Do You Know Guinnevere?
- May 20, 2006
- By Michael Kaulkin
- Popular Music
- 3 comments
For some reason, I don’t know why, I’ve been on a bit of a 60′s rock kick lately. Generally, I’ve always preferred music from that era over more recent stuff. In the course of one of those I-haven’t-heard-that-song- in-a-while iTunes purchases, indeed I discovered something new the other day. (New for me, anyway — it’s [...]
Mark Adamo on NewMusicBox
- February 28, 2006
- By Michael Kaulkin
- Friends, Musical Theater
- 5 comments
I say “hooray!” to Alex Ross for recognizing Mark Adamo as one of “the best opera composers of the moment”. (I disagree about Adams, but that’s a whole other thing. Adés I don’t know from Adam’s off ox.) Mark is a brilliant guy. If you have the slightest interest in opera or any music for [...]
New Release: Shakespeare’s Merchant
- February 24, 2006
- By Michael Kaulkin
- Category Shmategory
- 0 comments
In 2004 I wrote the score for Shakespeare’s Merchant, an independent film adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The film is still making its way through the process of festival submissions, etc., but I’m so proud of the score that I’ve taken it upon myself to arrange for it to be released on CD. [...]
Sondheim Sings, Vol. II
- September 8, 2005
- By Michael Kaulkin
- Category Shmategory
- 0 comments
The track listing for the next volume of Sondheim Sings has been announced. More information at Playbill.com . These volumes consist of selections from Sondheim’s private collection of home recordings he made of his own songs over the years. Volume I , which was released earlier this year, consists of recordings made between 1962 and [...]
The Grackle and other Poems
- August 30, 2005
- By Michael Kaulkin
- Friends
- 2 comments
My friend Tom Laughlin (now “Will” for some reason) wrote this incredibly funny poem years ago. It’s a send-up of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, full of dizzying Sondheim-like internal rhymes. (Sibyl/Shibboleth, anyone?) I’d post the whole poem here, but my content column is too narrow to do it properly. So, take a look at [...]
