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YAAMNY Education & GMTWP: Yale Professor & Acclaimed Poet J.D. McClatchy (Ph.D. '74) on "The Poet as Librettist"

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

New York, United States

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The Educational Programs and Arts & Entertainment Committees of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), in collaboration with the Tisch School of the Arts’ Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University, present...

an evening with acclaimed poet and librettist, Yale professor, President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and Editor of The Yale Review J.D. McClatchy (Ph.D. '74) on "The Poet as Librettist." This talk will address the literary and practical business of putting an opera together in the midst of clashing personalities, slashed budgets, crazy directors and temperamental singers. 

A forty-five minute talk will be followed by a fifteen minute question and answer session followed by a thirty minute informal reception. All are welcome including friends and family.

This program will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts’ Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, at 113-A 2nd Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.

If you have any questions, please e-mail the Educational Programs Committee at: yaamnyeducationalprograms@gmail.com.


Relevant Links:

Biographical information  for J.D. McClatchy can be found at:

http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/mcclatchy.html

http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6381

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Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts
113-A 2nd Avenue
New York, 10003

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)


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Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY)

YAAMNY is a volunteer-based non-profit organization committed to fostering connections between Yale University and its metropolitan New York City area alumni. Through a range of public service, educational enrichment, and social activities, YAAMNY provides Yale alumni with opportunities for volunteerism, intellectual stimulation, and engagement with an extended community of Yalies.

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Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts                                       

The Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program is a master's degree program specially designed for the major collaborators in the creation of new musical theatre and opera. The program's aim is to give students the skills to be able to wed form to content in original ways that best fulfill their unique artistic visions.