{"id":7036,"date":"2026-01-26T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?p=7036"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:20:02","slug":"a-joint-interest-premiere-for-shepherd-schools-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?p=7036","title":{"rendered":"<i>A Joint Interest<\/i> premiere for Shepherd School&#8217;s 50th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile-1536x568.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile-200x74.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AJI_poster_FB_profile.jpg 1773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/br>The chamber opera <i>A Joint Interest<\/i> was commissioned by the Shepherd School of Music (with funding assistance from Rice University Office of Research) on the celebratory occasion of the school&#8217;s 50th anniversary. Its premiere performance on Sunday, February 1st, 2pm will take place in the Morrison Theater of Brockman Hall at Rice University. <div id=\"attachment_7194\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7194\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Al-Zand-A-Joint-Interest-Rehearsal-01.23.26-c-Lauren-Ross-079-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Lauren Ross<\/p><\/div>The short comic scene, scored for 3 singers and ensemble, will be performed by Shepherd School students, singers and instrumentalists, under the musical direction of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, with stage direction by Paul Curran. The libretto is after a short story by O. Henry, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliterature.com\/author\/o-henry\/short-story\/makes-the-whole-world-kin\" target=\"_blank\">Makes the Whole World Kin<\/a>.&#8221; Rice News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.rice.edu\/news\/2026\/shepherd-school-music-offers-inside-look-contemporary-american-opera\" target=\"_blank\">preview<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.rice.edu\/news\/2026\/inside-look-brings-students-faculty-audience-making-modern-opera\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chamber opera A Joint Interest was commissioned by the Shepherd School of Music (with funding assistance from Rice University Office of Research) on the celebratory occasion of the school&#8217;s 50th anniversary. Its premiere performance on Sunday, February 1st, 2pm will take place in the Morrison Theater of Brockman Hall at Rice University. 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