[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 200 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H10322-H10323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING PROFESSOR EVAN MACK

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate an accomplished 
composer, educator, and music innovator from New York's capital region, 
Professor Evan Mack, recently named a Musical America 2018 Professional 
of the Year.
  Professor Mack's first major opera premiered at New York's 
Baryshnikov

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Center in May of 2011, an impressive achievement for a first-time 
composer.
  Since then, he has composed numerous operas, including a grand opera 
based on William Kennedy's 2014 novel, ``Roscoe,'' that received a 
concert performance with the Albany Symphony featuring Deborah Voigt in 
2016.
  He also cowrote one of the first-ever operas for Twitter, 
#IsOperaDead, a five-act opera performed in the span of 1 minute and 40 
seconds.
  He also serves on the faculty at Skidmore College and was a resident 
artist at the prestigious Yaddo.
  Professor Evan Mack, on behalf of all of your many fans and 
supporters in upstate New York, congratulations on being named a 2018 
Professional of the Year by Musical America.

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