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American Musical Voices Project at the Kennedy Center
Works by composers in Signature's American Musical Voices Project: Matt Connor, Adam Gwon, Marisa Michelson, Chris Miller, and Scott Davenport Richards
August 18, 2010, 9:30pm
Illumination Night on Martha's Vineyard!
Marisa will be singing traditional theatre songs, classical arias, and a few of her own pieces in the beautiful open-air tabernacle in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard. Come walk around the campground, see the hundreds of lighted lanters, and enjoy some music.
July 9, 10, 2010
Tamar and the River at the Signature Theatre!
A three-week workshop directed by Matt Gardiner at the Signature Theatre. With wonderful actor/singer/movers, piano, and percussion. For more information on Tamar and the River, see the Music page.
June 14th, 2010
Italian arias and Theatre Standards
Marisa will be giving an informal concert of Italian arias and theatre songs to work with ideas of performance as listening and receiving, rather than actively producing the musical expression.
April 29th - May 2nd, 2010
SCHEHEREZADE in Montclair, NJ
Along with playwright Jason Grote, Marisa has been commissioned to adapt Grote´s play, 1001, into a musical for Montclair University´s New Works Initiative. Info in the NYT.
Singing/Composition Group with writer/performers Raphael Sacks, Faye Shapiro, and Sasha Bogdanowitsch.
Marisa, Sasha, Raffi and Faye came together for a three week immersion to explore questions about singing, movement and music from improvisatory and performative perspectives. Together they began new pieces and planted the seeds for an ensemble they will be forming in the Fall of 2010.
January 4th - 8th, 2010
Tamar and the River at the Signature Theatre
Marisa went to Arlington, VA for one week to work with DC singer/actors on solidifying musical material and to further develop a way of teaching the score in an aural, imitative, and improvisatory way.
December, 2010
Exploratory work sessions for Tamar and the River
Marisa worked with singers Margot Bassett, Amy Carrigan, Gelsey Bell, Gabrielle Stravelli, Jason Tam, Shawn Shafner, Raphael Sacks, and Gideon Crevoshay to try out new material in an ensemble setting.
October 21 -25, 2009
Songs of Ascension at BAM Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn , NY
Marisa will be singing in Meredith Monk's beautiful and transcendent Songs of Ascension. Go to www.bam.org for more info.
