions on Thursday, October 28th for our fall concert (the X) and our spring mainstage production, Leigha Amick's Rhiannon's Condemnation. Auditions will run from 7-11pm, room TBD. For more information on the auditions, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xvHB1zjEr99xm6zmQXLD-zy-s9CM05qW/view?usp=sharing

And for PDFs of the audition excerpts, click here!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tYrzSbcHjEouOeNbvBQpIivNd3cdukg9?usp=sharing

We hope to see you come audition!

08/29/2021

Interested in finding out more about NEW VOICES OPERA, the opera company committed to emerging and relevant new works? Come to our call-out meeting tonight at 6:30pm in MA 454 to meet the board, learn about auditions for our fall concert, and find out how YOU could be involved with NVO! As a bonus, enjoy refreshments and a small taste of our musical offerings with new arias from NVO composers.

02/19/2021

We at New Voices Opera have been very busy working on John William Griffith II's opera, The Jungle. We thought we would share some behind the scenes photos with you all. Here are some pictures of our orchestra recording The Jungle. At NVO, we are very thankful to be able to make music safely during these times.
Photo credit: Oli Jung

12/08/2020

Hello everyone! Today is the day! The "X" will premiere live today, December 8 at 7 pm EST time on our YouTube channel. The link to reserve a free ticket is below. The "X" will be featuring IU JSOM student composers and performers. We hope to see you there! Again, tickets are free but we appreciate any donations to our organization! For those who would like to donate, when reserving your ticket, there is a monetary donation option on the event brite page linked below.

New Voices Opera presents THE X, an concert exhibition of new arias and opera scenes.

12/08/2020

Finally, the last composer for The X we are introducing is Cicada Dennis!
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Here is a little bit about him:
My music and art are strongly influenced by my deep awareness of the potential for the extinction of humankind or even the entire planetary ecosystem. In my compositions, these concerns and my hopes for a better future are often involved in a work’s genesis and development.
Growing up as I did in the 1960's and 70's, and experiencing laser light shows in various venues, I became very interested in the pairing of visuals with music. I studied computer graphics, animation, video, and music composition. I have studied dance and collaborated with choreographers. I am also very interested the ways in which art and life mutually influence one another.
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Working with choreographers brings together many of these interests. A good example is my soundscape composition created for choreographer Merián Soto’s Postcards From the Woods In this piece I wove together audio recordings of nature, my own and some from the videos used in the performance. The five soundscapes created for Soto’s SoMoS are another example.
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My most recent large scale composition is a participatory musical for which I wrote the libretto and music. How We Saved the World is situated in a future time and begins with the premise that the world has been “saved.” Human beings have found a way to live in peace and harmony with one another and with the ecology of our planet Earth. We, the participants in the performance are sharing among ourselves the story of how human culture changed from the destructive, unsustainable practices and consciousness of the past. It has always been a hope of mine that through the music that I write and create I can help humans find within themselves the insight and motivation to create a more peaceful and ecologically sustainable world.