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Claude Vivier
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Ryan George
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Dennis Llinas
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Douglas Henderson, conductor
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World Premiere of Downwind
On July 16, 1945, New Mexicans awoke to Trinity, the world’s first nuclear test. Manhattan Project leaders did not inform residents, despite tens of thousands living nearby. In the years that followed, people in the surrounding areas began to report serious health issues. These individuals would be known as “Downwinders.” Downwind is the story of these people.
This opera is a world premiere, written by students Michael Smith and Demian Galvan, who traveled to New Mexico to help bring this story to life. Smith writes, “While the family in our opera is fictional, the reality that they face is not.” Full Story
Recent News
Isabella Perez on Winning the Concerto Competition
Michael Robert Smith on Writing the Opera Downwind
Butler School of Music Alumna Indigo Fischer Named Vice President of Artistic Planning at Music Academy of the West
Butler School of Music alumnus Nicholas Rodriguez stars in The Sound of Music at Bass Concert Hall
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Kristin Wolfe Jensen
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Jonathan F. Gunn
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