Composer, librettist, and multimedia artist living in NY's Hudson Valley. Also tweets for @landscapesounds.
Joined October 2010
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Album release day! 🥳 Stream "Sauntering Songs" from 3x @RecordingAcad nominee @SkylarkEnsemble. Featuring my choral & vocal music, w/ performances by @JuventasMusic & guitarist James Moore. Available on all music streaming platforms! #NewMusic #Composer open.spotify.com/album/7KGkb…
Give the gift of art this holiday season! Giclee prints of my art are 20-30% off through 12/4, with prices starting at $16.80. Browse the sale: NellShawCohenArtist.Etsy.com
#Watercolor #Artwork #LandscapePainting #GiftIdea #BlackFridayDeals #HudsonValley #Mohonk #Minnewaska #Owl
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@SkylarkEnsemble's 75-minute live album features "Sauntering Songs" (tracks 1-17)—a cantata on the theme of walking—paired with choral cycle "Transform the World with Beauty" (tracks 18-20) inspired by Victorian art. Visit my site for essays & lyrics nellshawcohen.com/liner-note…
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The smoke choking New York is a painful reminder that the climate crisis does not affect us all equally. Today, there are tens of thousands of unhoused and housing-insecure New Yorkers who have no choice but to breathe the deadly air for 24 hours. (1/3)
For the first time ever, my artwork is available for purchase! I've created a series of watercolor paintings exploring the sublime beauties of the spring season in the Hudson Valley's Shawangunk Mountains. #Mohonk #Minnewaska #UpstateNY #Watercolors nellshawcohenartist.etsy.com
ALT A collage of five watercolor landscape paintings with the text "Shawangunk Spring: Watercolors by Nell Shaw Cohen. Giclee prints now available on Etsy."
NYC folks: don't miss Laura Strickling and Daniel Schlosberg TOMORROW, Friday, April 14, 7pm at @BARGEMUSIC. The fabulous soprano & piano duo will perform art songs from the #40at40Project commissioning series, including my work with @WayBetterThanTV. bargemusic.org/concert/apr14…
In just *two weeks* @SkylarkEnsemble @JuventasMusic & guitarist James Moore will be touring Massachusetts with the World Premiere of my concert-length cantata for choir and chamber ensemble, "Sauntering Songs"! Details in my newsletter: mailchi.mp/b48189261766/saun…
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Welcome composer @JudithShatin to #LandscapeMusic! Shatin is renowned for her richly imagined music that seamlessly spans acoustic and digital realms and is "often animated by the calls of animals and the sounds of the world, both natural and built." landscapemusic.org/members/j…
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8th Day of Inclusive Christmas:
Eight Maids a Milky-Waying
@nellshawcohen The Sphinx and The Milky Way
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9th Day of Inclusive Christmas:
Nine Ladies Dancing to
Dale Trumbore’s ‘Same Traffic, New Dance’.
m.soundcloud.com/user-353618…
I just voted early! Don’t forget to #vote! (Hilarious sticker courtesy of the @UlsterNY Board of Elections student art contest 😆)
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Good morning! Now is a great time to fill out your student debt cancellation application 💪 studentaid.gov/debt-relief/a…
My music will be performed by a delightful variety of ensembles over the next couple months—from symphony orchestra to percussion trio—so I wanted to take a moment to share a round-up of these events: mailchi.mp/39c9d30bbd8a/fall… #NewMusic #Composer
Tune in Sunday for a free live stream of #NewMusic celebrating public parks and the landscape architecture of Frederick Law Olmsted! Including my Prospect Park & Central Park-inspired piece for chamber ensemble, "Breath of the Meadow, Heart of the Woodland" #Olmsted200
Tune in THIS Sunday @ 3pm EDT for @MichiganTech's free streaming concert of "Lungs of the City: Olmsted's Parks in Music," our #LandscapeMusic program featuring 8 co-World Premieres responding to public parks in celebration of #Olmsted200! @olmsted200 events.mtu.edu/.../michigant…
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Single tickets to Skylark's fabulous 2022-23 season, including three performances in Massachusetts of my World Premiere concert-length cantata "Sauntering Songs," are now on sale! #NewMusic #WorldPremiere skylarkensemble.org/saunteri…
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TODAY at 12p I will be risking arrest outside the White House to demand emergency action on #LongCovid & #MEcfs!! Please support the #MillionsMissing that are #StillSickStillFighting by doing the virtual actions in the toolkit below now. 🙏❤✊ @MEActNet
We are fast approaching our #MillionsMissing September Protest on Monday, September 19th! While a group of activists will be traveling to DC to protest in person, we need as many people as possible to amplify our message and take action from home. Toolkit: ow.ly/ECZu50KIlQC
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The brain and #LongCovid
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2… a 5★ summary by @WesElyMD
Evidence/paths -> neuroinflammation
"The science makes it increasingly clear that covid-19 turns on inflammation and alters the nervous system even when the virus itself seems to be long gone."
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NEW REPORT: using updated data, I find that 2-4m Americans are not working due to #longcovid. This is costing us ~$170 billion annually in lost wages alone. A thread (1/) brookings.edu/research/new-d…
Playwright @mashuqdeen, a friend and collaborator, bravely describes traumatic institutional processes he endured after raising #equity concerns, inviting “a commitment to treat people better and to stand up for our colleagues” in arts nonprofits: mashuqmushtaqdeen.com/open-l…
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HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK: The special election for the #ny19 congressional seat is TODAY. Tell friends and family to vote for @PatRyanUC.
“The women are mad. And when the women are mad, they vote. We saw it in Kansas, and we hope it happens here.” washingtonpost.com/elections…
