Ellen Reid

On this Memorial Day, Press Play replays some of our favorite interviews. Baker Roxana Jullipat shares how to go back in time and cook with ancient grains. Illustrator Stacy Michelson’s new book has all sorts of fun facts, like Ancient Egyptians invented the Marshmallow, and all Haas avocados can be traced back to a single tree. Good Food host Evan Kleiman has cider recommendations. And how about hiking in Griffith Park to personalized music by composer and sound artist Ellen Reid?

The Babcock Season welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, one of the most innovative artists of her generation. A composer and sound artist whose breadth of work spans opera, sound design, film scoring, ensemble and choral writing, she was awarded the the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in music for her opera, p r i s m.

The Los Angeles Opera has announced the release of three digital opera shorts by Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid that will stream on its On Now platform. First up is Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings,” beased on Karen Russell’s surreal short story about a farming family attempting to fulfill the requirements of the Homestead act.The film opera stars Andrew Harris, Cree Carrico, Abigail Nims, and Michael Slattery with Christopher Rountree conducting.