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Nov. 10-12: Boston Opera Collab. performs Symposium
The Boston Opera Collaborative and Boston New Music Initiative will perform a new chamber arrangement of Oliver’s 2012 short opera Symposium. Symposium (story and libretto by Anne Ray) hovers over a vacant and impersonal landscape of cubicles and hotel conference rooms, following the inner mind of its protagonist as she steps into that familiar and fractured sense of […]
Oliver Appointed Artistic Director of Juventas!
The Board of Directors of Juventas New Music Ensemble has appointed Oliver Artistic Director! As the leader of Juventas, he will be responsible for setting the artistic vision, curating concert programming and overseeing administrative operations. Oliver’s long long-term partnership with Juventas has included performances of 15 of his works, including 5 premieres, studio recordings, and two terms on the […]
10/21: Cham. Orchestra of Boston performs “Lunastella”
The Chamber Orchestra of Boston will perform Oliver’s string sinfonietta Lunastella Fuga on October 21. Lunastella Fuga was composed during the dog days of summer, nights spent gaping at the stars and wandering the New Hampshire woodland aglow in the otherworldly light of a blue moon. It was commissioned and premiered by the Sinfonietta of Riverdale […]
9/24: Juventas Performs “Connect All. We All Connect.”
Juventas New Music Ensemble will perform Oliver’s trio Connect All. We All Connect. (soprano, horn, piano) at the first ever Boston New Music Festival, a citywide showcase of Boston’s contemporary music scene. Connect All. We All Connect. is one of the tracks on Oliver’s forthcoming album You Are Not Alone. It probes the strength and fragility of […]
9/18: Hope College Winds perform “Krummholz”
The Hope College Wind Ensemble will reprise their spring performance of Krummholz Variations on a program of chamber music for winds and brass. The Ensemble is part of a nationwide consortium of ensembles that commissioned Krummholz Variations as a companion piece for the unique instrumentation of Stravinsky’s beloved Octet: flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones. Inspired […]
Video: Trio Siciliano records “Illuminated”
Yesterday, Trio Siciliano recorded Oliver’s piece Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night for their upcoming album on U07 records. Here’s a video clip from the studio: