Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.

Sola Fadiran and Frances Pollock blind react to Allison Chu's research about the field of music criticism. What is the demographic makeup of the field of classical music criticism? What do critics consider central to the profession of music criticism? And how does Sola feel about the Tonys?   Written and Recorded by Frances Pollock and Allison Chu Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock Dive Deeper:  http://www.mcana.org/archive/criticssurvey.html Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here: https://midnightoilco.com Midnight Oil Collective This channel is MOC’s homebase. Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement. To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Facebook: @midnightoilcollective Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Five--Sola, Sondheim, Statistics, Surveys was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process

Episode 5: Sola, Sondheim, Statistics, Surveys Sola Fadiran and Frances Pollock blind react to Allison Chu's research about the field of music criticism. What is the demographic makeup of the field of classical music criticism? What do critics consider central to the profession of music criticism? And how does Sola feel about the Tonys? Written and Recorded by Frances Pollock and Allison Chu Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock Dive Deeper:“The Classical Music Critic: a Survey of Music Critics at General Interest and Specialized News Publications in America” [http://www.mcana.org/archive/criticssurvey.html] Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/project...​ [https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr] Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/​ [https://www.midnightoilco.com/​ ] Midnight Oil Collective This channel is MOC’s homebase. Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement. To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Facebook: @midnightoilcollective Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Five--Sola, Sondheim, Statistics, Surveys was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process

What does gender have to do with opera? Does opera need to be gay? Composer Alexis Lamb and scholar Hallie Voulgaris join us to talk about the opera's weird relationship with gender and sexuality. Cast and Crew: Allison Chu, Alexis Lamb, Frances Pollock, Hallie Voulgaris Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock Dive deeper: * Pants Roles [https://www.lafolia.com/women-in-trousers/] * Castrato [https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/baroque-instruments/castrato-voice-baroque/] * Ethel Smyth [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/music/ethel-smyth-prison-chandos.html] * Singspiel [https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2008/01/07/9068/singspiel/] * David Smooke [https://www.davidsmooke.com/] * Elizabeth Wood, "Sapphonics" in Queering the Pitch, ed. by Philip Brett, Elizabeth Wood, and Gary C. Thomas (London: Routledge, 2011), 27-66. * As One, [https://www.asoneopera.com/] by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed * Aiden Feltkamp [http://www.aidenkimfeltkamp.com/] * Griffin Candey [https://www.griffincandey.com/] * Heartbeat Opera [https://www.heartbeatopera.org/] * Drag Queen Story Hour [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series/drag-queen-story-hour] at the Brooklyn Public Library * Slave Play [https://slaveplaybroadway.com/about/], Jeremy O. Harris * Fire in my mouth, [https://open.spotify.com/album/6ko1tkGEWoWUx6xt3u9g9D?si=GqArltDsR7iTl0CkWO7j3A] Julia Wolfe * Denis and Katya [https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2019-2020/denis-katya/], by Philip Venables and Ted Huffman * Eli Greenhoe [https://eligreenhoe.com/] Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr [https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr] Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here: https://midnightoilco.com [https://midnightoilco.com/] Midnight Oil Collective This channel is MOC’s homebase. Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement. To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Four -- Alexis, Hallie, Gender, Harry Potter was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process

Ms., Opera, Music, Mr. Episode 3--Rhetoric, Analysis, Opera, Owls? Owls… and opera research? Join Allison Chu and Frances Pollock for Episode 3 of Ms., Opera, Music, Mr. to find out how this whole project began, and why owls are so important to this project. Nearly a year later, Allison and Frances are diving deep into reviews to think about the power of language and unconscious biases in the world of opera Cast and Crew Allison Chu Frances Pollock Check out some of the material discussed in this week's episode: Voyant Tools [https://voyant-tools.org/] Find Ms., Opera, Music, Mr. on Spotify here [https://open.spotify.com/show/1zQnohYAAUjVrcqsiiyFT1?si=IexNwE1BT4G7HOQq8IHsGA]. Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here [https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr]. Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here. [https://midnightoilco.com] Midnight Oil Collective This channel is MOC’s homebase. Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement. To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Three--Rhetoric, Analysis, Opera, Owls? was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process

Ms., Opera, Music, Mr. Episode Two--Edwin, Joel, Reviews, Hot-Takes Allison Chu interviews artists, Edwin Joseph, Joel Thompson, and Frances Pollock about their experience being reviewed. Thought Experiment: Compare and contrast Joel and Nico's artist features in the New York Times. What are the similarities and what are the differences? After reading them, what sticks with you about each artist? Joel Thompson’s feature [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/arts/music/classical-music-black-lives-matter.html] in the New York Times Nico Muhly’s feature [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/arts/music/nico-muhly-composer-of-dark-sisters-and-two-boys.html] in the New York Times Want to hear music from this week's episode? Listen to our MOMM Spotify playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52GcENKrnyeeTIjkXqSfCs?si=6rUGKzawT3qoNnRpvMo3Mw] Check out some of the material discussed in this week's episode: Nico Muhly [http://nicomuhly.com/] Joel Thompson [https://sevenlastwords.org/about/composer/] Tim Smith [https://bytimsmith.com/] Bret McCabe [https://bmoreart.com/2012/12/interview-with-baltimore-art-critic-bret-mccabe-by-joan-cox.html] Howard Reich’s review of Joel Thompson [https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-sinfonietta-king-concert-review-0122-20200121-m2alsvzsjbfmvkj3u73qcdun2y-story.html] in Chicago Tribune Anne Midgette’s review of Frances Pollock’s opera [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/opera-as-lively-art--or-not-so-lively/2017/01/15/abffc070-db4b-11e6-b2cf-b67fe3285cbc_story.html] in the Washington Post Edwin in Coco [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BcKWP-3ImQ] Wesley Morris [https://www.nytimes.com/by/wesley-morris] A.O. Scott [https://www.nytimes.com/by/a-o--scott] Guy Fieri’s Review [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/dining/reviews/restaurant-review-guys-american-kitchen-bar-in-times-square.html] in the New York Times Wagner’s Die Feen at the Glimmerglass Festival 2020 [https://glimmerglass.org/events/die-feen/] (postponed) Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins’s prism:Listen here [https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZVR3cWVMLunHOSjQ48C5K?si=AMedNfPHRECHLvFq1nNqtA]; Read here [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ellen-reid-prism-review-20181130-story.html]. Aaron Copland [https://www.aaroncopland.com/] Cast and Crew Allison Chu, Edwin Joseph, Joel Thompson, Frances Pollock Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here [https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr] Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here [https://midnightoilco.com] Midnight Oil Collective: Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement.  To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC MUSIC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Two--Edwin, Joel, Reviews, Hot-Takes was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process.