Marcus Norris
The Atlanta Opera Premieres "Forsyth County is Flooding"
Morehouse Ray Charles Performance Center
900 West End Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
Jun 15, 2024
8:00 PM EDT
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Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier) isa new one-act dark comedy opera that explores some of Georgia’s terrifying, uncomfortable, and uncanny histories and happenings related to the unsavory genesis of Lake Lanier in Forsyth County, Georgia. In what might just be a modern-day ghost story: a private detective and a witch, who claims to be connected to spirits are hired to uncover a weird supernatural mystery happening—puddles. Everywhere …
Music & Lyrics by Marcus Norris. Story & Book by Adamma Ebo.
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Marcus Norris Biography
Marcus Norris’ first foray into making music came in the form of producing rap beats on pirated software, installed on a Windows 98 computer that he Macgyvered together from spare parts while laying on the floor of his childhood bedroom. Though he came to composing concert music later, he transferred that same imagination and ingenuity to writing music of all kinds. Marcus has been called a “New Musical Talent in our Midst” by Chicago’s N’digo Magazine, and has made a number of achievements, including being awarded the prestigious Cota-Robles fellowship for pursuing his PhD at UCLA, being chosen in 2020 for the LA Philharmonic’s National Composers Intensive, and in 2017 winning 1st prize in the Southeastern Composers League Competition. His violin concerto “GLORY” opened to three sold-out performances when premiered by the Jackson Symphony Orchestra in 2019, and then was subsequently performed in Guangzhou, China later that year. His Dance Suite “I Tried So Hard for You” premiered in Havana in 2018, closely following the Russian String Orchestra premiere of “My Idols Are Dead” in Moscow. In 2020 he founded South Side Symphony – the only orchestra that would perform “Back That Thang Up” on the same concert as Beethoven.
For more information on Marcus and his music visit www.MarcusNorris.com and www.SouthSideSymphony.org
Read MoreFor more information on Marcus and his music visit www.MarcusNorris.com and www.SouthSideSymphony.org
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