The world premiere of Martin Bresnick’s (CRF 2011) composition “Self-portraits 1964, Unfinished,” for The Crossing Choir under the direction of Donald Nally and the Prism Saxophone Quartet, will place on March 24 at 7PM at the Church of the Holy...
The Academy of American Poets’ 2023 Blaney Lecture on Contemporary Poetry & Poetics, “The Scrawny Little Black Girl with the Hasty Pigtails Sounds Out ‘Anemone,’” will be delivered by AAP Chancellor Patricia Smith (CRF 2017) on Thursday, March 23, at 4 p.m....
Earlier this month, Civitella’s Senior Program Associate Hope Campbell Gustafson attended the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle where she connected with past and future Civitellians, some of whom are mentioned here. Hope...
The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced the longlist for 2023, which includes Time is A Mother, by Ocean Vuong (CRF 2012, DG 2022). Among the prize jurors are Nikola Madzirov (CRF 2019) and Natasha Trethewey (Incoming DG 2023). Congratulations to all the poets and...
Amos Elkana (CRF 2010) recently finished composing his most ambitious work to date which is an hour long piece for ensemble with electronics and video. The subject of the work is the life of Amos’ late father Yehuda Elkana. The work is a sextet composed for the...
