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Online NWEAMO 2021 Festival Offers Bountiful Array of Music Styles and Visual Invention

By Ken Herman | May 4, 2021 |

The NWEAMO 2021 new music festival presented its entire festival online Sunday afternoon, May 2, 2021. Although it tested the alert concentration and comprehension of even devoted new music followers, it offered an impressive array of musical and visual stimulation.

The Mystical and the Political Realms Collide in Waters’ New Border Opera ‘El Colibrí Mágico’

By Ken Herman | October 15, 2019 |

The premiere of Joseph Martin Waters’ opera “El Colibrí Mágico” in San Diego State University’s Smith Recital Hall on Sunday, October 13, tantalized the audience with the first half of this intriguing work.

Joseph Waters’ Revised St. Francis Opera and SWARMIUS Ensemble Bring NWEAMO 2019 to Completion

By Ken Herman | May 1, 2019 |

A portion of Joseph Waters’ opera “El Colibrí Mágico” (“The Magic Hummingbird—A California Story”) was given a semi-staged performance at Sunday’s, April 28, 2019, NWEAMO 2019 concert in San Diego State University’s Smith Recital Hall.