Music of Remembrance: After Life
TBA
- Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano (Gertrude Stein)
- Michael Mayes, baritone (Picasso)
- Alisa Jordheim, soprano (Youth)
- Demarre McGill, flute
- Laura DeLuca, clarinet
- Mikhail Shmidt, violin
- Eric Han, cello
- Jessica Choe, piano
- Alastair Willis, conductor
MOR's new production marks the tenth anniversary of Tom Cipullo's award-winning opera After Life, imagining a confrontation between the ghosts of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso over the responsibility of artists in a troubled world. This expanded version opens with a musical soirée set in the home of Stein and Alice B. Toklas, with selections by composers they might have hosted at one of their legendary gatherings at 27 Rue de Fleurus on Paris's Left Bank.
About Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano (Gertrude Stein)
About Michael Mayes, baritone (Picasso)
About Alisa Jordheim, soprano (Youth)
About Demarre McGill, flute
One of the world’s leading flutists, Demarre serves as Principal Flute of the award-winning Seattle Symphony as well as Associate Professor of Flute, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His many appearances span the continent and include concerto, recital, chamber festival, and National Flute Society Featured-Artist engagements.
As an educator, Demarre has performed, coached, and presented master classes in South Africa, Korea, Japan, Quebec, and throughout the United States; appeared as speaker and performer at the 2018 League of American Orchestras Conference with his brother, clarinetist Anthony McGill; and has served on the faculties of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States, the National Orchestral Institute (NOI) at the University of Maryland, the Orford Music Festival, and Summerfests at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Mr. McGill is a graduate of Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School.
https://www.demarremcgill.com/About Laura DeLuca, clarinet
About Mikhail Shmidt, violin
About Eric Han, cello
About Jessica Choe, piano
https://seattlesymphony.org/about/meetthemusicians/theorchestra/artists/a-h/choe-jessica