Michelle DiBucci
Michelle DiBucci is an American composer born in 1961 who writes scores for opera, theater, dance, film, and TV. She has composed several of the scores featured in Wendigo, Carrier, Gêmeas and Creepshow. She is primarily a theater composer, with more than 30 credits.
Awards
Her soundtrack for Wendigo won the WNYC New Sounds Listeners Poll: Best New Soundtracks.Her ballet, Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin, was premiered at Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in 2015 under the direction and choreography of Bridget Breiner. The work was awarded the 2015 Der Faust, Germany's highest prize for theater and dance, winning in the category of Best Choreography for Breiner.
DiBucci's music-theater work, Basetrack Live, had its New York premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival, in 2014 and was deemed part of the "Best Theater of 2014" list by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times.
Her music has been performed at Komische Oper Berlin, Stockholm Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the BAM Harvey Theater, and at Zankel Hall in New York City.
Education
DiBucci received her B.M. in Music Composition from Carnegie Mellon University and her M.M. in Music Composition from the Juilliard School in New York City. She has been on the faculty at the Juilliard School since 1992, teaching in both the music and drama divisions.Works
Concert
Homage Powerhouse Helikopter Prelude on Playthings of the Wind The WellThe Garden of Earthly Delights; mezzo soprano, baritone, mixed ensembleVoice and/or Volumes Verbing the UnmindA Song; mezzo soprano, oboe, pianoThree Piece Suit; clarinet, marimba, and cello. Dies IraeSeizure in TransitCarol of a BirdFourth Dimension; trumpet, alto saxophone, trombone, vibraphoneOpera
Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod under die Malerin , a ballet with singers based on by Charlotte Salomon. Commissioned by Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Choreography by Bridget Breiner. Premiered on February 14, 2015.Grail: Portrait of Faust as a Young Man- ''The Garden Angel''
Theater
Basetrack Live, New York premiere: November 11, 2014, Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music.Versions Basetrack Biederman's Match, based on Max Frisch's Biedermann und die Brandstifter adapted by Beau Willimon with lyrics by Portia Kamons. Premiered on 11 February 2011 at the artist residency program, Launch Pad, at University of California, Santa Barbara, Risa Brainin, director.Fausto O Principe de CopacabanaPhiloctetes Ventriloquist Nowhere ManLe Chien Andaluz Chief ButterknifeThe Oresteia Jorge Guerra, directorFanfare David's Scenario Routine- ''Fables Here and Then''
Dance
- Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin
- On the Nature of Things, commissioned by Pilobolus Dance Theater, New York, at The Joyce Theater on 15 July 2014.
- Don Juan Regresa de la Guerra
- ''Don Juan''