Lots of performances of new music coming up: _____________________________________________ iBoc – International Brazilian Opera company Debut. March 7&8th – New York City Baruch’s Engelman Recital Hall. 8pm Tickets available at: brazilianopera.peatix.com We will be presenting scenes from 4 operas from 3 living composers! Including our favorite arias from Tamanduá and […]
Brazilian Music

Check: Corriere Romano Gruppo ADN Kronos Yahoo Italia Agenzia Fuoritutto
IBOC on major Italian press!

Thanks to you we have just reached the funding goal for the March 2014 iBoc Debut Concerts. Yes! You are helping us to launch a movement that will create opportunities for artists of all kinds. There is still plenty we can still achieve. Keep in mind that this funding goal […]
Thank You! Obrigado! Grazie! Danke! Arigato!
We are working hard to build a new opera company that fosters collaboration from artists of all backgrounds. We have a wonderfully diverse team of people working on this and we would love to have your support! Check our Kickstarter campaign! PLEDGE NOW! Check links for recent articles about iboc: […]
IBOC in the press.
The best news I got this week is that my First Symphony got picked up to be premiered in 2014 by a wonderful Brazilian Orchestra: UniCamp. Happy New Year! Check PDF and info about the Sinfonia n.1 – Um Sonho Brasileiro . [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/8894348″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Happy 2014!
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iBoc – Debut Campaign is on!

Mourning for Nelson Mandela, I think about how I have always been interested to know more about South Africa. There are many places in the world that I would like to visit. However, my musical instincts keep making me think about South Africa, for the vocal tradition and for the […]
From Brazil to South Africa
Warming up to March 7&8th 2014 concerts of Tamandua and other 3 operas by living composers. Here is a video from the 2009 performance at MSU.
Warming up to iBOC!

We are pleased to announce the first official round of auditions for IBOC. More info at: www.brazilianopera.com IBOC Auditions Notice
Brazilian Opera Company Auditions!

Mar Negro, film by Rodrigo Aragão, featuring music by Joao MacDowell premieres this Friday at the Festival do Rio 2013. More info at: Festival do Rio 2013
Mar Negro at Festival do Rio 2013

Luigi Porto, Art Critic and Sound Designer discusses his creative collaboration with composer João MacDowell. http://farespettacolo.it/2013/05/20/intervista-a-luigi-porto-compositore-e-sound-designer/
Luigi Porto talks about Plastic Flowers in the Italian Press

Correio Brasiliense, December 17th, 2012. Mariana Moreira: Check: Correio Brasiliense – Brasilia Arte Institute – Sao Paulo, Lisbon More about the opera: plasticflowerstheopera.com
Plastic Flowers in the Brazilian Press

More about the opera: plasticflowerstheopera.com
Luigi Porto and Plastic Flowers in the Italian Press

Limited edition of Plastic Flowers physical CD has arrived from factory. These CDs are exclusive for our backers and as companion to the Vocal Score Book. A limited number only has been made available for purchase through bandcanp.
Plastic Flowers: CDs are here!

Thank you to all who came to the concert première of Plastic Flowers. Thank you to all who could not come but were present in spirit, with their positive energy. Thank you specially to all our backers who made this production possible. It was a wonderful journey to write, rehearse […]
Plastic Flowers – Recording Available

We posted a link to the audio recording from last night’s première. Exclusive to our Kickstarter backers. We are all very happy about the performance last night. Thank you all who came, and those who are supporting us in the distance, you are fantastic! Awesomeness Thank you to Abby Powell, […]
Plastic Flowers – MP3 of Premiere Available for Backers!

This is just the first step, after the music is all recorded and fully revised on the score book, then we will pursue the fully staged version. A staged version of Plastic Flowers will be a lot of fun, we want to make it into an immersion experience. As in […]
Plastic Flowers on Kickstarter!

Introducing young virtuoso pianist Han Chen who will be performing the demanding piano part of Plastic Flowers. Han Chen has impressed everyone on the Plastic Flowers creative team with his technical skills, precise sight-reading of complex passages and true romantic expression. Han Chen is an undergraduate at Juilliard School of […]
Han Chen on piano for Plasic Flowers

We are really happy with it. This is the posters that backers can get on top of the CD and DVD, if you support our kickstarter campaign. We have already sent out the posters to be printed, they should be arriving here towards the end of the week. Yes! They […]
Plastic Flowers: poster art sent to printers!
We just launched our Kickstarter campaign for the new Opera Plastic Flowers! Be an investor on this new work and have a chance to own some unique collector’s items!
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