libretto shot

the libretto for closer to mona as layed out on my floor... it's done!!!

We Two Boys

George here. We're working hard on our upcoming Durham-Baltimore tour. The title of our show is ONE-TRACK MIND, and it will feature two brand new chamber operas by me and Ruby Fulton. Mine's about Dolly Parton, written for Robert Maril. More on that later on.

Also on the tour will be other recent pieces written for voice and instruments. We Two Boys, a short song cycle for baritone and violin with words by Benjamin Rogers will be a part of the program. Take a listen to it below, with baritone Tom Jaynes and myself on violin. The text is inspired by a poem by Walt Whitman, and describes the life-cycle of a relationship.

bits and pieces for preview

ruby here. my project for our first show is starting to come together. it is a one-person opera called Closer To Mona; i'm collaborating with bonnie lander (soprano) and amy kirsten (composer who is writing the libretto). the story is about five different characters who are all obsessed with the mona lisa... a janitor, a visitor, an artist, a curator, and a thief. each of them has a beat made up of splices and samples of bonnie's recorded voice, which i'm putting together on the computer. the beats are going to eventually do all kinds of wild and wacky stuff, but you can preview them in their calmly looping states below.

janitor beat


artist beat


curator beat


thief beat


visitor beat