Matt Boresi
Matt Boresi is an award-winning librettist (playwright and lyricist) whose modern day opera buffa Don Imbroglio - An Opera You Cant Refuse (with composer Peter Hilliard), was recently selected as a Next Link Production in the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival, and enjoyed an extended sold-out run at Off-Broadway's Theatre Row.
Other notable works by Hilliard and Boresi include the chamber operas The Filthy Habit, The Brazilian, and Wonderful Clockwork, the puppet review Eat Your Greens: Verdi by Vegetables, the performance piece The Staten Island Grand Operas Administrative Intern Presents: Tosca (with mime David Engel), and Empty Plates (with playwright Michael Hollinger). Their musical comedy The Don Giovanni Radio Hour will have its World Premiere in New York City in May 2006.
Matt holds an MFA from the NYU Musical Theatre Writing Program and a Bachelor's degree in Theatre from North Central College. He received the Max Dreyfus Award from the ASCAP foundation and is an Illinois Lincoln Laureate. Boresi was an outreach librettist for City Center/Encores!, a contributing lyricist for the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, and his new singing translation of "Quando M'en Vo'" was featured in Bronx Opera's production of La Boheme. Boresi is an acting and writing instructor for the North Central College Musical Theatre Workshop, and has conducted Master Classes at the Northwestern University School of Music, the Midwest Young Artists Summer Program, and the Tanglewood Institute. He also teaches private acting lessons in the Chicagoland area.
Session 1: The Journey of a Thousand Miles: Creating a Path to Success (When There Is No Path to Success)
You've got your talent, your education, your product ? Now, which way to fame and success? In the world of the arts, there is rarely a clear and documented path to prosperity. In this session we will explore how to identify where success lies for you, how to map the road you must travel to arrive at success, and methods for taking that crucial first step.
Session 2: Making Time for Success: Time Management in the Tricky Business of the Arts
It's hard enough to make time for my art? do I really have to make time for business, too? Yes, you do, and it's the most important time you can make! This session tackles the daunting challenge of creating a schedule for business, marketing, networking, and those other vital topics artists hate to think about.