Vespertine…is making opera unfamiliar again in all the best ways—i.e., surprising.
The Stranger – Rape as Metaphor by Rebecca Brown
REVIEW – The Rape of Lucretia – Seattle Times
“You hear the drunkenness, the hurrying horse, the spinning, the horror and doom in Britten’s superb score, well-played under conductor Jeremiah Cawley”
Seattle Times – Vespertine Company is Small but Mighty in ‘Lucretia’ by Phiippa Kiraly
PREVIEW – Litany – The Stranger
Fog and Screaming by Jen Graves
The only sound is a monklike chanting that plays over everything; paired with [Erin Elyse Burns’s] silent scream, it’s calming and disquieting at the same time.
REVIEW – The Box Is Empty Live at the Century Ballroom – The Glass
The Box Is Empty Comes Up Full by Heather Bentley
“All were conducted with enthusiasm and precision by Jeremiah Cawley, one of the Directors of the group. Kudos to Mr. Cawley for his selection of contrasting, interesting and appealing works to share with the public.”
REVIEW – The Box Is Empty Live at the Century Ballroom – I Care If You Listen
“Under Cawley’s baton, the ensemble gave a sizzling performance”
I Care if You Listen – The Box is Empty & Nat Evans: An evening of premieres at Seattle’s Century Ballroom by Dana Wen
PREVIEW – The Box Is Empty Live at the Century Ballroom – The Sunbreak
The Box is Empty Brings Cutting Edge Classical Music to the Century Ballroom by Dana Wen
“Cawley has rounded up a host of Seattle’s best young musical talent for the concert.”
REVIEW – Kocho – Seattle Times
Review: Seattle’s Fisher Ensemble says yes to Noh in ‘Kocho’ by Michael Upchurch
“Singers Shawna Avinger, Daniel Brylow, Jeremiah Cawley, Danya Clevenger and Kathea Yarnell are the quintet who make the whole thing soar.”
REVIEW – At The Hawk’s Well – New York Times
Using Japanese Noh to Lift a Celtic Myth by Steve Smith
“In the end, for all the variety of its borrowings, what resulted was a strong, unified and strikingly individual utterance of unambiguous beauty.”
Jeremiah Cawley 