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8 Questions to Executive Director Melissa Smey About Composer Portraits
Melissa Smey has been at the helm of the Miller Theatre since 2009 and in its employ since 2001, when she began as its business manager. Let her tell you how she put together Composer Portraits.Continue Reading
11/01/18
Building the Unique Universe of Du Yun’s Composer Portrait
Q&A with Executive Director, Melissa Smey, about Du Yun’s upcoming Composer Portrait featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble.
Continue Reading10/18/18
Bringing Kate Soper’s IPSA DIXIT to Miller
Q&A with Executive Director, Melissa Smey, about Kate Soper’s Composer Portrait.
Continue Reading09/28/18
The New York Times: An Opera Reaches the American Dream’s Brooding Heart
Zachary Woolfe reviews the New York premiere of “Proving Up,” noting that it “insinuates itself under the skin” and “feels entirely current.”
Continue Reading09/07/18
The New York Times profiles Missy Mazzoli, composer of “Proving Up”
Zachary Woolfe interviews Missy Mazzoli, a composer who “has that contemporary musical miracle: a hotly anticipated third opera, a voice intriguing enough to seek out again and again.”
Continue Reading07/11/18
New Work Commissioned by Miller Theatre This Season
For our 30th Anniversary Season, we shine a spotlight on six artists we have commissioned to create new works, which will premiere at Miller.
Continue Reading05/14/18
The New York Times on Miller’s 30th Anniversary Season
The coverage highlights the New York premiere of Proving Up, along with a focus on Miller’s dedication to commissioning new works.
Continue Reading04/19/18
Composer Portrait: Fredric Rzewksi is a New York Classical Review “Critics’s Choice”
“Fred Rzewski is one of the great American composers…”
Continue Reading03/05/18
The New Yorker includes Frederic Rzewski Composer Portrait in their Spring Preview
“...the spotlight is on works for string quartet at Miller Theatre.”
Continue Reading03/05/18
Composer Portrait of Ann Cleare chosen as one of “The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments”
The New York Times included the March 1 Composer Portrait, featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble, in their week’s selection.
Continue Reading12/07/17
The New Yorker features the Horn Virtuosos of Genghis Barbie performing a Pop-Up Concert on Dec 11
Highlighting the December 11 “Ugly Holiday Sweater Party” Pop-Up concert featuring Genghis Barbie.
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