CAROLYN QUICK
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UPCOMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

*rescheduled due to COVID-19
2021
Songs for Quarantine:
Eugene Opera Call for Scores winners' presentations; TBD 2021; Eugene, OR
*Sea Change:
In Medio; TBD 2021; Portland, OR
*Celebración!:
Tabor Wind Ensemble; TBD 2021; Portland, OR
*An African American Requiem:
The African American Requiem Choir featuring Resonance Ensemble and the Oregon Symphony; January 22nd, 2021 @ 6:00pm; Arelene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
NATS NW Chapter - CCM Competition: 
NATS, Virtual Solo Competition; April 8th, 2021; Portland, OR
NATS Regional  - Musical Theater Competition: [4th Place]
NATS, Virtual Solo Competition; March 1st, 2021; Portland, OR
2020
Vulnerability:
Persisting Sound featuring Lisa Neher, Drew Swatosh, and Carolyn Quick; November 2020; Portland, OR
NATS NW Chapter - Musical Theater Competition: [2nd Place/
NW Regionals Qualifying Score]

NATS, Virtual Solo Competition; October 29th, 2020; Portland, OR

Articles

"The Call for Scores for Songs for Quarantine asked classical composers to send us works written for singers that reflect on the crises that we have faced in 2020. Thematic topics included challenges of quarantine, social distancing, relationships, COVID-19 response, medical heroism, intergenerational concerns, racial issues, poverty, policing, and personal reflections."
Eugene Opera Announces Winners for Call for Scores
"Written and oral testimony by Kavanaugh and/or his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, becomes spoken or sung text mixed with live acoustic and/or electronic sounds in...Portland composer Carolyn Quick’s Stop the Clock and Reinkemeyer’s Opening Up."
Hearing injustice
​"Fear No Music’s 2019-20 season “Justice (Just Us)” connects Portlanders to the international movement of restorative justice and forgiveness-based healing, through the medium of music...Fear No Music expands audiences’ awareness of and capability to process emotions associated with the stark realities of the world we live in, thus offering an avenue for healing and positive change."
"Social media is a key part of how Symphony 21 intends to change perceptions: most audience promotion has taken place online. Quick’s pre-concert talk will use Twitter to maximize interaction."
Symphony 21 test drives new approaches
"Carolyn Quick presents "Stop the Clock," for women's voice, string quartet, piano and percussion. Through found text and poetry, "Stop the Clock" brings a musical voice to Christine Blasey Ford's statements during the 2018 Kavanaugh Hearings."
Fear No Music examines the 'Kavanaugh Hearings'
"[T]heir season-opening Hearings concert at The Old Church amplifies the #metoo movement with newly commissioned music...The eight composers...incorporated text and audio from the proceedings into their music, and this is certainly gonna be a heavy one....Not recommended for #snowflakes."
MusicWatch Monthly: A Septemberful of ‘music’
"Carolyn Quick attempted to find a measure of peace and hope through her delicate and sensitive use of orchestration, which evoked beams of sunlight shining through the dense smoke." 
Six New Works Come to Life...
"The program filled a void in many ways. It was intense and operatic! These kinds of opportunities are rare and it is an important part of moving the art form forward."
The Value of Creating New Work for Singers
"She wowed the critics in Eugene Opera’s The Turn of the Screw last October and is on her way to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver to develop her already impressive composing skills."
A Young Artist of Note
"Hard-to-cast Miles was sung by college-undergrad soprano Carolyn Quick, whose pure timbre was such that anyone blindfolded would have taken her for a precocious boy treble." 
Opera News Review
"The 15-person cast features a select group with vocal performance experience, three of whom are the leads of the play, Orfeo, Euridice and the God of Love...[t]his performance also has a unique twist: all three of the leads (including the male role Orfeo) are played by women."
Preview: Orfeo ed Euridice
"The seemingly happy children, Miles (performed by fourth year UO music composition and voice undergraduate Carolyn Quick) and sister Flora (sung by Salem native Emily Way), slowly become demonstratively disruptive."
Preview: Eugene Opera's Turn of the Screw

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For Scores and Performance Information

If you are interested in purchasing scores, commissioning me, or have inquiries about performances, please contact me via the contact page or my email: carolyn.a.quick@gmail.com.

Perusal scores are currently in the works!

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