Maestro Angelo Mafucci conducting the world premiere
of Victoria Bond's
Guido d'Arezzo Oratorio with Silvia Martinelli,
Lisandro Guinis,
Pietro Ciabatti, and the Piccoli Cantori del Convitto.
Arezzo, Italy December 16, 2006.
My friend, the composer Victoria Bond, wrote music
designed to be performed together with a slide show
of my illustrations from my book, Nothing
But Miracles, written by Walt Whitman. The
world premiere took place in Baltimore, Maryland,
in May, 2004. Fifty-five young boys from the Gilman
School performed the piece which was the focal point
of the annual Spring celebration there. This amazing
event could only have happened with the dedicated
participation of many people at the Gilman school,
most especially by my friend, librarian Cindy Woodruff,
who coordinated the event which included collage
workshops presented by me, and an exhibit of my
original art work from Nothing
But Miracles in the Gilman School Gallery.
Click here
to view music composed to Nothing
But Miracles or click on the arrow below
to listen:
Victoria Bond and I collaborated again with a similar
project which centered on my book Do
Re Mi. Angelo Mafucci, who is maestro of
the children's choir of Arezzo, Italy, taught the
children the music and conducted the world premiere
which took place in the Cathedral of Arezzo on December
16, 2006. Click
here for the story of this historic event in
Publishers Weekly, written
by Alexis Burling.
Click
on the images to enlarge:
La Nazione,
16 Dicembre 2006
Il Corriere,
13 Dicembre 2006
Concerto Di
Natale
Angelo Mafucci, Victoria Bond, Silvia
Martinelli, and Susan L. Roth,
at the official Christmas dinner hosted by Professor
Enrico Fadda,
director of the Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele
II.
We are planning an
art show of all the original art from Do
Re Mi to be held in Arezzo.
Listen to the children's choir of Arezzo performing
Victoria Bond's music
composed to Do Re Mi:
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At
the invitation of Stephanie Borgman, Chair of the
Children’s Round Table of the Texas Library Association,
The North American Premiere of the Guido
d'Arezzo Oratorio was presented in San Antonio
at the convention on April 14, 2007. Karen Sieffert
conducted the All-state Choir and soloists.
Victoria
Bond, Nancy Patz and I are now working on a commissioned
piece for Babies Can’t
Eat Kimchee!
My friend, the composer Victoria Bond, wrote music
designed to be performed together with a slide show
of my illustrations from my book, 
Victoria Bond and I collaborated again with a similar
project which centered on my book 
