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dwb (driving while black)

Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello

dwb (driving while black)
It’s impossible not to be outraged by the context from which this chamber opera arises...The music is careful, perhaps even timid. It strikes me as well organized, correct, and neatly contained...

Opera, December 2021

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dwb (driving while black)

Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello

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It’s impossible not to be outraged by the context from which this chamber opera arises...The music is careful, perhaps even timid. It strikes me as well organized, correct, and neatly contained...

Opera, December 2021

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  • Release date: 15th Mar 2021
  • Label: Albany
  • Catalogue number: TROY1858
  • Length: 40 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black)
Work length3:32
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
I. Prelude. "oh honey"
Track length2:36
Ii. Bulletin #1: "young Lawyer"
Track length0:56
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Iii. Scene One
Work length0:57
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"scary!"
Track length0:57
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Iv. Scene Two
Work length3:13
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"you, my beautiful brown boy"
Track length3:13
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), V. Scene Three
Work length0:30
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"peekaboo!"
Track length0:30
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black)
Work length1:00
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Vi. Bulletin #2: "young man in hoodie"
Track length1:00
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Vii. Scene Four / Bulletin #3
Work length1:09
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"french fries and spilled milk"
Track length1:09
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black)
Work length1:14
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Viii. Bulletin #4: "scene: Curbside for carry-out"
Track length1:14
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Ix. Scene Five
Work length1:10
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"you Are not who they see"
Track length1:10
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), X. Scene Six
Work length2:41
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Keening vocalise
Track length2:41
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xi. Scene Seven
Work length5:52
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"no! Strike me with your anger"
Track length5:52
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black)
Work length3:11
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Xii. Bulletin #5: "new in town"
Track length3:11
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xiii. Scene Eight
Work length1:18
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"hey look!"
Track length1:18
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xiv. Scene Nine
Work length1:33
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Grooving vocalise
Track length1:33
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xv. Scene Ten
Work length1:45
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"don't make me stop This car"
Track length1:45
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black)
Work length1:44
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Xvi. Bulletin #6: "officer"
Track length1:44
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xvii. Scene Eleven
Work length2:59
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"you Are not what they see"
Track length2:59
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xvii. Scene Twelve
Work length4:00
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"get out of the car"
Track length4:00
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black)
Work length0:43
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
Xix. Bulletin #7: "a Congressman"
Track length0:43
Kander, S: Dwb (driving while black), Xx. Scene Thirteen
Work length2:24
  • Roberta Gumbel, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello
"nothing new"
Track length2:24

Awards and reviews

December 2021

It’s impossible not to be outraged by the context from which this chamber opera arises...The music is careful, perhaps even timid. It strikes me as well organized, correct, and neatly contained within a gently subdued modernism... The best passages are a deeply felt lullaby (‘My beautiful brown boy’) and an affecting final scene.
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