I once spent a summer in Nigeria and was feeling stir-crazy in my host's walled compound, so persuaded the driver to take us out into the provinces. Met some villagers, who told me their tribe used to perform human sacrifice until the chief converted to Christianity. On the way back, we were held up at gunpoint on the highway, across which a group of bandits had felled a tree and burned some tires. We negotiated a fee to pass, I think it was less than $100. On the way back, we stopped to see a large rock, which my driver said was famous for some reason. That summer, we smoked a lot of grass to pass the time and, after the hold-up, mostly stayed on Lekki Island with Nigeria's elites. Towards the end of the trip, I went to a party and realized I was the poorest person there.

Snap Shot: #librettist #MarkCampbell (seated l) #composer @moravec11 (seated r) w/ guest soloists pre-concert talk Chautauqua Sym (@chq) SANCTUARY ROAD concert (w/ @BPChorus), led by @rossenmilanov. Photo courtesy: Chautauqua Institution

More @moravec11 SANCTUARY ROAD @chqdaily: “[It] is a work of special import...listenable & profoundly moving...he wields orchestral, individual vocal & choral forces deftly...as effectively as the masters of Italian opera.”: bit.ly/3PDM2kg

Snap Shot 2: Chautauqua Sym (@chq) SANCTUARY ROAD post-concert photo (l to r): @SopMitchell; Melody Wilson, mezzo; Joshua Stewart, tenor; #composer @moravec11, #MarkCampbell, Richard L. Hodges, baritone & Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone.

Nothing lifts the spirits like 100 opera singers, singing a song of hope in support of the #opera community hard hit by the pandemic. Watch this virtual performance of "Light Shall Lift Us," by ASCAP members @moravec11 & Mark Campbell. @OPERAAmerica youtube.com/watch?v=u8A8fIGb…

More @moravec11: LIGHT SHALL LIFT US (text by #MarkCampbell). 100 voices sing VIRTUAL concert. @mnopera #AndrewWhitfield leads. Orchestral simulation by #PeterLurye. Supported by @OPERAAmerica. View: ow.ly/XPly30qG85M #musicmatters

Light Shall Lift Us: Opera Singers Unite in Song youtu.be/u8A8fIGbYyY via @YouTube

Check-out @naxosrecords in-depth podcast re: premiere CD #PaulMoravec (@moravec11) SANCTUARY ROAD (@OratorioSociety of NY), w/ excerpts & interviews w/ Moravec, #librettist #MarkCampbell & soloists. ow.ly/LlFI30qsphW. #musicmatters

CD Review: Live from Carnegie Hall, Moravec-Campbell SANCTUARY ROAD with Oratorio Society broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/a…

New Classical Tracks: Oratorio shines a light on Underground Railroad conductor William Still classicalmpr.org/story/2020/… via @mprnews

An extremely thorough review of Sanctuary Road: "Sanctuary Road is a modern choral masterpiece, representing struggle and hope in the best of the oratorio tradition." bit.ly/2GWfKQl #SanctuaryRoad

First dress rehearsal tonight for #TheShiningOpera. Premiere: May 7 at MN Opera mnopera.org/season/2015-2016…

In final rehearsals for THE SHINING, opening May 7 at Minnesota Opera. The premiere run has been totally sold out for weeks. Stay tuned!