I’ve been thinking about this idea for a long time. As a person with a disability, I have often ignored the daily struggles, the obstacles invisible to others, and the fatigue of trying to be an artist/musician. I have always wanted to be a “good composer” first, not the “composer with a disability.” I am…
Big artistic projects – like Democracy – always take longer to come to fruition than we like. They both attempt to marry big ideas of what it means to be human within the history, the circumstances, the challenges, and the nuts and bolts opportunities each day. Before COVID, my dear friend and artistic director Helen…
Premier by the Northern Lights Choir directed by Helen Demong May 10 at St. Bernards Church in Saranac Lake In addition to a diverse program of American and French choral works, the Northern Lights Choir will premier Glenn’s new work “The Cry of the Hunger Stones.” This work brings climate data to life, found carved…
Watershed Voices will create musical works that celebrate regional biodiversity (through sonification of scientific data) and human diversity (through writings from diverse cultural voices both past and present), thereby engaging audiences in both New York State and Quebec in a shared artistic experience of our shared Champlain Basin.
“The rural community of the North Country plays a major role in the third of our “Spotlight” series of stories detailing the formation of “Promised Land: an Adirondack Folk Opera.”