For the second year in a row, the Canada Research Chair in Opera Creation has organized an interdisciplinary research-creation seminar on the art of the clown in opera at Orford Musique. Led by Ana Sokolović, composer and holder of the Research Chair, this seminar brought together a team of renowned coaches and professors, including choreographer Sarah Bild, director and puppeteer Martin Genest, director of the French playwriting program at NTS Diane Pavlović, bouffon teacher Massimo Agostinelli, puppeteer Caroline Tanguay, clown Véronika Makdissi-Warren, as well as postdoctoral researchers Patrick Giguère and Kit Soden.
Link to the event: https://www.orford.mu/
From May 17 to 31, 2023, the Canada Research Chair in Opera Creation organized an interdisciplinary opera research-creation seminar at Orford Musique.
As part of this seminar, we began creating four five-minute operas designed to be performed online. They were created by four interdisciplinary groups of graduate students in composition, literature and/or theater, film and set design. Each team made its own individual creative choices with the support of the research team, but the creative work was also carried out through co-creation workshops bringing together all teams and guest artists.
The aim of this course is to familiarize student composers and performers with the process of creating a musical work to accompany dance or musical theater in collaboration with choreographers and playwrights.
