VOX 2008 May 11, 2008, Sunday, 3:30–4:30pm Skirball Center for the Performing Arts New York University 566 Laguardia Place (Washington Square Park South) Get directions Reserve your free seats
Jeanne Music and libretto by Justine F. Chen A fractured retelling of Joan of Arc’s story by composer and violinist Justine F. Chen, whose computer-enhanced chamber opera The Maiden Tower was featured in VOX 2006. New York-based Chen received a doctorate in composition from Juilliard and is Composer-in-Residence at North Carolina’s Long Leaf Opera.	Justine Chen
Soldier Songs Music and text by David T. Little A theatrical cantata based on actual interviews, Soldier Songs explores different aspects of a soldier’s experience in a war-based society. Little is a young composer, performer, and band leader whose compositions have earned him awards and fellowships from the Tanglewood, Aspen, and Cabrillo Music Festivals, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, and ASCAP.	David T. Little