Another installment of "Music, #Pandemics, and History": I'm having students assess The #Boccaccio Project of the Library of Congress, asking questions like How was this like/unlike Boccaccio? Did it “cohere” as a project? (Does Boccaccio?)

https://www.loc.gov/concerts/boccaccio-project/?loclr=blogtea

#pandemicmusic #covidmusic #CovidChamberMusic #BoccaccioProject #doingitwell

More on the "Music, #Pandemics, and History" front: this year I'm including the contemporary chamber piece "Social Distancing” composed by OZNO (the moniker for HK Phil’s Principal Timpanist James Boznos) for 10 antiphonal musicians and mp3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1M3wXRSe7A

(or see his program notes: https://iscm.org/collaborative-events/james-boznos-social-distancing/ )

#pandemicmusic #covidmusic #CovidChamberMusic #OZNO
#doingitwell

Another recent work for my Music, #Pandemics and History course: the award-winning opera "On Call: COVID-19" by David Shenton and Christine Steyer. They characterize it as "An operatic love letter to global frontline health care workers." I use this as an introduction to how form shapes opera, and explore the intersection of news and #CurrentEvents with #creative response.

#pandemicmusic #covidmusic #CovidOperas #opera #OnCall
#Shenton #Steyer
#doingitwell

So, I'm working on the #repertory list for Music, #Pandemics and History. I do so love the #cantata "Six Feet Apart" by Ethan Gans-Morse and Tiziana DellaRovere. They grounded their creativity in the diverse voices of their local community. I also appreciate the work's positive spin; their subtitle "Stories of #Resilience and Transformation" says it all.

#pandemicmusic #covidmusic
#sixfeetapart
#Gans-Morse #DellaRovere
#doingitwell