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Royce Vavrek is a Canadian filmmaker, librettist, playwright and musical theatre writer known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Du Yun, Matt Marks, Andrew Gerle and Jeff Myers. His filmmaking credits include From Sky and Soil, which was created as part of the Corus Young Filmmakers Initiative for broadcast on the W Network through a prize administered by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association. World premieres slated for 2012 include Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar at The Kitchen [1], David T. Little's Am I Born and Matt Mehlan's Canvas both as part of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus' concert Brooklyn Village[2], and Little's Dog Days at Peak Performances Montclair, directed by American maverick Robert Woodruff[3].
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[edit] Selected filmmography
| Film | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sacrifice | 2003 | |
| Good Woman | 2004 | starring Marc Bouwer |
| From Sky and Soil | 2005 | Winner of the CFTPA Corus Young Filmmakers Initiative, 2004[4] |
| I Will Not Be Sad Anymore | 2005 | Winner of the Quebec Cooperative Filmmakers Initiative "No Sweat" Competition, 2005 |
| Pig and Bear | 2008 | International screening as part of TELEGRAMS from the New Canadian Cinema |
[edit] Selected opera credits
| Opera | Year | Collaborator | Premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song From the Uproar | 2012 | Missy Mazzoli (composer, co-librettist) | Beth Morrison Productions/The Kitchen[5] |
| Angel's Bone | 2011 | Du Yun (composer) | Mann Center for the Performing Arts[6] |
| Selections from The Beach | 2011 | Andrew Gerle (composer) | New York City Opera's VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab[7] |
| Selections from Maren of Vardø | 2011 | Jeff Myers (composer) | New York City Opera's VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab[8] |
| Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera | 2010 | David T. Little (composer) | Bard College[9] |
| The Bully Pulpit | 2010 | Kristin Hevner (composer) | Metropolis Opera Projects[10] |
| Prairie Dogs | 2010 | Rachel Peters (composer) | Premiere TBA |
| Scenes from Dog Days | 2009 | David T. Little (composer) | Osvaldo Golijov and Dawn Upshaw Young Artists Concert (Carnegie Hall/Zankel Hall) [11] |
| Mermaid in the Jar | 2009 | Rachel Peters (composer) | AMONG OTHERS: The Music of Rachel Peters |
| The Hunger Art | 2008 | Jeff Myers (composer) [12] | American Lyric Theatre Presents 'Opera in Eden'[13] |
| Nora at the Altar-Rail | 2008 | Jay Anthony Gach (composer) | American Lyric Theatre Presents 'Opera in Eden'[14] |
[edit] Selected theatre
In 2000, Vavrek's play Small Sad Saccharine Sins was showcased at the Alberta One-Act Play Festival in Edmonton, Alberta.[15]
In 2001, another of Vavrek's plays, I Can Fly!, competed at the Alberta Provincial One-Act Play Festival, again in Edmonton, Alberta.[16] Later that year, the play was featured during the opening night performance of the Mass of Madpeople Players' production of The Tainted Heart Trilogy.
Vavrek's play Motherless Pig was featured in the collective production of Menagerie by Sound and Fury Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, in a production that garnered an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nomination for Best Production by a Collective in 2002.[17] In a review for See Magazine, Gilbert Bouchard called the work a "deeply satirical, highly entertaining fable." In the same review he wrote: "With his sharp, crisp, witty script, Vavrek deconstructs identity politics without ever dipping into the pedantic or falling prey to either easy sentimentality or unvarnished pathos."[18]
In May 2009, Vavrek premiered lyrics in four original songs written for Mikhael Tara Garver's nonplay, a work loosely based on August Strindberg's A Dream Play. Songs include Pins and Needles composed by Matt Burns and Joy Son, and Et Cetera, Goodbye, My Little Lover, and Gravitylessness composed by Andrew Gerle.[19]
[edit] Selected musical theatre
| Musical | Year | Collaborator |
|---|---|---|
| Slaughtersung: The Sheepera | 2005 | Moon Hee Park (composer) |
| Dreamers = 1 + 1 + 1 | 2006 | Joy Son (composer) |
| The Popesical | 2007 | Brian Valencia (composer) |
| A Lot'A Nerve, Naomi Grubenstein | 2008 | Jay Anthony Gach (composer) |
| Untitled Bear Musical | 2011 | Nicholas Martin (composer) |
[edit] Selected concert contributions
| Song | Year | Collaborator | Event | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Song for Wade (This is Not That Song) | 2011 | Matt Marks (composer) | Mizzou New Music Summer Festival[20] | Matt Marks with Alarm Will Sound |
| I [XX] | 2011 | Matt Marks (composer) | 21c Liederabend[21] | Mellissa Hughes |
| Last Nightfall | 2011 | David T. Little (composer) | 21c Liederabend[22] | Mellissa Hughes |
| Gaspar Yuste Castro | 2010 | Kristin Hevner (composer) | The Coterie un/plugged, Volume One: Lauren Worsham and Friends[23] | Lauren Worsham |
| A Legacy in Cherry Wood | 2010 | Andrew Gerle (composer) | The Coterie un/plugged, Volume One: Lauren Worsham and Friends[24] | Barbara Walsh |
| Little Nimrod | 2009 | Mark Baechle (composer) | The Coterie @ Joe's Pub[25] | Amanda Pabyan |
| In America, They Execute Elephants | 2009 | Rachel Peters (composer) | State of the Union (Spotlight Series) | Molly Hager |
| Love Is | 2008 | Rob Shapiro (composer/additional lyrics) | Open Bar Mitzvah: The Songs of Rob Shapiro[26] | Liz Carbonell |
| Hybrid Dreams (BunnyPony) | 2007 | Julia Meinwald (composer) | Worst Case Scenario: The Songs of Julia Meinwald[27] | Lauren Worsham |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.thekitchen.org/event/296/0/1/
- ^ http://bphil.org/bphilwp/events/downtown/
- ^ http://davidtlittle.com/projects/
- ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
- ^ http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10769657/PACKETS/Song%20From%20the%20Uproar%20Packet.pdf
- ^ http://manncenter.org/du-yun-angels-bone
- ^ http://www.nycopera.com/seasontickets/vox2011.aspx
- ^ http://www.nycopera.com/seasontickets/vox2011.aspx
- ^ http://davidtlittle.com/events/
- ^ http://www.metropolisoperaproject.org/
- ^ http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_12371.html?selecteddate=05092009
- ^ American Lyric Theater | NYC
- ^ Playbill News: Free Opera in Eden Concert to Feature Tony Winner Chuck Cooper Jan. 7
- ^ Chuck Cooper to Appear in Opera in Eden: Theater News on TheaterMania.com
- ^ http://www.adfa.ca/2000.html
- ^ http://www.adfa.ca/2001.html
- ^ Sterling Awards Homepage
- ^ SEE Magazine: May 2, 2002
- ^ http://www.cassiewooley.com/news.html
- ^ http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/mizzou-new-music-summer-festival-wrap/
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/arts/music/orchestra-of-st-lukes-at-carnegie-hall-and-more.html
- ^ http://21cliederabend.com/worldpremieres/
- ^ http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The_Coterie_Presents_A_Benefit_Concert_The_Coteris_Unplugged_Volume_One_At_The_Canal_Room_222_20100127
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136362-Walsh-McCartney-and-Nolen-Will-Join-Worsham-for-February-Concert
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132714-Cooper%20McCarthy%20James_and_Moore_Will_Sing_for_the_Coterie_at_Joe_s_Pub
- ^ http://www.rsmusicals.com/
- ^ http://www.juliameinwald.com/News.html
