Edward Barnes (composer)
Edward Barnes | |
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| Born | December 16, 1958 |
| Origin | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, producer |
| Website | www |
Edward Barnes (born December 16, 1958) is an American composer and producer.
Career
Edward Barnes studied music composition at the
HMS Pinafore in 2007.[3] A resident artist at the Ucross Foundation, the Instituto Sacatar in Brazil, and the Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, he is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
and the Stephen Sondheim Award.
In recent years, Barnes has begun working as a producer of theatrical and concert events in
The Life of Brian at Carnegie Hall,[9] and Kurt Weill's spectacle, The Road of Promise, also at Carnegie Hall.[10] In May 2015 he was appointed Executive Director of Gotham Chamber Opera.[11] He has continued to work as an independent producer, with projects including A Coffin in Egypt by composer Ricky Ian Gordon for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, starring Frederica von Stade
.
Works
- The Old Man Who Loved Cheese (With Garrison Keillor)
- Punch & Judy Get Divorced (with David Gordon, Ain Gordon and Arnold Weinstein)
- Old Aunt Dinah's Sure Guide To Dreams & Lucky Numbers
- The Bones of Love
- The Vagabond Queen
- Mystery on the Docks
- A Place To Call Home
- Spain/36 (With the San Francisco Mime Troupe)
- A Muskrat Lullaby
References
- ^ Opera America
- ^ "OPERA America - Opera For Youth". www.operaamerica.org. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03.
- ^ "2007 Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced - TheaterMania". 25 April 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2 April 2008). "White House Cantata - Music - Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Suskin, Steven (15 March 2009). "The Firebrand of Florence". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Knickerbocker Holiday (MasterVoices Recording)". Ghostlight Records. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ The Collegiate Chorale press announcement, October 15, 2013
- ^ Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna da (16 May 2014). "Within a Ship's Walls, Songs of War in High Voices". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Soloski, Alexis (16 December 2014). "She's a Lumberjack, She's O.K., and She's in 'Messiah'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Schweitzer, Vivien (8 May 2015). "Review: 'The Road of Promise,' Warning to All About Jews in Germany". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Woolfe, Zachary (15 May 2015). "Gotham Chamber Opera Names Edward Barnes Executive Director". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
External links
- Opera America listing for Edward Barnes Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Edward Barnes bio at American Repertory Theater
- MMB Music, Inc.
- Edward Barnes at Family Audience Opera
- Edward Barnes at the Internet Broadway Database
- Night Kitchen Radio Theater
- http://www.edwbarnes.com/
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