John Malveaux: Fifty-first Anniversary of William Grant Still Opera 'Highway 1, USA' May 31; Encore Performance in AITR 196, 5 PM Wed. June 4, 2014

[William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, 

which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof.
Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]

John Malveaux of 

www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

A fifty-first anniversary of William Grant Still one-act opera ‘Highway 1, USA’, http://www.operaamerica.org/applications/nawd/newworks/details.aspx?id=551, was presented by University of California Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Music on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Winifred Smith Hall. The UCI vocal arts with UCI Symphony modeled the benefits of diversity in opera and demonstrated William Grant Still as a prolific American composer above any subcategory.

Highway 1, USA, one-act opera by William Grant Still, May 31

With an encore performance Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 5:00 PM, in AITR 196

Stephen Shaw-Naar, piano

Performers:

May 31                                June 4

Mary: Melissa McCann         Dina Grubb

Bob: Stefan Miller               Elias Berezin

Aunt Lou: Jennifer Chen      Laura Erath

Nate: Marcus Paige             Marcus Paige

Sheriff: Jamie Sanderson    Casden Simonson