Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222

Op. 222 ABDUCTED BY ALIENS (January 22, 2014)
Opera for Voices and Orchestra
  I. 1965 Gemini VII Bogey
  II. 214 BC Livy / 74 BC Plutarch
  III. 1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg
  IV. 1897 Aurora, TX, UFO Incident
  V. 1944 Foo Fighters / 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting /
          Roswell UFO Crash
  VI. 1948 Thomas Mantell / Gorman Dogfight
  VII. 1955 Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
  VIII. 1957 Gordon Cooper / Antonio Villas-Boas /
          1961 Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
  IX. 1966 Portage County UFO Chase
  X. 1973 Pascagoula Abduction / 1976 Tehran UFO Incident /
          1986 Japan Air Lines


     Score:

  Performances:

July 11-12, 2014
Fresh Voices XIV: Taken
Gemini VII / Livy / Nuremberg / Foo Fighters / Kenneth Arnold / Thomas Mantell
Antonio Vila-Boas / Barny Hill / Portage County Police - Mark Alburger
Houston / Plutarch / Aurora / Roswell / Kelly-Hopkinsville / Gordon Cooper / Betty Hill
Pascagoula / Tehran / Japan Air - Harriet March Page
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

October 4, 2014
Music of Air, Earth, Fire, and Water
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA