Edward Barnes (composer)

	Edward Barnes (composer) Edward Barnes (born December 16, 1958) is an American composer and producer. Career Edward Barnes studied music composition at the Juilliard School with composers Vincent Persichetti and David Diamond, and at Dartington Hall in the United Kingdom with composer-conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Early in his career he established himself as an opera composer, working in Boston as resident composer of Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston and later at the Los Angeles Opera. For the Los Angeles Opera he wrote and music-directed his original operas '' A Muskrat Lullaby'', ''A Place To Call Home'', '' Mystery on the Docks'' as well as the opera revue '' Murder at the Opera'', a co-commission from the Los Angeles Opera and Houston Grand Opera. His interest in theater and musical theater led him to found The Metro Ensemble, a new musical theater group based in Los Angeles for whom he created the critically acclaimed shows ''The Vagabond Queen'', '' Old Aunt Dinah’s Sure Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Instituto Sacatar Instituto Sacatar is a Brazilian non-profit arts foundation based in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, which sponsors artistic fellowships/residencies for creative individuals of all disciplines, ages and nationalities. Based at an estate on the Island of Itaparica in the Baía de Todos os Santos, across from the city of Salvador, Brazil, the purpose of the Instituto Sacatar is to provide artists with a place to live and create, generate opportunities for artists to interact and collaborate with the local and regional communities in Bahia, and to enhance the visibility and cultural impact of Salvador, Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ... and the nation of Brazil. Over four hundred artists from sixty-seven countries have participated since the first Fellows arrived in Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]