Composers & the Voice First Glimpse 2020

A collection of world premiere songs created in Cycle 10 of The American Opera Project’s “Composers & the Voice” Fellowship Training Program.


Your chance to watch the full 20 song videos of Composers & the Voice: First Glimpse - for free and with our artists! A one-night only concert. The American Opera Project Presents First Glimpse 2020 A collection of world premiere songs created in Cycle 10 of The American Opera Project’s “Composers & the Voice” Fellowship Training Program. Cycle 10 Composers and Librettists Alaina Ferris / Composer Matt Frey / Composer Michael Lanci / Composer Mary Prescott / Composer Jessica Rudman / Composer Tony Solitro / Composer Amanda Hollander / Librettist Jonathan Douglass Turner / Librettist Cycle 10 Singers Justine Aronson / Lyric Coloratura Soprano Jasmine Muhammad / Lyric Soprano Augusta Caso / Mezzo-Soprano Timothy Stoddard / Tenor Mario Diaz-Moresco / Baritone Brandon Coleman / Bass-Baritone Steven Osgood / C&V Artistic Director Mila Henry / Head of Music Matt Gray / Head of Drama Music Directors: Mila Henry Kelly Horsted Lisa Edwards (Guest Artist) Spencer Myer (Guest Artist) AOP's Composers & the Voice is a two-year, tuition-free fellowship for composers and librettists that provides experience writing for the voice and opera stage. The Composers & the Voice training program is a competitive biannual fellowship offered to composers, librettists, and composer/librettist teams. Created and led by Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood, the two-year fellowship includes a year of working with the company’s Resident Ensemble of Singers and professional instructors followed by a year of continued promotion and career development through AOP and its strategic partnerships. Since launching in 2002, C&V has fostered the development of 63 composers & librettists. For more information: aopopera.org/composers-voice Composers & the Voice is made possible in part by a generous multi-year award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


Composers & the Voice is made possible in part by a generous multi-year award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.