pictures from trillium e rehearsals

Rehearsals for the recording of Anthony Braxton's opera Trillium E are going great. It's been over a week of 8-hour rehearsal days, and each day has flown by. I'm having so much fun I don't even realize how hard we're working until the end of the day, when I fall asleep as soon as I sit down.

Each of the 12 characters in the opera is portrayed not only by a singer but also by an improvising solo instrumentalist. Here are some pictures from this weekend's rehearsals, when the instrumentalists first joined us. You can see a complete list of personel here.

Anthony and Taylor Ho Bynum conducting

Instrumental soloists: Nicole Mitchel, Leah Paul, Reut Regev, Nate Wooley, Jay Rozen, Salim Washington, Dave Kadden, Matt Bauder, Daniel Blake

Singers: Kamala Sankaram, Nick Hallet, Stan Scott, Richard Harper, Wesley Chinn

Matt Welch, Tomeka Reid

Taylor, Michael Douglas Jones