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White Snake Projects

Sing Out StrongThe HistoryI was commissioned to write the libretto for an aria regarding climate change for White Snake Projects, “Sing Out Strong, Environmental Voices." The result is “Home, written for Soprano and String Orchestra,” with music by Raejéan N. Hill....

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Paradise Bound

Music: Steve WallaceLibretto: Joan Ross SorkinSynopsisImmigrants yearning to be free is a universal story that occurs over and over in history, too often with a heartbreaking ending. The new opera Paradise Bound dramatizes one of those stories. On the brink of WWII,...

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The Reef

Music: Anthony DavisLibretto: Joan Ross SorkinAdapted from the novel by Edith Wharton[ba_image_carousel content_alignment="center" slide_count="4" nav_height="48px" nav_width="48px" nav_color="#ffffff" nav_bg="#3979ff" icon_left="||fa||900"...

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White Witch

A Monodrama for Contralto and PercussionMusic: Brian SchoberLibretto: Joan Ross SorkinSynopsisWhite Witch is a tale of lust, murder and retribution, based on the 19th-century Jamaican legend of Annie Palmer, notoriously known as "The White Witch of Rose Hall." As...

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Strange Fruit

Music: Chandler CarterLibretto: Joan Ross Sorkin[ba_image_carousel content_alignment="center" slide_count="4" nav_height="48px" nav_width="48px" nav_color="#ffffff" nav_bg="#3979ff" icon_left="||fa||900" icon_right="||fa||900" slide_count_tablet="4"...

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