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Flight Lessons

Crooks, Deborah

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

"Flight Lessons" is a two-act, 17-song, six-character folk opera about Peregrine Falcons and humans living at the intersection of wild and urban habitats. The narrative follows the lives of a breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons and the humans with whom they interact after one of the birds is shot. Read More

Infinitesimal

Infinitesimal

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Based on groundbreaking research about near-death experiences, Infinitesimal blurs the boundaries between science, memoir, theater, and music, transmuting chamber opera into an expansive sonic landscape. Infinitesimal was composed and performed by pianist Nicole Brancato and baritone Jeremy Weiss. Read More