First Take 2015

Submit your work for the third edition of FIRST TAKE, The Industry’s incubator for new operatic ideas and works-in-progress. The third iteration of FIRST TAKE will have a public performance in February 2017 in Los Angeles. In this biannual program, composers/librettists work with LA-based chamber orchestra wild Up and fantastic singers to try out new…

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Mark Hoebich and Mary Ann O'Connor

From Mary Ann O’Connor, The Industry’s Departing Board Chair I became Chair of the Board of Directors three years ago, just as The Industry received its official non-profit status. In the preceding two years, Yuval Sharon, the founder and Artistic Director of The Industry, had already managed to pull off the exciting world-premiere of Crescent City. …

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