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Sheli Nan, alias Tabachnik, (born November 23, 1950) is an American composer, performer, author, and teacher. She is known for her chamber music, opera, requiem, and oratorio.

Career

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Sheli Nan's first LP, Acoustic Piano Excursions, was produced by KPFA. Nan has released 12 CDs, including her Orchestral Suite in 3 Movements: Signatures in Time and Place.[1]

Nan composed incidental music for "Cuchulain – A Tragedy for the Heroic Age" by William Butler Yeats, performed by The Bay Theater Collective at Julia Morgan Theater. She also composed "Sarah and Hagar – The Reconciliation of the Jewish Mother and the Arab Mother."[2]

Her opera Saga of the 21st-Century Girl was performed under the Berkeley Repertory Company at Osher Studio, and her work Last Stop Café was featured at the Berkeley Baroque Festival.[3][4]

She was commissioned to compose for The Albany Consort, creating Requiem for the Ancestors – Dia de los Muertos, performed in San Francisco.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Sheli Nan". www.societyofcomposers.org. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  2. ^ Nan, Sheli (2003). Sarah and Hagar: the reconciliation of the Jewish mother and the Arab mother: a meditation for lyric soprano, mezzo soprano and string quartet. Contemporary vocal series. Albany, CA: PRB Productions. ISBN 978-1-56571-236-2.
  3. ^ "Baroque & Beyond: Sheli Nan at the Giorgi Gallery. Category: Arts Listings from The Berkeley Daily Planet". www.berkeleydailyplanet.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  4. ^ Hendrickson, W. A.; Ward, K. B. (1975-10-27). "Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1349–1356. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90508-2. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 5.
  5. ^ Bahto, Rick (2023-04-12). "The San Francisco Bay Area NACUSA Chapter presents Serenade – Saturday, June 10 at 8 pm – Old First Concerts". Retrieved 2024-08-02.

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