{"id":441,"date":"2020-03-03T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/?p=441"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:51:35","slug":"rodeo-houston-premiere-and-workshops-of-turn-and-burn-with-houston-grand-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/rodeo-houston-premiere-and-workshops-of-turn-and-burn-with-houston-grand-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodeo Houston preview and workshops of\u00a0“Turn and Burn” with HGO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several upcoming performances have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19; see list of all upcoming events<\/a> for current information.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The December ’19 workshop cast & creative team of\u00a0Turn and Burn\u00a0<\/em>at
Houston Grand Opera! L-R: Leslie Swackhamer, stage director; Stephanie Sanchez as\u00a0Jamie; Geoff Loff, music director; Cory McGee as Virgil; Liz Gautsche as Maggie Ann; Nell; Geordie Alexander as Rick; Megan Cohen, librettist; and Sarah Tucker as Shayla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This past December, librettist Megan Cohen and I headed back to Houston for the first music workshop of Turn and Burn<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>our chamber opera commissioned by Houston Grand Opera through HGOco’s “Song of Houston” initiative. Four days of work with our performers and directors culminated in a presentation of the complete 75-minute score, drafted for a reduced orchestration of piano, electric and acoustic guitar, and drum set.<\/p>\n

Since then I’ve been revising and orchestrating in anticipation of our second music workshop May 18-22, which will include the full score for rock-classical octet! We’re thrilled with how the piece is taking shape and excited to be taking these final steps in its development towards the premiere production in February 2021.<\/p>\n

In the meantime… on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30pm,\u00a0<\/strong>rodeo fans will preview\u00a0the opera\u00a0<\/em>in a performance by\u00a0Miss Leslie and Her Juke Jointers\u00a0at Rodeo Houston’s “Stars Over Texas Stage”! This reprisal of HGO’s Rodeo Songs cycle will include the World Premiere of “Next Rodeo”<\/strong>, my\u00a0country song with lyrics by Megan, sung from the perspective of a barrel racer on the road, adapted from the opera. This will be the first\u00a0performance of my music by a honky-tonk band!\u00a0Learn more about the event.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several upcoming performances have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19; see list of all upcoming events for current information. This past December, librettist Megan Cohen and I headed back to Houston for the first music workshop of Turn and Burn,\u00a0our chamber opera commissioned by Houston Grand Opera through HGOco’s “Song of Houston” initiative. Four … <\/p>\n

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