Composer/producer/performer for screen and stage. Closet theme park aficionado. Excellent at salads.
Joined July 2009
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A bold idea for a new WPA—“Artists shouldn’t have to prove their ‘social impact’...They should demonstrate what their forebears did in the 1930s — that they are professional artists and they need work.” nytimes.com/2021/01/13/arts/…
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My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol.
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It is important to remember that a kind of psychological war is being fought right now by the Russians on you and that this sense of exhaustion and collapse is basically a sort of wartime injury. It’s not you, it’s the weapons. If you quit, the weapon worked
Ive alarmingly received emails from fellow Democrats who say they can't take the stress and want to check out of election. That's EXACTLY what Trump wants. He has tried to wear us all down and he's doubling his efforts. Don't give Trump what he wants! We VOTE, We WIN #StayANGRY
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This ought to flush the spiders out.
I wrote Entanglement about quantum particles, something I have tried hard to really understand, but I'm not quite there yet... Flutist Christina Jennings and viola d'amor-ist Matt Dane premiere it live tonight from @CUBoulder at 7:30 MT: cupresents.org/performance/1…
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Poynter's @@TomWJones calls this article, "a scared-straight PSA for mask-wearing, hand washing and social distancing. And it’s a reminder of what we’re dealing with." latimes.com/sports/story/202…
Nice hang with @JoelHenryStein on his new podcast Music is Life! Interview starts at 20’ mark podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Shoutout to my sis @nadiasirota for this great mention in the @nytimes for her podcast “pirate radio” show Living Music! nytimes.com/2020/04/01/arts/…
“Out of an abundance of caution” is #cancelled. If you write copy for corporate #COVIDー19 related emails, please note.
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New video! Watch @jonahsirota and Molly Morkoski’s performance of my piece Elegy for a Lost World. Jonah and I are performing this and more (including a world premiere collaboration) this Sunday at @TheNewSchool Stiefel Hall: bit.ly/SirotasNYC
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NY friends-I’m playing a concert with my dad! Playing each other’s music and a new collaboration, it’s gonna be a thing!!
3/8 @ Stiefel Concert Hall. We're excited to host @jonahsirota & @bobsirota. Sample the current state of contemporary music for viola & piano, from the joyful to the somber, with exquisite works by this father-son duo. $20 (students free) ==>bit.ly/SirotasNYC @TheNewSchool
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Cited by icons, Fred Astaire and @michaeljackson, as influences and heroes,the ✨Nicholas Brothers are regarded as two of the most talented performers of all-time. They broke barriers and attained universal acclaim.
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Excited for these concerts in NYC & LA featuring my music, works by @bobsirota, and a new collaboration.
There's limited seating so grab your seats/RSVP below!
Mar 8 - Stiefel Hall @TheNewSchool - bit.ly/SirotasNYC
Mar 12 - @CityChurchGlen - bit.ly/SirotasLA
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Very pleased to announce two concerts I’m sharing with my son @jonahsirota, coming up in NYC and LA. The program includes works by both of us, plus a new collaboration.
Mar 8 - Stiefel Hall @TheNewSchool bit.ly/SirotasNYC
Mar 12 - @CityChurchGlen bit.ly/SirotasLA
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I am a music historian, and with @AdrianRMG I have researched the best-selling single of every decade all the way back to 14,000BC. Here's a thread:
2010s - Ed Sheeran, The Shape of You
Some thoughts on my father @bobsirota's piece Constellations, which we are performing next week at @KaufmanMusicNYC! I hope you can join us for this special program celebrating his 70th birthday.
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Thanks to my son, violist/composer @jonahsirota, for previewing Constellations and our upcoming performance on October 13th at @KaufmanMusicNYC. Jonah is also performing my Elegy for a Lost World with pianist Molly Morkoski. Details here: bit.ly/Sirota70
Fan of recursive loop-pedal viola virtuosity?? TONIGHT at the Stone @MannesCollege, I play @paolaprestini music alongside @ianrosenbaum @cesca_rose @AndyAkiho @uniformrec (Jeff Zeigler) 8:30 55 W 13th
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My son @jonahsirota is performing in this all- @paolaprestini Prestini concert tonight at The Stone @TheNewSchool. Vicki and I are going. Hope to see you there!
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