![]() ![]() This intersection of music and literature seemed ripe for further discussion, so we gathered Missy, Karen, and Open Music host and Oregon Symphony creative chair Gabriel Kahane at Literary Arts in downtown Portland for a conversation about adaptation. At Missy’s Open Music evening, one of the pieces featured was an aria, “Who Owns the Land?,” from her opera Proving Up, which is based on a story from Karen Russell’s collection Vampires In the Lemon Grove. Time Out New York called Mazzoli “Brooklyn’s post-Millennial Mozart,” and she was recently commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to adapt George Saunders’s novel Lincoln In the Bardon. In March, composer Missy Mazzoli joined the program. Open Music is a new concert series in which composers featured in the classical subscription season offer a window into their spirit and creative process through an evening of music and conversation at an intimate venue in Portland. ![]() In this episode, we share a The Archive Project exclusive: a collaboration with Oregon Symphony, featuring their Open Music program. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Its page-turning plot, with its many twists and turns, makes it a firm favourite with both boys and girls. The Secret Lake has been described by readers as a modern Tom's Midnight Garden and compared in atmosphere with The Secret Garden and the Enid Blyton and Nancy Drew mystery adventure stories. Here they make both friends and enemies, and uncover startling connections between the past and present. Stella and Tom soon discover that they have travelled back in time to their home and its gardens almost 100 years earlier. Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And whose are those children’s voices carried on the wind from beyond the woods? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake. ![]() Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s small dog. Now enjoyed by thousands of young readers! A page-turning time travel adventure for children aged 8-11. A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake. ![]() ![]() ![]() An important related theme is honor versus dishonor. The novel’s descriptions of characters who put duty before desire in crisis situations also provides students with the basis for thought-provoking discussion as well as worthy role models. With the popularity of movies and television shows that glorify the actions of characters who step outside of the law to achieve revenge, classroom discussion on this topic should be lively. For example, the results of what happens when revenge is allowed to dictate behavior provides an important topic for students to explore. The themes that are explored in the novel still have relevance today. The fact that Dickens is able to weave the simple lives of ordinary people into the mosaic of a cataclysmic historical event is an indication of his genius, and another reason to read the book. As a historical novel, it serves as an excellent example of this genre. Much of the novel’s value lies in its structure, creativity, and explorations of timeless themes. These differences make it especially accessible to high school students. It is probably the least “Dickensian” of his fourteen novels in that it has less of the grotesque, fewer characters, more big scenes, and a less complicated plot. A Tale of Two Cities is an excellent choice of reading material for senior high school students. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after the death of her elderly mother whom she cared for, Margaret met and later married Ronald Sharp B.E.M., the creator of the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ. ![]() Her enthusiasm for literature led to further studies, with a particular focus on Short Story Writing She spent her early years in an inner city suburb of Sydney, moving with her family to a leafy, outer suburb at the age of ten.Ī self-motivated student who loved to seek out information, she matriculated just before her eighteenth birthday. In November 2015 she won a Second Prize, again in the short story section of this same competition, and her title, 'More Than a Mere Bagatelle', has been selected for inclusion in another anthology, 'The Art of Writing'. Her work was highly commended during the the 2014 Hurstville Discovery Festival of Community Arts, and published by Hurstville Council in an anthology entitled 'Write Out Loud'. ![]() Margaret Lynette Sharp is an award-winning writer, and the author of over eighty titles, including #1 Amazon Best Seller, 'Longbourn Revisited'. ![]() ![]() I’m willing to bet you didn’t type this pathetic excuse for a book on a typewriter, let alone handwriting it. But ye gods, if you’re genuinely searching for a good read, stay as far away as possible. Given some practice in character and plot development, experience with real relationships, and some life perspective, it’s possible this year-old author might produce an interesting book at some point. ![]() Only sixteen when she started the series, Ally Adornetto knows how teen hearts beat, and this long-awaited conclusion is certain to be her most popular book yet. Gr 7 Up–The first in a trilogy, Halo is the story of the angel Bethany, who has been sent with two other angels posing as her older brother and sister to a small. ![]() “ dialogue feels fresh and real, pulled from the mouths of her peers without any cultural markers necessary to prove relevance If it were not for. ![]() |