Friday, June 12, 2009

Make Music New York


Rhymes With Opera at Make Music New York!

Sunday, June 21 from noon till 12:30
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY

Bring a blanket, have a picnic, listen to:

Missed Connections (a public service announcement for craigslist)
and
Sun Cycle, a mixtape about love, loss and loneliness

featuring the whole RWO crew, plus an accordion, a cello, some noisemakers...

Presented at the 2009 Make Music New York festival
as a part of the American Opera Projects' "The Voice of Brooklyn".

Friday, April 3, 2009

We had a mighty fun tour... here is what it looked like:



Sunday, November 30, 2008

March 2009 Tour

RHYMES WITH OPERA and the
AM/PM SAXOPHONE QUARTET
present an evening of new chamber music and opera

featuring music by Kathleen Bader, Mattias Sköld,
and the premiere of two new works written for RWO.

THOMAS LIMBERT
(RWO commission)
Numbers/Dates
(Anxiety Leading to Panic)


Libretto by THIMBLE WIT
Music by
RUBY FULTON and GEORGE LAM
Skeleton

With Elisabeth Halliday, soprano, Bonnie Lander, soprano,
Robert Maril, baritone, and the AM/PM Saxophone Quartet

  • Saturday, March 7, 2009, 8pm
    Broad Street Cafe - 1116 Broad Street
    Durham, NC
    Free Admission

  • Sunday, March 8, 2009, 7pm
    Metro Gallery
    1700 North Charles Street
    Baltimore, MD
    $7 / $5 students

  • Friday, March 13, 2009, 8pm
    IWAA
    5045 Spruce Street
    Philadelphia, PA
    Free Admission

  • Saturday, March 14, 2009, 6pm
    42nd st. / Times Square Subway Station
    New York, NY

  • Sunday March 15, 2009, 5pm
    Gershwin Hotel
    7 East 27th St, New York, NY
    $10

Photo used under Creative Commons, from Streetwalker (www.flickr.com)

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Donate to Rhymes With Opera

Hi everyone, and happy holidays! We're getting ready for our March 2009 tour, and we're looking for donations to help us get going. This time, we're planning to present two brand new pieces (including the first-ever Rhymes With Opera commission) in four cities, as well as partner up with the Baltimore-based AM/PM Saxophone Quartet.

Can you donate to support our music? For a donation of $10 or more, we'll send you a Rhymes With Opera sampler CD made up of tracks contributed by each of the members of our company. These unique CDs make equally good stocking stuffers, eggnog coasters, shattered christmas tree ornaments, shiny holiday frisbees and consumerist manifestations of "Cyber Monday", and your donation will help us as we continue to explore the relationships between music, ideas and locality. No amount is too small! And your donation is now tax-deductible, because of our affiliation with American Opera Projects. There are two simple steps to make your tax-deductible donation to Rhymes With Opera:
  • Send us a check, payable to "American Opera Projects", be sure to put "Rhymes With Opera" on the memo line. Our address is Rhymes With Opera, P.O. Box 1921, Durham, NC 27702-1921

  • Send an email to rhymeswithopera@gmail.com with the following information:

    1. name and mailing addres

    2. donation amount

    3. how many CDs you would like (up to one free CD for every ten dollars donation)


All gifts $50 or over enable the donor to become a member of Rhymes With Opera, who will receive (in addition to the sampler CD) a copy of our newsletter, be recognized as a member in our performance programs, as well as receive regular updates about upcoming RWO productions.

Thanks in advance for your support!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

RWO at Durham Art Walk



Rhymes With Opera will be presenting a short program at Durham Art Walk this Saturday!

Saturday, November 1
1:15pm at the CCB Plaza in Downtown Durham
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We'll be performing a few fiddle tunes, as well as some improvised opera (!), so come join us.

Durham Art Walk is sponsored by the Durham Arts Council and the City of Durham Department of Parks and Recreation. Check out the website at http://www.durhamartwalk.com.

Friday, May 30, 2008

MakeMusicNY 2008!



We'll be presenting Ruby Fulton's closer to mona at Make Music New York! Come check out some new opera in a park! Ft. Greene Park in Brooklyn to be exact!

American Opera Projects / Rhymes With Opera
present

closer to mona
libretto by Amy Kirsten, music by Ruby Fulton
featuring Elisabeth Halliday, soprano

3:00pm, ft. greene park, brooklyn, ny
saturday, june 21, 2008
(as a part of make music new york)

AOP performs with Rhymes With Opera, Opera On Tap and the Collective Opera Company, 2:30pm - 4:00pm in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn. AOP and Opera On Tap are also performing at noon over at Lincoln Square in Manhattan.

more information about AOP at their website. check out new videos from RWO's recent performance in Durham, NC.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

"One-Track Mind": 2008


Rhymes With Opera
presents
One-Track Mind
East Coast Tour 2008

New Operas by Ruby Fulton and George Lam
Featuring Robert Maril, baritone and Bonnie Lander, soprano

TWO WORLD PREMIERES!

closer to mona
libretto by Amy Kirsten, music by Ruby Fulton

Heartbreak Express
libretto by John Clum, music by George Lam


Baltimore, Maryland
with Matt Diamond and Will Chang
Friday, May 23, 2008
9:00pm, Load of Fun

120 W North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201-5813

$5 suggested donation


Durham, North Carolina
with pulsoptional, Durham's Band Of Composers
Saturday, May 24, 2008
9:00pm, Bull City Headquarters

723 N. Mangum St.
Durham, NC 27701

$5 suggested donation at the door