top of page
Writer's pictureCharles Betz

IQ: the Musical

9/23/2024 ported from Typepad


So, here it is - what I've been talking about - the 15 minute musical that was the culmination of studying in the NMI core program 2022-23. A tremendous experience and one that opened new vistas for me and greatly increased my confidence as a composer.



There are a number of musical styles in this piece - it starts with a combination of rap and a satiric "anthem", then a traditional musical theater ballad, then a simple nursery-rhyme like song, then bebop ala Thelonius Monk - very angular. The rap/anthem reprises, as does the nursery song, and the ballad then works the nursery song theme in as counterpoint building up to the finale.


Huge kudos to my collaborators Eric Christopher Jones and Kristen Egan O'Hare, as well as performers Randal Miles, Asia Ring, Troy Barboza, Elizabeth A. Bouton-Summerer, and director Catie O'Donnell and music director Ron Barnett.

4 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Wild and Precious

9/23/2023 ported from Typepad Here is a commission I wrote for a beloved person. It is an SATB choral piece. The concept is based on the...

A major milestone

7/17/2023 ported from TypePad Last week (July 8-12), I spent four days in Los Angeles (Hollywood, specifically), attending the previews...

Comments


bottom of page