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Michael Robert Smith on Writing the Opera Downwind
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Butler School of Music at UT Austin
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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In this episode, we talk with graduate student Michael Robert Smith about writing the opera Downwind in collaboration with librettist Demian Chavez Galvan and the entire Butler Opera Center. Michael discusses the inspiration for the opera, followed by a brief score study of a few key moments from the work.