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Jodi Goble (b. 1974) is an American opera composer and pianist. A professor of music at Iowa State University since 2010, she is an award-winning songwriter, contributed to a Grammy-nominated album, and authored numerous operas. Her operas include Whaling Women, Meow & Forever, The Miller's Daughter, and The Eleanors, the latter of which will be presented by the Savannah V.O.I.C.E. Festival in January 2025.[1] She received the Iowa State University Award for Early Excellence in Teaching in 2015.[2]
Opera Composer
[edit]Goble's first opera, Whaling Women (2021), was commissioned and premiered[3] by Seaglass Theater in New Bedford, MA.[4] The opera tells the stories of real-life women living and working in New England in the mid-1800s at the height of the American whaling industry, based on primary sources from the period. It has also been produced by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Chatham Congregational Church, Carnegie Mellon University (2023), and Boston Conservatory (2025).[5]
Her second opera, Meow & Forever (2023), was premiered by Really Spicy Opera in Minneapolis, MN.[6] It is a tale of same-sex love between a group of Millennial women and their cats, with a libretto by Basil Considine. A full-length album of Meow & Forever was recorded by Opera Arlington in 2023, and the opera received its second production by San Francisco Conservatory of Music in a January 2024 production directed by Rhoslyn Jones and lauded by the National Opera Association, which awarded it the second-place prize in the 2023/24 National Opera Association Opera Production Competition.[7] Meow & Forever was subsequently staged by Portland, OR-based New Wave Opera in January 2025.[8] Another production with Pittsburgh, PA-based Thousand Bridges Opera is scheduled for June 2025.
Goble's third opera, The Miller's Daughter (2024), was co-written with Minnesotan singer Victoria Erickson and premiered by Iowa State University in 2024.[9][10] The opera was selected for a featured performance in 2025[11] at the National Opera Association Conference, and is scheduled to be performed in Minneapolis in 2025.[12][13] Its production has been supported by awards from the Iowa Arts Council and Minnesota State Arts Board.[13]
Goble's fourth opera, The Eleanors (2024/2025), with a libretto by Jodi Goble and Michael Ching, was commissioned by the Savannah V.O.I.C.E. Festival.[14] A period piece set in 1940s Savannah, Georgia, it is loosely inspired by the composer's grandparents' experiences in World War II. The opera received a workshop production at the festival in 2024; the full orchestral premiere debuted on January 3, 2025.[15][16][17]
Art Song Composer
[edit]An award-winning composer of art songs, Goble won the NATS Art Song Composition's First Prize in 2024, for her song cycle "Sea Creatures".[18] She previously won the Second Prize in the same competition in 2017, and was a finalist in 2008, 2018, 2021, and 2022.[19] Her music has been published in numerous anthologies.[20]
Other Music
[edit]Goble's True Witness: A Civil Rights Cantata was performed at Scripps College in 2013 and 2020, and at St. Olaf College in 2022.[21][22] The 30-minute choral cantata sets the letters, speeches and poems of African-American female poets, activists, and civil rights leaders.[21]
Pianist
[edit]As of 2024, Goble is the official accompanist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Guild Auditions in Iowa. She was for many years a staff pianist at Boston University and at the Tanglewood Institute of Music.[23] She is the preferred pianist of noted opera singer Simon Estes, accompanying him on annual performance tours of Iowa.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Savannah VOICE Festival announces world premiere of new opera". WSAV-TV. 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Jodi Goble". Department of Music and Theatre. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Whaling Women". ArtsCapeCod.org. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ rfortier (2021-10-01). "Podcast Episode 95: Seaglass Theater Company". The South Coast Artists Index. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Mother Ocean: Riders to the Sea and Whaling Women | Boston Conservatory at Berklee". bostonconservatory.berklee.edu. 2025-02-13. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "REVIEW: Cantus/Really Spicy Opera Double-Header (Minneapolis Music in the Parks) – Twin Cities Arts Reader". twincitiesarts.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Winter Term Undergrad Opera Wins National Opera Association Award | SFCM". sfcm.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Events". NEW WAVE OPERA. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "FEATURE: From Northfield to Cultural Ambassador: Victoria Erickson, Soprano and DAAD Scholar – Twin Cities Arts Reader". twincitiesarts.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Maifeld, Stacey (2024-03-26). "ISU Opera Studio presents world premiere of 'The Miller's Daughter: A New World Schubertiade'". LAS News. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "National Opera Association - National Conference". www.noa.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Winter 2024 Issue". NOA Now. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b "Minnesota State Arts Board". www.arts.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Syed, Camille (2025-01-03). "Savannah Voice Festival premieres "The Eleanors" Opera". https://www.wtoc.com. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Upcoming Events". Savannah VOICE Festival. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "The Eleanors". Jodi Goble, composer. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Savannah VOICE Festival announces world premiere of new opera". WSAV-TV. 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "First place winner of 2024 NATS Art Song Composition Award is Jodi Goble | National Association of Teachers of Singing". www.nats.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "First place winner of 2024 NATS Art Song Composition Award is Jodi Goble | National Association of Teachers of Singing". www.nats.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
- ^ "Mezzo-Soprano, Vol. 1 Composer Biographies". NewMusicShelf. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b ""True Witness: A Civil Rights Cantata" Premieres at Scripps College | Scripps College in Claremont, California". Scripps College News. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ College, St Olaf (2022-03-01). "Cantorei and Manitou Singers to perform civil rights cantata". St. Olaf College. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tanglewood Music Center yearbook, 1999. Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives. Lenox, Mass. : Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- ^ "Simon Estes Joins BVU Concert Choir, High School Performers in Tour Stop at Schaller Memorial Chapel | Buena Vista University". www.bvu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-02.