AS PERFORMER:

NEWLY RELEASED CD:

The Persistence of Song – songs of Jonathan David

Centaur CRC 3723

Featuring:

“Gitchee Gumee”, a song cycle with text by Daniel Neer, with Trudy Chan on piano

“The Persistence of Song”, a song cycle with texts by Muriel Rukeyser, Howard Moss, Bonnie Phelps, and Thomas Merton, with Trudy Chan on Piano and Elizabeth Derham on violin.

Available soon at Centaur Records

 

NEWLY RELEASED DVD:

CLOCLO – Operetta in Three Acts by Franz Lehár

Stage Direction by Steven A. Daigle  |  Musical Direction by Steven Byess

Recorded Live at the 2018 Ohio Light Opera Summer Festival. Available soon at Operetta Foundation

 

March 30, 2020

Water Music

Art Song in Recital

Daniel Neer, baritone and Suzanne Newcomb, piano

Riley Auditorium at the Battelle Fine Arts Center

Otterbein University, OH

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AS LIBRETTIST / LYRICIST:

 

Independence Eve          (second production)

January 24 & 26, 2020

An American Opera in Three Scenes

Music by Sidney Boquiren, Libretto by Daniel Neer

Opera Birmingham  |  Birmingham, Alabama

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

 

Lucky Dragon Number Five

April 18, 2020     (anticipated premiere date)

A Chamber Work for Lyric Baritone and Percussion Ensemble

Music by Spencer Stern, Libretto by Daniel Neer

Otterbein University  |  Westerville, Ohio

 

Hopper Haiku

Twenty-One Songs for Voice and Piano

Inspired by America’s Premiere Realist Painter

Music by Ellen Mandel, Haiku by Daniel Neer

 

Dona nobis pacem

An American Oratorio for Men’s Chorus

Music by Jonathan David, Lyrics by Daniel Neer

 

POLAR BEAR

Chamber Work for Baritone and Trombone

On Themes of Global Warming

Music by Sara Graef, Poetry by Daniel Neer

 

The Can Best Be Described As Wings

Monodrama for Male Voice and Piano

Music by Jodi DiPiazza, Libretto by Daniel Neer