Caroline Shaw wins 2013 Pulitzer

Friends, some mind-boggling news. Caroline Shaw, dear friend (and total genius), has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

If you're thinking Wait, don't I know that name? you do! Caroline premiered her "Ritornello" with Opera Cabal in February 2012. Caroline, we think you're swell. (Sigh...touched by greatness!) Read the full story in the New York Times.

ritornello { preview } from Caroline Shaw on Vimeo.

Salon March 23, 2013

Thanks to everyone who apparently forsook Spring Break to come to the March salon. Excerpted videos are below.

Benjamin Melsky (harp) and Liz Albertson (paintings): Gustavo Leone, Five Preludes for Harp. Visit Ben and Liz's Kickstarter campaign page here. Liz's painting #5 is just visible to the right of the harp in the video.

Benjamin Melsky and Liz Albertson - Hyde Park Salon March 23, 2013 from Opera Cabal on Vimeo.

Benjamin Melsky (harp) with Ryan Muncy (saxophone): Anthony Cheung, "Refrain from Riffing."

Benjamin Melsky and Ryan Muncy - Hyde Park Salons - March 23, 2013 from Opera Cabal on Vimeo.

Finally, we were very pleased to welcome Atom-R (or, Anatomical Theaters of Mixed Reality) to the Hyde Park Salons. With Mark Jeffery (choreography), Judd Morrissey (systems), performers Sam Hertz, Justin Deschamps, Christopher Knowlton and Blake Russell, and writer Anthony Romero.

Atom-R - Hyde Park Salons - March 23, 2013 from Opera Cabal on Vimeo.

See you all in June!