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Missy Mazzoli

Brooklyn, NY

Composer Missy Mazzoli was recently deemed "one of the more inventive and surprising composers now working in New York" (NY Times) and "Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart" (Time Out NY). SONG FROM THE UPROAR is part one of a trilogy... view more

  1. on April 2
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    Missy Mazzoli
    backed a project

    MATA 2012 Festival of New Music by MATA Festival

    Lend a hand to MATA's 14th Annual Festival, April 17-20th and help support the music of tomorrow, today

    • 100% funded $5,040 pledged
    • 59 backers
    • Funded Apr 17, 2012
  2. on March 16
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    Missy Mazzoli
    Posted project update #1

    Thank you for supporting Song from the Uproar via Kickstarter!

    Dear Kickstarter donors,

    Thank you again for supporting the recording of my opera, Song from the Uproar, via Kickstarter.  On behalf of everyone involved in the project, I want to express my gratitude to YOU for making this recording possible.  We just finished a hectic, sleepless, WONDERFUL week in New York's Avatar Studios, and this recording is going to be fantastic!  We even got to use the same mixing board Madonna used for "Like a Virgin"!  (I nearly fainted when I heard that.)  I feel so lucky to work with all these fantastic performers, singers, engineers and producers, and so lucky to have your support.  For those of you who will receive CDs and scores in the mail, we'll send a separate email asking for shipping information.

    Thank you!!!

    Missy Mazzoli

    PS: We've posted some pictures from the recording, including one of the Madonna mixer, on our Kickstarter page!

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  3. on February 24
    Funded!

    Song from the Uproar: recording a new opera by Missy Mazzoli by Missy Mazzoli

    We're about to enter the studio to record Song from the Uproar, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli. Help us make this happen!

    • 106% funded $7,968 pledged
    • 103 backers
    • Funded Feb 24, 2012
  4. on January 23
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    Missy Mazzoli launched a project

    Song from the Uproar: recording a new opera by Missy Mazzoli by Missy Mazzoli

    We're about to enter the studio to record Song from the Uproar, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli. Help us make this happen!

    • $7,500 funding goal
    • 02/24/2012 Funding Ended
  5. on December 10
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    Missy Mazzoli
    Posted project update #2

    Victoire's European Tour a Rip-Roarin' Success, thanks to you!

    Dear beautiful Kickstarter donors,

    A few days ago we returned from our European tour, and, thanks to you, it was a total success!  Because of your generosity we were able to successfully transport all of our equipment from city to city without having to hitchhike, beg, borrow or steal.  The concerts were each fantastic, and we were able to reach over a thousand new audience members who had never heard us live before.  We performed in a converted coal mine in Essen (it's true!), in a beautiful concert hall in Berlin, in a smoky club in Paris, in a drafty squat in Amsterdam, and in a lovely underground stage in Leuven, Belgium (home of Stella Artois!).

    We are so grateful to YOU for making this financially feasible for us in these tricky times.  I have posted a few select pictures from the tour to our Kickstarter page (including some great shots of Eleonore's impossibly huge bass case).  Please stay in touch, and watch your mail if you have requested CDs as a reward for your donation.  

    THANK YOU!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    Missy, Eleonore, Lorna, Eileen and Olivia (Victoire)

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  6. on November 14, 2011
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    Missy Mazzoli
    Posted project update #1

    THANK YOU!!!

    Dear Victoire Supporters,

    On behalf of all the members of Victoire, we'd like to thank you for supporting our recent fundraising drive through Kickstarter.  We not only met, but EXCEEDED our fundraising goal, and we are very grateful to all of you for making this happen.  I'm not exaggerating when I write that we would not be able to do these performances in Europe without this support.  

    We were thrilled to have been offered these performances a few months ago, but our joy was quickly muted when we realized that the cost of toting a double bass (sorry Eleonore!), two keyboards and five people through four European countries was much higher than our performance fees.  Thanks to all of YOU we solved this problem and will be able to perform our music for the first time in front of a large European audience.  This is an incredible opportunity for us and again, we are touched by your generous support of our dreams.  For those of you who selected rewards for your gift, you should receive them no later than mid-December, just in time for the holidays.  :)

    Please stay in touch!

    Missy Mazzoli 
    on behalf of Victoire (Olivia De Prato, Eileen Mack, Lorna Krier and Eleonore Oppenheim)

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  7. on November 13, 2011
    Funded!

    Victoire goes to Europe! by Missy Mazzoli

    Victoire's first solo European tour, opening for My Brightest Diamond!

    • 149% funded $1,797 pledged
    • 33 backers
    • Funded Nov 13, 2011
  8. on October 23, 2011
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    Missy Mazzoli launched a project

    Victoire goes to Europe! by Missy Mazzoli

    Victoire's first solo European tour, opening for My Brightest Diamond!

    • $1,200 funding goal
    • 11/13/2011 Funding Ended
  9. on August 27, 2011
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    Mobtown Modern's 2011-2012 Season by Mobtown Modern

    Support contemporary music in Baltimore! Mobtown Modern's 2011-2012 season features the JACK Quartet, GVSUNME, Philip Glass and more!

    • 109% funded $5,458 pledged
    • 71 backers
    • Funded Sep 15, 2011
  10. on July 26, 2011
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    Missy Mazzoli
    backed a project

    Beautiful Mechanical -- an indie-classical record by yMusic by yMusic

    Chamber music performed by insanely excellent musicians equally comfy in the overlapping Classical and Pop Music worlds.

    • 213% funded $10,681 pledged
    • 374 backers
    • Funded Aug 05, 2011