Past Schedule

Mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti and soprano Mardi Byers will join Raphael in a Liederabend featuring "Quarantine Camp," "Due Poesie di Tonino Guerra, the world premiere of NONSENSE! and other  works for voice and piano.

Raphael will conduct Opera Lucca in the world premiere of his new cantata La contesa canora on a historic libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini

Raphael will conduct the young artists of Classic Lyric Arts in the world premiere of Le parole dei mesi, a new work for mixed voices and piano on words by Tonino Guerra.

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Raphael will present his most recent artistic research in a lecture recital entitled "Making (Non)Sense: Exploring Phonemes, Neologisms and Extended Vocal Techniques through Composition." The event will conclude with the world premiere of the orchestrated version of NONSENSE!

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A series of exclusive lecture recitals for Tauck River Cruises

Raphael will join the 5th Doctoral Conference on Music and Musicology of the Sorbonne to present his recent study on the overlap of catchiness across popular and classical music

USA premiere of Parole dei mesi at the CLA Fall Gala

The young artists of Classic Lyric Arts will present the USA premiere of Le Parole dei mesi

Raphael will give masterclasses to the talented students of MSM on early music performance practice, bel canto singing, and basso continuo accompaniment

The GRAMMY-AWARD winning Phoenix Boys Choir will give the world premiere of "It's A Long Way" under the direction of Herbert Washington. The piece was awarded 1st prize in the New Works Rising Composition Competition

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The GRAMMY-AWARD winning Phoenix Boys Choir will give the world premiere of "It's A Long Way" under the direction of Herbert Washington. The piece was awarded 1st prize in the New Works Rising Composition Competition

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The world premiere of a new, festive anthem for SATB choir and the grand Mander organ

During this "long night of research" Raphael will present his most recent artistic research findings which explore the expressive potentiality of operatic voices through composition.

An intensive composition program focused on writing for operatic voices and working with texts