Corey Is Interviewed in FLATT Magazine Book 4
Alongside Janelle Monáe, Cyndi Lauper, DJ Spooky, and others, Corey Dargel is interviewed and photographed for Book 4 of FLATT magazine. The interview covers not only his own projects, but also FABLES ON GLOBAL WARMING, a collaboration with choreographer Karole Armitage (Armitage Gone! Dance) and director/designer/visual artist Doug Fitch, both of whom are also interviewed [...]
Dargel’s “THE THREE CHRISTS” receives a 2013 Creative Capital Award in Performing Arts
The Three Christs is a 90-minute music-theater piece by composer/lyricist Corey Dargel inspired by true stories of people who believe they are Jesus Christ. It takes a sideways look at the concept of fundamental beliefs. The Three Christs distorts and transforms real-life case studies of psychiatric patients with Messianic delusions by incorporating Christian gay-rehabilitation therapy sessions, visions of [...]
Matthew Guerrieri, contributor to the Boston Globe, reviews “Thirteen Near-Death Experiences” for New Music Box
Matthew Guerrieri writes an insightful review of the September 30th, 2012, performance of Thirteen Near-Death Experiences as well as Elliott Carter’s Triple Duo and Eric Nathan’s Walls of Light. Here’s the full text, but be sure to support New Music Box by reading the article there. New England’s Prospect: Talking Cures By Matthew Guerrieri on [...]
Announcing a Collaboration with Karole Armitage and Doug Fitch
Fables on Global Warming (working title) is a performance art musical about sustainability based on traditional animal fables from various countries and traditions. Fables recently received a prestigious National Dance Project award. The 70-minute work, for dancers and performing musicians, explores the sometimes-counterintuitive connections between humans and animals, culture and nature, science and art. Created [...]
Featured Guest on SoundNotion Episode 70
Corey Dargel was invited to be the special guest composer for Episode 70 of the video podcast (also available in audio-only) of SoundNotion. Here’s a description from SoundNotion’s site, and here’s the link to watch the video or download the audio. This week’s panel: David MacDonald Sam Merciers Nate Bliton Corey Dargel This week’s topics [...]
“Corey Dargel: The Challenges of Empathy” in the April 2012 issue of New Music Box
Composer, singer, songwriter Corey Dargel is featured in the cover story of this month’s New Music Box. Here he is in conversation with Frank J. Oteri, published April 01, 2012 All of Corey Dargel’s output could potentially appeal to an extremely broad audience, even his most outré experiments in empathy. At the same time, his [...]
New Song, “Mr. No Regrets,” Available in ESOPUS Magazine
Corey was invited by the twice-yearly arts magazine, ESOPUS, to contribute an exclusive new song, “Mr. No Regrets,” for the magazine’s compilation CD, “Fear Itself,” included in Issue #17. For this CD, each artist contributed an original song based on readers’ submissions about their idiosyncratic, irrational fears. You can preview Issue #17 as well as [...]
Interview and Exclusive Track on Minnesota Public Radio
In advance of Corey’s November 9-10 performances in St. Paul, Classical Minnesota Public Radio broadcast an extended interview about Every Day Is the Same Day and Thirteen Near-Death Experiences as well as an exclusive live recording of “Your Discompassionate Arms” featuring Dargel on vocals and Todd Reynolds on violin and digital looping. Listen to the [...]
