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2004-10-10: Harbison / Upshaw Workshop at Carnegie Hall    

Dawn Upshaw / Carol Worthey (photo by Ray Korns)
Carol Worthey at Carnegie Hall (photo by Ray Korns)


Carol Worthey and her husband Ray Korns, Worthgold Music's Executive Director, returned energized, inspired and super-informed from an amazing professional training workshop at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the John Harbison-Dawn Upshaw Workshop for Composers and Singers, presented by the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the American Music Center.

The brochure with its schedule of events is shown here.


The workshop presented a rare opportunity to see Harbison and Upshaw guide the rehearsals of four young composers with commissioned works created since May. All the singers and instrumentalists had phenomenal musicianship. There were other composers in the workshop also, and we all learned the ropes from top experts who are passionate about helping today's composers succeed.

Dedicated Lyn Liston from the American Music Center coordinated many of the events along with the hard-working and cordial staff of the prestigious Weill Institute. Lyn also gave a seminar on career promotional activities.

Carol enjoyed the opportunity to reminisce with brilliant John Harbison after many years and to catch up with each other. Meeting Dawn Upshaw was delightful --- her guidance was astute and warm. The Business Essentials seminar featured Entertainment Attorney James Kendrick with a wealth of data. The Better Score seminar was run by none other than the Librarian of The Metropolitan Opera, Bob Sutherland and veteran music prep expert, Bill Holab of Computer Music Services. Each and every event was full of practical, hard-to-find information.


A remarkable atmosphere of positive energy, practical know-how and total professionalism pervaded the entire workshop and all the attendees were very talented and friendly. Composer Adrienne Albert, President of Carol's Mu Phi Epsilon Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, was there from LA as well. All in all, as Adrienne put it, it was "the bargain of the century!"

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