Laura Kaminsky on Opera's Future

Kaminksy’s father grew up during the Great Depression, her mother experienced the London Blitz when she was young Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York State Theater (now the David H. Koch Theater) Babatunde Olatunji Winneba, Ghana Balafon Musical tuplets Synesthesia Gestalt psychology Impresario Marionette The High School of Music & Art (now Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & the Arts) Edna Landau Women composers of the 20th century: Lili Boulanger, Florence Price, Amy Beach Kaminsky received an undergraduate degree in psychology from Oberlin College Columbus Circle Mirageas served as the Senior Vice President of Artists and Repertoire at Decca Records in London Harlem Renaissance The Fulbright Program, Peace Corps And Trouble Came is a piece Kaminsky composed for narrator, viola, cello, and piano in 1993 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 20th century eastern European composers: Krzysztof Penderecki, Dmitri Shostakovich, Henryk Górecki Kaminsky composed Terra Terribilis: Concerto for Three Percussionists and Orchestra in 2008 and Rising Tide for string quartet in 2012 Fry Street Quartet Ludwig Beethoven, Leoš Janáček Garth Lenz As One is Kaminsky’s first opera Kimberly Reed is a filmmaker and created films for As One Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Kelly Markgraf (baritone) were the premiere cast for As One St. Petersburg, Russia Vladimir Ashkenazy Kaminsky’s favorite place in Cincinnati is Maplewood Kitchen Today it Rains is a new chamber opera by Kaminsky The Rachel Maddow Show Uber Kaminsky’s opera Some Light Emerges participated in Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s Opera Fusion: New Works workshop in 2016 Kaminsky was the Associate Director of Humanities at the 92nd Street Y Kaminsky was in awe when she met Chick Corea National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)