Visit the websites of Bon Operatit! and the New Resonance Orchestra.
Visit www.innova.mu to hear samples of the "Tapestry: New Music from the Americas" CD.
Other organizations with whom I have worked at the HS level include the New Orleans Center for the Creative and Performing Arts as well as the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra.
Please visit www.cdbaby.com for information on Bon Operatit's new CD entitled "Sensatiable." You can hear 30' tracks there.
Commuting between Texas and Louisiana has been tiring but important over the past few months. Things are stirring in both places. Happy to make new personal and professional friends in the Houston area and always happy to see and work with wonderful musicians from New Orleans. My friends in both places are quietly creating new possibilities.
The Key to success is remembering to put yourself totally into everything around you. I look forward to thinking about, contacting, and engaging with the great organizations, schools, and performers of Houston as I extend my hand in the professional arena here. So far, it appears that the city operates rather unscathed by the difficulties of many other parts of the US.
Peace in 2012! Thanks to family back in the Hunstville, AL area for an important week together after two years of deep processing and mourning the loss of our Mother and best friend, Joyce M. Kelly.
I have been in NOLA for just over a week. The spirit of celebration is everywhere. BonOperatit! has appeared throughout the city in various venues. You can click onto www.bonoperatit.com to hear the most recently uploaded YouTube sample.
Grateful to friends for providing me with a beautiful place to rest and wonderful lunches and evenings out. Looking forward to future possibilities here!
Frankie J. Kelly
So, the news is that Soul Doctor, a Broadway workshop that was held in New Orleans with two different casts, is now headed to Broadway after two Florida engagements. The NOLA Creative Team, of which I formed a part in 2010, is to be commended for its interpretation and delivery. Exciting! And wonderful energy in this show!
I am certainly finding that moving between Houston and NOLA keeps life bustling. BonOperatit! performed to a thrilling crowd at the IOB and continued with its recording project. AMDA auditions put me in touch with excellent professionals working for these schools in both LA and New York City. Since the auditions were held on the LSU campus, I was able to see a part of the university that was previously unfamiliar to me. I also visited a day later with co-anchor Donna Britt, who has been a friend since the USM days. Now, back in Houston, I have had a chance to reconnect professionally and personally with a friend who is now working with the Houston Grand Opera Company. Looking forward to further visits, professional connections, and exploration over the next three weeks.