56 min

FWO Salon: Episode 2 (with Guests: Rachel J. Peters, Héctor Armienta, Nicole Brooks‪)‬ Fort Worth Opera's Salon

    • Performing Arts

Joining Maestro and composer Joe Illick at the Salon this time are three members of a rare group of artists: composer-librettists! In this episode, FWO is thrilled to welcome filmmaker, director, performer, composer, curator, teacher and “art-ivist,” Nicole Brooks; Mexican-American composer-librettist and founder & director of Opera Cultura, Héctor Armienta; and nationally-renowned composer-librettist, Rachel J. Peters. Our three guests talk about their compositional processes, the pros and cons of being the sole creator of a work, and ruminate on why they wanted to do it all. We hope you enjoy your visit to the Salon, and leave inspired by these incredible artists.

If you have any topics you want to hear about, email salon@fwopera.org or tag us on social media @fortworthopera

Joining Maestro and composer Joe Illick at the Salon this time are three members of a rare group of artists: composer-librettists! In this episode, FWO is thrilled to welcome filmmaker, director, performer, composer, curator, teacher and “art-ivist,” Nicole Brooks; Mexican-American composer-librettist and founder & director of Opera Cultura, Héctor Armienta; and nationally-renowned composer-librettist, Rachel J. Peters. Our three guests talk about their compositional processes, the pros and cons of being the sole creator of a work, and ruminate on why they wanted to do it all. We hope you enjoy your visit to the Salon, and leave inspired by these incredible artists.

If you have any topics you want to hear about, email salon@fwopera.org or tag us on social media @fortworthopera

56 min