2025 was a busy year. I completed Maya and The Magic Ring, a children’s opera with Dana Gioia. It was commissioned by Lyric Opera of Kansas City and premiered in March 2025. I also completed a new choral work —a setting of Mary Oliver’s “You Are Standing at the Edge of the Woods” — commissioned by The Washington National Opera Chorus, which also premiered in March 2025.
Now I am back to working on Ludlow, my opera with David Mason. Ludlow is the story of immigrants fighting for their lives, their blood part of the blood of America. This epic opera weaves from the present day back and forth through time, climaxing at the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, where innocent people died in a pitched battle with the Colorado National Guard.
I have completely rewritten Act I (which I completed in 2012), and am thick in the middle of fleshing out the draft for Act II. Then I will tackle the final Act. The theme of this opera couldn’t be more timely — and it is available for commissioning. Please see my Opera Catalog (link on homepage) for more details.
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