Posts Tagged ‘Behind the scenes’
A Transformative Grant and New Look for The Industry
When we formed the Artistic Director Cooperative last summer, we knew this new leadership model would change the organization in big and unexpected ways. And now we are thrilled to share some major news about how this vision is resonating. We are honored to announce that The Industry has received a three-year grant, totaling $1,000,000, …
Read MoreThe Industry’s Story of 2020
How do we even start to encapsulate this bewildering year – one that is marked by so much grieving and uncertainty? As unfathomable events that unfolded throughout 2020 were like works of fiction, bad dreams, or worse. And like all nightmares we all had to wake up, and for most of us we also had…
Read MoreWAR OF THE WORLDS Secrets Revealed
WAR OF THE WORLDS is a large-scale, city-wide collaborative performance experience presented by the LA Philharmonic and co-produced by The Industry and NOW Art LA. It is The Industry’s most audacious experiment since Hopscotch. The notorious radio drama comes to new life with music by Annie Gosfield, directed by The Industry’s Yuval Sharon, conducted by…
Read MoreThe Journey from A to B
Hopscotch is full of metaphors for human existence and experience. It all begins with the name, the hopscotch game itself, with each hop as a step in a life path. The way in which this opera is experienced and the language itself also lends itself to the metaphor. Life proceeds as a journey to an…
Read MoreWhat We See on the Surface: An Interview with Animator Daniel Olivas
Daniel Olivas is the animator for Hopscotch Chapter 16, available online here. Olivas is a multi-media visual artist who was born in San Diego and received a B.A from UC Davis in Art Studio and Film Studies with a minor in music. After co-founding ASUCDs Aggie Public Arts Committee, he became chair and held that position…
Read MoreA Rumination on Writing an Opera by Jason Thorpe Buchanan
This week, we feature a piece by composer Jason Thorpe Buchanan, whose multimedia opera, Hunger, will be featured in our 2015 FIRST TAKE showcase of new ideas in American opera. In deciding to write a Multimedia Opera, I wanted to explore the idea of psychological fragility and deterioration
Read MoreOld Friends: Conducting & Recording Invisible Cities
Hi! I’m Marc Lowenstein, Music Director for The Industry. I wanted to talk to you about is the new recording of Chris Cerrone’s INVISIBLE CITIES. We finished the studio recording about two weeks ago
Read MoreHopscotch Crescendo: Feet On The Ground
At the time I was voted onto the board of The Industry I knew very little about opera. I run a small literary publisher called tNY.Press and our focus is experimental fiction; works that avoid classification and push forward the written word, but remain generally accessible. Artistic Director Yuval Sharon’s charisma, open-mindedness, and ridiculous ambition pulled…
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