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Live performance recordings of breaking the veil, Julia Anne Cordani's second DMA voice recital at UCSD Music.
breaking the veil is an emergent sonic landscape that tells the stories of medieval women mystics, and through them, reflects on the lived experiences of spiritual women across time in relation to patriarchal structures of power. One part installation, one part theatrical concert presentation, this two-day recital weaves together new work by 8 composers across a variety of media all unified around the central theme.
Lighting by Jessica Flores, sound by Jeremy Olson, and supertitles operated by Andrew Crapitto. Thumbnail photos ©Carlos Felipe Rosas - all rights reserved. With creative direction by Samantha Fox.
Recorded live March 10-11, 2026. Experimental Theater at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla, California.
Live performance recordings of breaking the veil, Julia Anne Cordani's second DMA voice recital at UCSD Music.
breaking the veil is an emergent sonic landscape that tells the stories of medieval women mystics, and through them, reflects on the lived experiences of spiritual women across time in relation to patriarchal structures of power. One part installation, one part theatrical concert presentation, this two-day recital weaves together new work by 8 composers across a variety of media all unified around the central theme.
Featuring works by: Akari Komura, William Kuo, Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío, Daniel Cui, Emily Barger, Carlos Felipe Rosas, and Aaron Mencher. With guest performances & assistance by: Emily Barger, Robbie Bui, Daniel Cui, Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío, Leanna Keith, Akari Komura, William Kuo, Aaron Mencher, Amir Norouz Nasseri, Lorraine Oliveira, Seonjeong Park, Rose Qianyi Sun, Grace Talaski, and Camilo Zamudio. Lighting by Jessica Flores, sound by Jeremy Olson, and supertitles operated by Andrew Crapitto. Thumbnail photos ©Carlos Felipe Rosas - all rights reserved. With creative direction by Samantha Fox.
Recorded live March 10-11, 2026. Experimental Theater at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla, California.
Live performance recoding of Peter Maxwell Davies' The Medium, a monodrama for solo mezzo-soprano.
The Medium is a portrait of a character whose life is shrouded in mystery. Is she a mystic, a person without a country, or the victim of an unspeakable crime? Set in an apocalyptic near-future, this production of Davies' peak-of-career monodrama is a vocal and emotional tour-de-force that is timely and unforgettable, asking audiences the provocative question: what becomes of the women we push to the fringes?
Featuring: Julia Anne Cordani as The Medium
Recorded at UC San Diego’s Experimental Theater as part of UCSD Music x kallisti's An Evening of Chamber Operas in May 2025.
Live performance recording of emerging/changed, Julia Anne Cordani's first DMA voice recital at UCSD Music.
Examining what we do at the landmarks of our lives, in the face of loss, grief, and pain, emerging/changed is a recital presented by voice performance doctoral student Julia Anne Cordani. A love letter to transformation, this program of songs features Tania León’s To and Fro, Arnold Schoenberg’s Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, Vivan Fine’s The Nightingale, and Tomiko Kohjiba’s The Letters of a Portuguese Nun.
Featuring: Julia Anne Cordani, voice, Kyle Adam Blair, piano, and James Koo, percussion. From the studio of Susan Narucki.
Recorded at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall in June 2025.
World premiere of Emily Barger’s sleep starts for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and two percussionists. A piece about the morning fog of Southern California transforming and bursting through the experience of sleep paralysis.
Recorded at UC San Diego’s Experimental Theater for its Winter Composition Collaborations Concert, January 2025.
Featuring: Emily Barger (soprano + composer), Julia Anne Cordani (mezzo-soprano), Wesley Fowler (percussion 1), and James Koo (percussion 2).
An excerpt from The Second Sight by Jessie Downs - a new opera premiered by Sotto Voce in 2021. This virtuosic duet is performed by Julia Anne Cordani (as Freyaria) and Beth White (as Diskana). In this scene, Freyaria welcomes Diskana to her home and shares with her a sunny view of her simple life in the woods. All the while, Diskana is searching her mind for the reason why she cannot shake a sense of foreboding and despair.
This video was recorded live at "Incantations" on October 20th, 2023 at the UU Church of Buffalo.
Featuring: Julia Anne Cordani (Freyaria), Beth White (Diskana), Jonathan Vogtle (piano), Alex Huddleston (audio + video production).
World Premiere of A. by Matías Homar, recorded a Baird Hall, University at Buffalo, in May 2021.
Featuring: Julia Anne Cordani (voice + MIDI controller), Michael Tumiel (Bb + bass clarinets), + Matías Homar (composer, Arduino MIDI controller designer + builder, audio and video engineer).
The Arts Collaboratory’s Live Your Art is a collaborative filmmaking experiment that documents the experience of living and working in Buffalo as an artist. Bringing together four diverse UB artists, the short film is a celebration of creativity across the disciplines.
The production team, led by University at Buffalo filmmaker Mani Mehrvarz, takes cameras into spaces where art is made, and then leads viewers out into the city on a search for sources of inspiration, collaboration and community.
Featuring: Naila Ansari (dancer), Julia Anne Cordani (vocalist), Pam Glick (visual artist), Mani Mehrvarz (director), Maryam Muliaee (animator), Jacob Vogan (photography), Wooden Cities (original music).
World premiere of “he too concludes that all is well” by Max Eidinoff at the N.E.O. Voice Festival June 2023 ExplOratorio, "Recurrence" in Los Angeles.
Featuring: Julia Anne Cordani (soprano), Molly Pease (soprano), Rachel Steinke (mezzo-soprano), JoEllen West (organ), N.E.O. Festival Ensemble, David Harris (conductor), + Max Eidinoff (composer).
“he too concludes that all is well” is inspired by Albert Camus’ 1942 philosophical essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” in which he argues that one must imagine Sisyphus to be happy. Text by Walt Whitman and Max Eidinoff.
“Everything Matters/The Innocent” by South Creek Revival (Originally performed by AURORA)
Leads: Aline Wintermantel & Julia Anne Cordani
Arrangement and Production: Josh Carter
Mastering: Eric Scholz for Eric Scholz Productions
SOUTH CREEK REVIVAL is Julia Anne Cordani (soprano), Aline Wintermantel (mezzo-soprano), Julia Vaccaro (alto), Kyle Tobin (tenor), Tyler Huk (tenor), Josh Carter (baritone), Alex Frank (bass), + Josh Ruszala (vocal percussion).
An excerpt from INCIPIO’S April 2024 concert, GLORIA, featuring Moses Hogan’s “Elijah Rock” at Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica in Lackawanna, NY.
Featuring: Julia Anne Cordani, Rachel Maloney, Emily Meyer, Rebeca Reinecke, Alexis Tuccio, Philomena Vennari, + Rosa Vu (sopranos); Erin Alexander, Sarah Arrowsmith, Jamie Gangemi, Maddy Goodnight, Sam Kessler, Jess Madigan, Rachel Zaporowski, Julia Vaccaro, + Selen Yucel (altos); Lia Allen, Raphael de Rosa, Nicholas Halbert, Tyler Huk, Christian La Scala, Michael Licata, Riley Nahlik, Adam Russell, + Kyle Tobin (tenors); Ryan Clemons, Alexandr Chernyavskiy, Liam Jones, Brandon Mecklenburg, Josh Ruszala, Rwasenge, Ky VerHoef, + Benedict Vennari (basses); + Elizabeth Vennari (conductor).
