A talk & workshop on songwriting with composer, band-leader, & songwriter Benton Roark
Location: McNally Main Room 201
Join Benton Roark and the SMU class ENGL 3793.1/Writing for Performance for a talk and workshop on songwriting.
Roark’s music has been described as “visionary” (The Vancouver Sun), “ardent and soaring” (The National Post), and “an experience of deep and darkling beauty” (The Austin Chronicle).
Current projects include new opera work slated for premiere as part of indiefest, Vancouver, in November 2024 (Eurydice Fragments, re:Naissance Opera), and recording projects The Sign of Jonas (Mother Country, Laughing Heart Records), and Transfigured Light (Arkora, Redshift Records).
SCENT-FREE EVENT: Kindly help us to keep this a safe space for those with chemical sensitivities.
This A4E event is being offered in conjunction with the SMU class ENGL 3793.1/Writing for Performance. For more information, please contact course instructor Luke Hathaway: luke.hathaway@smu.ca.
You can experience Benton Roark & Mother Country in performance at the Halifax Public Library on Wed. Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. (Paul O’Regan Hall), with the Halifax premiere of The Sign of Jonas — an apocalypse folktale (presented by the HPL, ANIMA, & the SMU Reading Series).