January 2012: Please Help Support Song from the Uproar through Kickstarter

I’m raising money to record my new opera!  Help me out and get lots of great rewards in the process including:
-Free tickets to the show!
-CD Sampler Packs from New Amsterdam Records!
-secret “leaked” tracks from the show (hear it before the premiere!)
AND MUCH MORE…
Visit MY KICKSTARTER PAGE and donate today – even small donations will get us closer to our goal! Thank you!

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January 2012: Tickets on sale NOW for SONG FROM THE UPROAR (Missy’s new opera)

January 2012: Tickets are on sale NOW for Missy’s first opera:
Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt
premiering February 24-March 3 at The Kitchen in New York City.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!
With mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer (Isabelle Eberhardt), sopranos Amelia Watkins and Celine Mogielnicki, mezzo-soprano Kate Maroney, tenor Tomas Cruz and baritone Peter Stewart.  Including stage direction by Gia Forakis, film by Stephen S. Taylor, a libretto by Royce Vavrek, set design by Zane Pihlstrom, costumes by Alixandra Englund.  Produced by Beth Morrison Projects.  For more information visit songfromtheuproar.com

Abigail Fischer as Isabelle Eberhardt

Abigail Fischer with NOW Ensemble

Abigail Fischer

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December 2011: DETROPIA premieres at Sundance

I recently contributed some tracks to the soundtrack of the film DETROPIA, premiering this January at Sundance!  Detropia, by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (makers of Jesus Camp!) follows a handful of interesting characters through the glory and decay of modern day Detroit.

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December 2011: New York Times “Club Kids are Storming Music Museums”

December 2011:  The New York Times takes a stab at defining the current “movement” of young composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Jefferson Friedman, Du Yun, Judd Greenstein, Nico Muhly, Anna Clyne, and many more!!  CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE

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August 2011: Victoire in the Washington Post

Victoire (Missy’s Band) was mentioned as part of the Washington Post’s “Contemporary Music Primer”, along with John Adams and Jennifer Higdon!  (Watch the end of the video)

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