New Releasings
Labor Records in collaboration with Naxos is releasing a series of recordings of my work covering more than half a century! The most recent release is "Jukebox in the Tavern of Love" paired with a new work by Meredith Monk. "The Nude Paper Sermon" and "Wiretap" is a double album containing no fewer than five works; see below for details. "Civilization & its Discontents" is a words-and-music collaboration with Michael Sahl. More information, reviews and ordering (physical or digital editions) is available below or by going to Labor Records.
Colloquium on The New Music Theater
The Center for Contemporary Opera will present a Colloquium on The New Music Theater based on the publication by Oxford University Press of the book with the same title by Thomas Desi and Eric Salzman. This event will feature both authors plus a panel consisting of Rinde Eckert, Steven Osgood, Diane Wondisford and Grethe Holby (also possibly Meremith Monk).
8:00pm at The Cell, 338 W. 23rd St., New York.
Date Posted // December 10, 2008
In Categories // Events, News, The New Music Theater, Writings
Salzman on Through the Opera Glass
Eric Salzman will be featured on “Through the Opera Glass” with host Mark Laiosa on WBAI-FM 99.5 in New York, from 6–9am. You can also listen online.
The New Music Theater Published by Oxford University Press
Eric Salzman’s book, The New Music Theatre: Hearing the Body, Seeing the Voice, co-authored with Thomas Desi, has recently been published by Oxford University Press. Amazingly, it’s the first book to cover the field of experimental and innovative music theater as it has developed over the years. You can buy it from Amazon or through any book store.
Date Posted // November 06, 2008
In Categories // News, The New Music Theater, Writings
Salzman’s Latest Book, The New Music Theater, to be Released
Eric Salzman’s new book, The New Music Theater: Seeing the Voice, Hearing the Body, co-authored with Thomas Dési, is slated for release on October 29, 2008 by Oxford University Press.
Date Posted // October 01, 2008
In Categories // News, The New Music Theater, Writings
Staged Premiere of Salzman’s Jukebox in the Tavern of Love at The Flea Theater
Jukebox in the Tavern of Love, a modern madrigal comedy by Valeria Vasilevski and Eric Salzman, had its staged premiere from May 29 to June 1, 2008, at The Flea, an off-off-Broadway theater on White Street in New York’s Tribeca district. The work was paired with a ‘real’ 1605 madrigal comedy by Adriano Banchieri, “La Barca di Venetia per Padova” or “The Ferryboat from Venice to Padova”. The double bill was performed by the Western Wind which commissioned “Jukebox” and both pieces were directed by Ms Vasilevski. An audio CD and a DVD of the work will be available this fall; details to be announced.
In the meanwhile, two of the numbers, The Dancer’s Story (“Brush, chug, shuffle”) and the Utility Worker’s Song (“All that is left of me,” after Rumi) have been recorded for Public Radio International for a 4th of July American music program by the Western Wind that also includes music by Meredith Monk and William Bolcom.
Date Posted // June 02, 2008
In Categories // Jukebox in the Tavern of Love, News, Works and Productions