Invisible People (A Radio Opera) live at Space 4 Art San Diego in 2013. Featuring Malesha Jessie Taylor, soprano; Abner Genece, actor; Gerard Joseph, actor; Kamau Kenyatta, soprano sax; Colin Zyskowski, sound engineer; Jessica Flores, stage manager.
Radio Opera Workshop at Venice Music Biennale 2022.
Radio Opera Workshop
Radio Opera Workshop is a scalable intermedia chamber ensemble established to perform the radio operas of Yvette Janine Jackson. The ensemble debuted as part of the Fromm Players Concerts curated by Vijay Iyer (originally planned as a live concert in April 2020 and reimagined as a video composition, The Coding, in 2021), featuring Tia Fuller, Judith Hamann, Yvette Janine Jackson, Davindar Singh, Esperanza Spalding, Rajna Swaminathan, and Taiga Ultan.
The Radio Opera Workshop gave its live debut at the Venice Music Biennale on September 20, 2022. The ensemble featured Tommy Babin, Amy Cimini, Joy Guidry, Judith Hamann, and Malesha Jessie Taylor in the premiere of Left Behind.
The U.S. premiere is planned for spring 2023.
Invisible People Ensemble
Invisible People is a studio project whose recordings form the backbone of Yvette Janine Jackson’s radio operas. Members have included Tommy Babin, Sam Dunscombe, Judith Hamann, Shayla James, Bonnie Lander, Nick Lesley, Kjell Nordeson, Michiko Ogawa, Juan Rubio, Richard Savery, Malesha Jessie Taylor, and Josh Weinstein. The ensemble takes its name from Invisible People (A Radio Opera).
Commissions
Recent commissions include Hello, Tomorrow! for orchestra and tape, commissioned by American Composers Orchestra and Carnegie Hall; Deliberate (Afraid of Nothing) for percussion and tape by Colleen Bernstein Commission Consortium; Remembering 1619 for violin and tape by Nicole Cherry; Lot’s Wife for ensemble and tape by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; Cannot Be (Unrung) by University of Michigan and University of Chicago; Atlantic Crossing for orchestra by Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute/American Composers Orchestra.