Composer Adam Guettel performs at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth tonight for a sold-out show and conversation, as part of the Van Cliburn Foundation's Clibern at the Modern series. He will perform songs from his works Floyd Collins, Myths and Hymns, and the Tony Award-winning The Light in the Piazza, and will be joined for the occasion---his first time singing in three years---by singers from nearby Southern Methodist University.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Mark Lowry calls Guettel's work "terrific" and says the composer "has deservedly won wide acclaim in the past 15 years, probably because his three musicals are uniquely different, from each other and from anything else by contemporary composers." The two spoke about Guettel's career and just what inspires him to write about such a broad range of topics. Says Guettel:
You get that ache in your throat---you feel like you might cry. When I meet a story that gives me that feeling, I know that's an important sign. By the time I commit to something, it's on that throat-ache level. That can often translate very purely to what one can sing, as well. To sing about it will not be unnatural.
To read the interview, visit star-telegram.com.
