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Michelle DiBucci

Michelle DiBucci

American composer

Michelle DiBucci is an American composer born in 1961 who writes scores for opera, theater, dance, film, and TV. She has composed several of the scores featured in Wendigo,[1] Carrier,[2] Gêmeas[3] and Creepshow. She is primarily a theater composer, with more than 30 credits.[4]

Awards

Her soundtrack for Wendigo won the WNYC New Sounds Listeners Poll: Best New Soundtracks.[5]

Her ballet, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin (Charlotte Salomon: Death and the Painter), was premiered at Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in 2015 under the direction and choreography of Bridget Breiner.[6] The work was awarded the 2015 Der Faust, Germany's highest prize for theater and dance, winning in the category of Best Choreography for Breiner.[7]

DiBucci's music-theater work, Basetrack Live, had its New York premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Next Wave Festival, in 2014 and was deemed part of the "Best Theater of 2014" list by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times.[8]

Her music has been performed at Komische Oper Berlin, Stockholm Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the BAM Harvey Theater, and at Zankel Hall in New York City.[9][10]

Education

DiBucci received her B.M. in Music Composition from Carnegie Mellon University and her M.M. in Music Composition from the Juilliard School in New York City.[9] She has been on the faculty at the Juilliard School since 1992, teaching in both the music and drama divisions.[11]

Works

Concert

  • Homage (commissioned by A Secreteria Municipal de Cultura)
  • Powerhouse (commissioned by the Kronos Quartet)
  • Helikopter (commissioned by Beyond The Machine, Juilliard)
  • Prelude on Playthings of the Wind (commissioned by the Manhattan Wind Quintet)
  • The Well
  • The Garden of Earthly Delights; mezzo soprano, baritone, mixed ensemble
  • Voice and/or Volumes Verbing the Unmind
  • A Song; mezzo soprano, oboe, piano
  • Three Piece Suit(e); clarinet, marimba, and cello. (commissioned by The American Thermoplastic Society)
  • Dies Irae
  • Seizure in Transit
  • Carol of a Bird
  • Fourth Dimension; trumpet, alto saxophone, trombone, vibraphone

Opera

  • Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod under die Malerin (Death and the Painter), a ballet with singers based on Leben? Oder Theater? [de] by Charlotte Salomon. Commissioned by Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Choreography by Bridget Breiner.[12] Premiered on February 14, 2015.[13]
  • Grail: Portrait of Faust as a Young Man
  • The Garden Angel

Theater

  • Basetrack Live, New York premiere: November 11, 2014, Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music.[14]
  • Versions (commissioned by Beyond The Machine)
  • Basetrack (commissioned by Beyond The Machine)
  • Biederman's Match, based on Max Frisch's Biedermann und die Brandstifter adapted by Beau Willimon with lyrics by Portia Kamons. Premiered on 11 February 2011 at the artist residency program, Launch Pad, at University of California, Santa Barbara, Risa Brainin, director.[15]
  • Fausto (commissioned by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
  • O Principe de Copacabana
  • Philoctetes (commissioned by Ensayo Theatre Co)
  • Ventriloquist (commissioned by The Dry Opera Company and SESC)
  • Nowhere Man
  • Le Chien Andaluz (commissioned by The Dry Opera Company and FESC)
  • Chief Butterknife
  • The Oresteia (commissioned by The New World School for the Arts) Jorge Guerra, director
  • Fanfare (commissioned by The Lincoln Center Institute)
  • David's Scenario (commissioned by The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble)
  • Routine
  • Fables Here and Then (commissioned by The Park Players and The Ensayo Theatre Co.)

Dance

Film and television

  • Cancer (film), 2015
  • Forgiveness, 2011
  • Circus (TV series), 2010
  • Carrier, 2007
  • Wendigo (film), 2002
  • Disney's 100 Years of Magic, 2001
  • Gêmeas (Twins), 1999
  • A Journey Within A Journey, 1996
  • Creepshow, 1983

References

  1. [1]
    Kip, Jeremiah (17 December 2002). "Wendigo". filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Michelle DiBucci". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
    - "Carrier . The Film . Site Credits – PBS". PBS.
  3. [3]
    "Sonic Highway – Gêmeas".
  4. [4]
    "Michelle DiBucci – Bio". michelledibucci.com.
  5. [5]
    "#2112: Program #2112". WNYC. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Bridget Breiner – Principal Dancer & Choreographer". bridgetbreiner.com.
    – "Der Tod und die Malerin (WA)". Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Bridget Breiner erhält zum zweiten Mal den 'Faust'". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. [8]
    Isherwood, Charles (10 December 2014). "Charles Isherwood's Best Theater of 2014: Father Comes Home From the Wars and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Michelle DiBucci". michelledibucci.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  10. [10]
    "Michelle DiBucci". The Juilliard School. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
    - "Kronos Quartet". kronosquartet.org. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Michelle DiBucci". Juilliard Faculty Directory. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  12. [12]
    "Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen - Bridget Breiner". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  13. [13]
    "Michelle DiBucci | Composer". michelledibucci.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  14. [14]
    "Basetrack in Brooklyn at BAM Harvey Theater".
  15. [15]
    "Biederman's Match". Performing Arts Live. 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  16. [16]
    "Pilobolus is a Fungus | Pilobolus at the Joyce Theater, July 15 – Aug. 10, 2014..." NYC Dance Stuff. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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