{"id":182,"date":"2020-01-18T19:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2020-01-29T06:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:55:16","slug":"a-word-from-craig-carnahan-composer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/projects\/musical-projects\/a-word-from-craig-carnahan-composer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Word from composer Craig Carnahan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"967\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/carnahan-967x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/carnahan-967x1024.png 967w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/carnahan-283x300.png 283w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/carnahan-768x814.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/carnahan-1450x1536.png 1450w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/carnahan-1933x2048.png 1933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/craigcarnahan.com\/\">learn more<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">There a number of aspects to this project that I feel make it unique.                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> The first is the compelling story of Frankie Silver and the injustices she suffered, as brought to life in Sharyn&#8217;s powerful book.         <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> Another is the variety of narrative and textual sources in the libretto, which resulted in a distinctive mix of various musical styles in the score, ranging from folksongs and familiar hymn tunes to large-scale choral and orchestral moments.          <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> I want the music to highlight the drama that&#8217;s inherent in Frankie&#8217;s story in an authentic way, so that when audiences leave a performance they feel empathy for her, are moved by her story, and are angered by the injustices she endured.                     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Requiem for Frankie Silver<\/em> isn&#8217;t a musical comedy with a story-book ending. It&#8217;s violent and raw. But there are also moments of joy and acts of human kindness that help temper the somber tone. At the center is a sweet teenage girl who&#8211;even with the horrible cards she was dealt&#8211;managed to maintain her faith, her love of family, her memories of happier times, and her trust that a better life is on the horizon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions\/241"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}