Friday, February 4, 2011
Music / Post No Bills Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond Steps Out
Posted by Peter Margasak on 02.04.11 at 01:51 PM
Last week in New York, Worden presented a few modified versions of her band in a one-off concert at the prestigious Allen Room at Lincoln Center, adding even more baroque detail to her already heady arrangements. According to a review by Jon Pareles of the New York Times, she drew out more of her operatic training than usual.
Late last year Worden lent her exquisite voice to Penelope (New Amsterdam), a stunning song cycle composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider with lyrics by playwright Ellen McLaughlin. Impressive New York chamber ensemble Signal, which also understands how to bridge contemporary classical and pop, performed the music. Penelope isn't really a pop-rock effort, though there are plenty of rock rhythms and hooky melodies—Snider's art songs deal in motific development rather than verse-chorus-verse structures. Worden's singing is hardly bombastic or operatic but rather carefully pitched to the concision of the material—she doesn't sound terribly different here than she does in My Brightest Diamond.
Today's playlist:
Dog Out, Dog Out (Moserobie)
Etoile de Dakar, Once Upon a Time in Senegal: The Birth of Mbalax 1979-1981 (Sterns)
Marina Rosenfeld & George Lewis, Sour Mash (Innova)
1000, Played (Leo)
September Collective, Always Breathing Monster (Mosz)
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what a gorgeous voice! checked out a few songs from the link on here, and am really fond of "Bass Player" [A Thousand Shark's Teeth]. i will be recommending this!!
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The University of North Texas does not offer a bachelor's degree in opera. Undergraduate programs that are offered include Bachelor of Arts in music, and Bachelor of Music in choral, history, jazz studies, theory, and composition. ED degrees offer a concentration in vocal studies.
