Projects

Commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, libretto by Brenda Shaughnessy Choreography by Jerron Herman, Impact Producers EnactLab

Cello grand opera inspired by Hemingway. Libretto by Royce Vavrek, directed by Karmina Šilec and choreographed by Sidra Bell. Design by Dorian Silec.

Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini, together with some of the most outstanding musicians in the international contemporary scene, create an iconic album during the most devastating pandemic of our time.

Both an installation and a live performance, UNTITLED is a series of four monodramas which invite audiences to intimately experience the visceral power of operatic storytelling as tactile experience.

A Collaboration with cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, filmmaker Murat Eyuboglu, and dancer/choreographers Georgina Pazcoguin and Dai Matsuoka.

In progress. Eco-Cantata film, music, conservation, education. Murat Eyuboglu, filmmaker.

Commissioned by The Met Museum and Houston Da Camera. Choral Eco-Documentary. Words by conservationist William deBuys, directed by Murat Eyuboglu. For vocal octet, cello and percussion.

Commissioned by Bay Chamber Concerts. Cantata with libretto by Royce Vavrek, narration by astrophysicist Mario Livio, sound by ARUP, and VR by Eliza McNitt. Arias for soprano and piano exist. 

A re-imagining of the traditional art song recital, 21c Liederabend combines leading contemporary composers with world-class librettists, and cutting-edge multimedia to create immersive concerts.

Commissioned by the Krannert Center. House of Solitude for solo violin and electronics.

Commissioned by BAM, the Young People's Chorus of NYC, and VisionIntoArt. A choral installation with text by Niloufar Talebi for children's chorus, string quartet and percussion.

Commissioned by the Walker Art Center and the Krannert Center. Choral Opera for singing actor, children's chorus and string quartet. Text by Rinde Eckert, direction by Julian Crouch.

An intimate and stunning chamber piece of animated theatre and live music, with two cellos, a sheet of brown paper, and a box of sand. Commissioned by VisionIntoArt and National Sawdust.

Commissioned by the Krannert Center. Room 35 for solo cello and electronics.

A re-imagining of the traditional art song recital, 21c Liederabend combines leading contemporary composers with world-class librettists, and cutting- edge multimedia to create immersive concerts.

A re-imagining of the traditional art song recital, 21c Liederabend combines leading contemporary composers with world-class librettists, and cutting-edge multimedia to create immersive concerts.

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall. Folk Opera and song cycle with film. Concept and dramaturgy by Paola Prestini, libretto by Donna Di Novelli, and film by Ali Hossaini. Improvisations by Helga Davis.

A re-imagining of the traditional art song recital, 21c Liederabend combines leading contemporary composers with world-class librettists, and cutting-edge multimedia to create immersive concerts.

Enter the strange and beautiful world of Italian born composer Paola Prestini and Serbian composer Milica Paranosic in their newest transmedia creation, VioLens.

A Concept by Paola Prestini, Erika Harrsch and Jeffrey Zeigler, commissioned by VisionIntoArt for the Whitney Live series. Exploring body parts and their history through surreal imagery.

Commissioned by WNYC. Song cycle for soprano, clarinet, string trio, percussion, and electronics.

A Tough Line is a multimedia theater piece of music, dance, theater, film, and poetry based on the dramatic seizure of the Nord-Ost Theater on Dubravka Street, Moscow, October 2002.

The Democrazy project is a performance series that inquires into the role of the arts in a democratic society.