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10/6: Juventas Performs in Montpelier, VT
This Sunday, Juventas hits the road, bringing “Emergence” to Montpelier, Vermont. The program pairs the music of three emerging composers with works by the luminaries who inspired them. Oliver’s piece In the Direction of Dreams (clarinet, cello, piano) will be performed alongside music by his former teacher Dalit Warshaw. The other composer-teacher pairs are Jonathan Bailey Holland and […]
“The most intimate and moving music of the evening.”
“The most intimate and moving music of the evening.” -Boston Music Intelligencer Today, the Boston Music Intelligencer published a review of Oliver’s new piece The Big Deception: “The Big Deception”, is a duet for mother and daughter about the turbulent rules affecting green card and visa applicants. Melissa Joseph portrayed (mostly) Irene Da Silva, who was […]
Hartwick College Residency
Hartwick College will host Oliver for a residency this coming week. On Friday, September 27, Oliver will talk at a 3:30pm Composer Roundtable in the Anderson Theater. At 7:30pm that evening, the Hartwick College Faculty Octet will perform his piece Krummholz Varations. Saturday, the Faculty Octet will studio record Krummholz Variations for a forthcoming album. And Thursday, October […]
“The Big Deception” at the Paramount Theater
Oliver’s art song “The Big Deception” is being performed at the Paramount Theatre. Friday night and Sunday afternoon. It will be featured in a set of songs on immigration, performed as a prelude to the word premiere of Jorge Sosa Ortega and Cerise Jacobs’ powerful new opera I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams. Commissioned by […]
9/14: Juventas Performs “Connect All”
On Saturday, Juventas New Music Ensemble will perform Oliver’s trio “Connect All. We All Connect.” The piece sets poignant lyrics by Master Palindromist Barry Duncan, probing the strength and fragility of human connection. Anne Howarth commissioned Connect All for soprano, horn and piano. In this performance, the horn line has been transcribed for Wolcott Humphrey on clarinet. Soprano […]
Sunday: Hollis & Carey perform “The New Colossus”
Sunday at 3pm, join Soprano Kelley Hollis and pianist Julia Carey will perform Oliver’s The New Colossus at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. The program, entitled “100 Years of American Songbook,” also includes Barber’s beloved “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” and works by Aaron Copland, Lee Hoiby and Steven Serpa. Sunday August 18, 3:00pm […]