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Jodi Goble (b. 1974) is an American opera composer and pianist. A professor of music at Iowa State University since, she is an award-winning songwriter, contributed to a Grammy-nominated album, and authored numerous operas. Her operas include Whaling Women, Meow & Forever, The Miller's Daughter, and The Eleanors, the latter of which will be presented by the Savannah V.O.I.C.E. Festival in January 2025.[1] She received the Iowa State University Award for Early Excellence in Teaching in 2015.[2]
Opera Composer
[edit]Goble's first opera, Whaling Women (2021), was commissioned and premiered by Seaglass Theater in New Bedford, MA.[3] The opera tells the stories of real-life women living and working in New England in the mid-1800s at the height of the American whaling industry, based on primary sources from the period.
Her second opera, Meow & Forever (2023), was premiered by Really Spicy Opera in Minneapolis, MN.[4] It is a tale of same-sex love between a group of Millennial women and their cats, with a libretto by Basil Considine. A full-length album of Meow & Forever was recorded by Opera Arlington in 2023, and the opera received its second production by San Francisco Conservatory of Music in a January 2024 production directed by Rhoslyn Jones and lauded by the National Opera Association, which awarded it the second-place prize in the 2023/24 National Opera Association Opera Production Competition.[5] Meow & Forever will be performed by Portland, OR-based New Wave Opera in January 2025.[6]
Goble's third opera, The Miller's Daughter (2024), was co-written with Minnesotan singer Victoria Erickson and premiered by Iowa State University in 2024.[7][8] The opera was selected for a featured performance in 2025[9] at the National Opera Association Conference, and is scheduled to be performed in Minneapolis in 2025.[10][11] Its production has been supported by awards from the Iowa State Arts Council and Minnesota State Arts Board.[11]
Goble's fourth opera, The Eleanors (2024/2025), with a libretto by Jodi Goble and Michael Ching, was commissioned by the Savannah V.O.I.C.E. Festival. A period piece set in 1940s Savannah, Georgia, it is loosely inspired by the composer's grandparents' experiences in World War II. The opera received a workshop production at the festival in 2024, with its orchestral premiere debuting on January 3, 2025.[12][13][14]
Art Song Composer
[edit]An award-winning composer of art songs, Goble won the NATS Art Song Composition's First Prize in 2024, for her song cycle "Sea Creatures".[15] Her music has been published in numerous anthologies.[16]
Other Music
[edit]Goble's True Witness: A Civil Rights Cantata was performed at Scripps College in 2013 and 2020, and at St. Olaf College in 2022.[17][18] The 30-minute choral cantata sets the letters, speeches and poems of African-American female poets, activists, and civil rights leaders.[17]
Pianist
[edit]As of 2024, Goble is the official accompanist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Guild Auditions in Iowa. She was for many years a staff pianist at Boston University and at the Tanglewood Institute of Music.[19] She is the preferred pianist of noted opera singer Simon Estes, accompanying him on annual performance tours of Iowa.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Savannah VOICE Festival announces world premiere of new opera". WSAV-TV. 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Jodi Goble". Department of Music and Theatre. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ rfortier (2021-10-01). "Podcast Episode 95: Seaglass Theater Company". The South Coast Artists Index. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "REVIEW: Cantus/Really Spicy Opera Double-Header (Minneapolis Music in the Parks) – Twin Cities Arts Reader". twincitiesarts.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Winter Term Undergrad Opera Wins National Opera Association Award | SFCM". sfcm.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Events". NEW WAVE OPERA. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "FEATURE: From Northfield to Cultural Ambassador: Victoria Erickson, Soprano and DAAD Scholar – Twin Cities Arts Reader". twincitiesarts.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Maifeld, Stacey (2024-03-26). "ISU Opera Studio presents world premiere of 'The Miller's Daughter: A New World Schubertiade'". LAS News. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "National Opera Association - National Conference". www.noa.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Winter 2024 Issue". NOA Now. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b "Minnesota State Arts Board". www.arts.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Upcoming Events". Savannah VOICE Festival. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "The Eleanors". Jodi Goble, composer. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Savannah VOICE Festival announces world premiere of new opera". WSAV-TV. 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "First place winner of 2024 NATS Art Song Composition Award is Jodi Goble | National Association of Teachers of Singing". www.nats.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Mezzo-Soprano, Vol. 1 Composer Biographies". NewMusicShelf. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b ""True Witness: A Civil Rights Cantata" Premieres at Scripps College | Scripps College in Claremont, California". Scripps College News. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ College, St Olaf (2022-03-01). "Cantorei and Manitou Singers to perform civil rights cantata". St. Olaf College. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tanglewood Music Center yearbook, 1999. Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives. Lenox, Mass. : Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- ^ "Simon Estes Joins BVU Concert Choir, High School Performers in Tour Stop at Schaller Memorial Chapel | Buena Vista University". www.bvu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-02.