What’s their secret to keeping their personal and professional lives in balance? Find out on Episode 6 of the Ghost Light Podcast. You may know that Arlene and her husband are both composers. She will also work with the Utah Youth Symphony in preparing a paired down version of Nature Symphony.Īrlene was also asked about her perspective, as an American composer living and working abroad, about the representation shift in both living and female composers. In April, Arlene will spend a few weeks in Utah working with the Utah Symphony in an American debut of Nature Symphony and a world premiere of Bird Symphony, a piece the Utah Symphony commissioned. But although she loved the experience she looked forward to opportunities to get back in collaboration with live musicians. McBeth said the production marks the company’s commitment to staging at least one family-friendly production each year.

Kent Miles Utah Opera’s 2020-21 season will conclude in May with Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.

Arlene studied electronic music composition at Oberlin, and found that the electronic music classes fascinating for her composition sensitivities. Utah Opera will perform Tosca for the seventh time during its 2020-21 season. Composer Arlene Sierra recently sat down with the Ghost Light Podcast to discuss her residency with the symphony upcoming artist in residency with the Utah Symphony in April 2022.Īrlene discusses her roots in electronic music and the journey back to composing acoustical music.

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