Jackie O

Description

Klavierauszug Opera in 2 Acts

Note from the composer: Jackie O is a celebration of musical life in the late

sixties, a pop opera that explores the interplay of musical idioms associated

with high and popular culture in America. To compose these various idioms

into my musical language, I draw on my background as a musician who came of

age during the sixties, playing in rock and jazz ensembles, performing in

avant-garde improvisation groups, and paying my dues as a cocktail pianist in

nightclubs, while also being trained as a composer of concert music in the

symphonic tradition.