Current Music Projects



"Score and Recordings of The Cherry Tree"
A completed opera about George Washington
and Parson Weems with a libretto by Ed Valentine.



LBJ is a new opera.
"Score and Recordings of LBJ"
A completed opera about the presidency of
Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The libretto is by Brad Fairchild.


Byron, a Masque is an opera based on the life
of Lord Byron, with a libretto by Louis Phillips and Bob Karmon.
From the opera Byron, a Masque, "Burlesque, Part IV"
From the opera Byron, a Masque, "Burlesque, Part V"
The singers on the recordings of the Burlesque are from Georgia
State University: Gerald Bernard Yarbry II, baritone, Beth Cooper
and Sindu Chanrasekaran, sopranos, and Kyle Guglieimo, tenor. Atlanta
composer and baritone Andy Ditzler is also heard as both singer and
percussionist.

A reading of Byron, a Masque took place at The Neighborhhod Playhouse
in New York on September 11th, 2006. The role of Lord Byron was sung by
Benjamin Neill, the 2005 winner of the Kennedy Center Award for
Best Performance for the role of Tony in West Side Story.
See his website at Ben-Neill.com

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