Beach and Moan: A Mini Opera (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508416296)

Evan Mack is the composer and librettist of Angel of the Amazon which premiered in May 2011 by Encompass New Opera Theatre at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City and has been released worldwide by Albany Records. His opera, Beach and Moan, is the 2013 winner of Atlanta Opera's 24-hour Opera Project. His second opera, The Secret of Luca, has been workshopped across the country and was premiered by Fresno State Opera Theatre in 2014. He is published with Hal Leonard and Alfred Music. Mack's latest opera is an adaptation of the best- selling novel Roscoe, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy. Evan was a 2014 composing fellow at the John Duffy Composers Institute and a resident artist at Yaddo. As an acclaimed pianist, he has toured all over the United States, Barcelona, and South Africa as a champion of American Piano Music. Evan holds a B.Mus from Vanderbilt University and a M.M and DMA in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati's College- Conservatory of Music. He is an assistant professor of piano at Skidmore College. For more info, visit www.EvanMack.com Wm. Samuel Bradford teaches high school in Atlanta. His recent stories have appeared in FLAPPERHOUSE, Jersey Devil Press, and mojo. @WmSamBradford