Upcoming Performances

Lots of exciting new music coming up!

Rachel Bernsen's Unicorns were Horses
Draftwork
Saturday, March 7 at 3:00

Rachel Bernsen - choreography, dance
Anne Rhodes - voice
Carl Testa - electronics, electric bass
Lindsay Bauer - dance

Danspace at St. Mark's Church
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY

Carl Testa's Clouds
Educational Center for the Arts: New Music New Sounds III
Thursday, March 19th at 7:00

Anne Rhodes - voice
ECA Student Chamber Orchestra

Arts Hall
Educational Center for the Arts
55 Audubon St
New Haven, CT

Sally Norris's Clara: a music box opera
Saturday, March 28 at 8:00

featuring:
Judith Berkson - Clara, soprano
Anne Rhodes - Logic, soprano
Larissa Mason - Butterfly, soprano
Brittany Fowler - Freya, mezzo-soprano
Carl Testa - bass
Katherine Young - bassoon
Dan Peck - tuba

Memorial Chapel
Wesleyan University
221 High St.
Middletown, CT

Connecticut Opera's season cancelled

Connecticut Opera, with two remaining productions in their three-show season (Daughter of the Regiment, for which I was to sing in the chorus, and an exciting production of La Boheme with a fantastic African-American cast), has become the latest victim of the national economic crisis, and had to close mid-season.

For those of us in the chorus, this is a disappointment, to say the least. For full-time members of the company, the financial and professional loss is immeasurable. So is the loss to the community. The prospect that this could be a permanent closure (nobody can know for sure in times like this) potentially leaves a gaping hole in the Connecticut arts scene that can never be filled. Particularly heart-wrenching is the possibility of saying good-bye to Maestro Willie Anthony Waters, who has been bringing opera to the Bushnell and to the greater Hartford community for over 25 years. Working with Willie, an opera-world badass and a truly kind soul, has been an unequalled privlege.

This is indeed a sad time for the arts.

Update: Not long after this post, CT Opera announced that it has closed for good.

Upcoming Performances

Happy New Year! Here is a list of performances I have coming up this season. Details for individual shows to follow.

"Unicorns were horses"
by dancer/choreographer Rachel Bernson
Rachel Bernson, dance
Carl Testa, electric bass/electronics
Anne Rhodes, Voice
Dixon Place
NYC
January 28 and 29

The Magic Flute
Yale Opera
New Haven, CT
(I'm in the chorus)
Feb. 13, 14, 15

Daughter of the Regiment
Connecticut Opera
Hartford, CT
(I'm in the chorus...and it's small, so you might hear me!)
March 6, 7, 12, 14

"Unicorns were horses"
DanceSpace Project
NYC
March 7

A new opera by Sally Norris
(I'll be singing a major role)
Wesleyan University
March 28

SOLO SHOW Dec. 13 in New Haven

For this Uncertainty Music Series show, I'll be performing Adam Delacour's "Game-Hate-Box" and Chris McDonald's "Everybody's Autobiography" (featuring wearable electronics!), as well as premiering "Clouds" by Carl Testa. Word is that McDonald also has a new piece in the works for me. Bassist Ivan Naranjo will perform for the first set.

Uncertainty Music Series
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008
8pm
Neverending Books
810 State St. New Haven, CT
$5 suggested donation
BYOB

TONIGHT! Premier of Adam de la Cour's "Game-Hate-Box" at ArLow

ArLoW One Year Anniversary Concert + Gallery Opening
featuring Welcome + a world premiere of "Game-Hate-Box" performed by vocalist Anne Rhodes
My Name is Gallery will be hosting an art opening upstairs. For more info on the opening, visit http://hellomynameisgallery.com/

Hosted by: Adam Kubota
At: ArLoW (Adam's Apartment/Storefront-thingy/ Den of Iniquity)
838 Whalley Ave., New Haven, CT
When: Saturday, Dec. 7 from 8:05 pm to 11:05 pm
$: Adam will pick your pocket
B: BYO