"There is no denying Lastovicka's skill and potential .... There is a real sense of power and refined craft." -FANFARE MAGAZINE
Chris Lastovicka's music has been performed by
New York City Opera, Opera Vista (Houston), at the
Boston Early Music Festival, Merce Cunningham Studio, and in Spoleto,
Italy. She is the inaugural winner of the
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC commission competition. She composed the original score for Robin Becker Dance’s
Into Sunlight, a work about the Vietnam War, and was commissioned by RBD to compose a work for the company’s 15-year anniversary. Her choral work The Shift was commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers. Her music is released on the Ahari Press and Classic Concert Records (Austria) labels. Lastovicka is the recipient of a Presser Award, a Hatz Award, and grants from the American Music Center, NYSCA and NYFA.
She attended the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music on full scholarship and graduated summa cum laude.
She lives in Philmont, NY with her partner Robin.
Interviews: Joseph Dalton // Chronogram, NY // BUFORA
E.M. Lauricella (librettist) began writing poetry in 1985 in response to a life filled with strange dreams by night, technicolor wonders
by day, and a generalized sense that something must be said about it all.
She received a BA from the University of Iowa in 1983 and a MA in Creative Writing
from the University of Cincinnati in 1993. Her poems have been published in Mudfish and American Poetry Review, among other publications.
Ellen Marie lives in Yellow Springs, OH with her partner Naomi and son Sam. In 1996, Ellen Marie and Naomi met their teacher Garchen Rinpoche, and began to
practice Tibetan Buddhism. In 2002, they founded the Gar Drolma Buddhist Center in Dayton, OH.
