A remote recording of an excerpt of Act I, Scene 1 of my opera Lear. Everyone recorded their parts individually on BandLab, and I synced and edited!

Cordelia - Courtney Kalbacker
Goneril - Molly Pinson Simoneau
Regan - Elizabeth Mondragon

Balance Campaign:
Flute - Meghan Shanley Alger
Clarinet - Emily Robinson
Piano - Elizabeth Hill
Violins - Sandy Choi
Cello - Erin Snedecor

Oboe - Emily Tsai
Bassoon - Michala Hendrix
Horn - Heidi Brown
Viola - Kimia Hesabi
Bass - Shawn Alger

Lear - Act I Scene 1 (excerpt)

Silvia and Izzy's duet (plus some recitative beforehand) from Another Country, recorded in performance as part of the University of Maryland Opera Studio's New Works Reading, February 12, 2016.

Another Country, commissioned by the University of Maryland Opera Studio, tells the story of characters who struggle with the effects of war and its repercussions in a jingoistic, unaware consumer culture.

Librettist - Shannon Berry
Composer - Michael Oberhauser

Silvia and Izzy's Duet from Another Country

composed in 2011

Performed by the Anacostia String Quartet (Ryan Gregory, Kevin Sloan, Tim MacDuff, Pecos Singer)
Recorded live in performance at St. George's Episcopal Church in Arlington, VA on April 6, 2018

365: III. Winter

365 Project: II. Autumn

365 Project: I. Summer

This is an aria from my 2014 opera with librettist Shannon Berry and co-composer Terrance Johns, A Fire in Water. This aria struck made me think that it would work pretty well as a prog-y emo-ish synth-rock song, so I just gave it a shot.

This is FAR from perfect. I know my guitar skills are bad, and my tuning in my singing isn't great (who knew that it was that hard to do the breathy singing thing and also sing accurate pitches?) - plus I'm not really locked into the meter a lot of the time. But I figure if I don't get over my fear of sharing me trying out this new style of music, I'll just end up with a handful of these recordings that just take up space on a drive, and I'll never work to get better. Here's this piece, warts and all.

Music by Michael Oberhauser
Lyrics by Shannon Berry
Voice, guitar, and synth by Michael Oberhauser

In the Hallway (demo) (Your Future Husband)

Your Future Husband - 15 Step - by Radiohead - from In Rainbows

Vocals, keys, synth, found percussion by Michael Oberhauser.
Additional sound effects from ZapSplat.com

Your Future Husband - 15 Step (Radiohead cover)

Your Future Husband - King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 - by Neutral Milk Hotel - from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

All sounds and vocals by Michael Oberhauser

Your Future Husband- King of Carrot Flowers, Pt  1 (Neutral Milk Hotel cover)

Your Future Husband - I Am Not Afraid - by Owen Pallett - from In Conflict

Vocals, keys, synths by Michael Oberhauser. Additional sound effects from ZapSplat.com

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