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EXCLUSIVE: Watch Minnesota Opera New Works Intiative Preview 'The Shining'

This year, the Minnesota Opera will define what it means to adapt a novel to stage. Stephen King's best-selling text, The Shining (and let's be clear we're not talking about Kubrick), is a risky endeavor, one in dealing with enough psychologically-based thematic concepts that it could have driven librettist Mark Campbell insane just to write.
By Ian Holubiak

  • New LP 'Varmints': Composer Anna Meredith's Bold Departure From Classical Towards Pop

    Classical composers don't always remain classical composers. Some embrace multiple projects; others ditch the medium entirely for something more down-to-earth. Neither column can perfectly sum up the experience of composer Anna Meredith regarding her sudden departure from the classical medium and her foray into world of electronica and pop music -- a genre which, at 37, she admitted was foreign territory. A former in-house composer with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and with Sinfonia ViVA, her electronic work (previewed in her 2012/2013 EPs) has culminated in the March 4th release of her debut album Varmints (under Moshi Moshi Records).
    By Steve Nagel

  • Watch Joanna Newsome Perform 'A Pin-Light Bent' & Talk About Andy Samberg on Seth Meyers

    In support of her new album, 'Divers,' Joanna Newsom stopped by "Late Night with Seth Meyers" to perform "A Pin-Light Bent." Along with her featurette, Meyers sat Ms. Newsom down to ask her a few questions, one about the hilarious way she met her husband, Andy Samberg.
    By Ian Holubiak