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Mira J. Spektor
phone: 212 362 2277
fax: 212 799 5967
email: mirajspektor@earthlink.net
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Poet • Composer/Lyricist
Founder / Artistic Director of The Aviva Players Mira Josefowitz Spektor Poet/composer/lyricist Mira J. Spektor is Founder/Artistic Director of The Aviva Players. Born in Europe, Ms. Spektor graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and studied at Mannes College and Juilliard.  She has written chamber music, chamber operas & musicals including The Housewives' Cantata (lyrics by June Siegel), Lady of the Castle (based on Lea Goldberg's Israeli play), The Passion of Lizzie Borden (poems by Ruth Whitman) , Villa Diodati - about Mary Shelley (lyrics by Colette Inez) and Giovanni the Fearless (A Commedia del Arte with book & lyrics by Carolyn Balducci); recital & cabaret songs and music for theater, film and TV; and has recorded for Concert Hall, Westminster and Guilde International du Disque, Original Cast Records, Capstone and AirPlay.
Her music scores (Georgina Press - BMI) include the feature film Double Edge (Faye Dunaway) and PBS documentaries, Art in Its Soul and Serious Comics. Her recent CDs include: The Housewives’ Cantata, Lady of the Castle, Mira Chante/French Love Songs, and Lullabies & Lovesongs. Some Press Quotes:
Villa Diodati (about Mary Shelley) - "Attractive and tonal. .. Recalled some of the more gracious music in Benrstein's 'Trouble in Tahiti' Particularly appealing was a duet between Mary & Percy Shelley: 'There is No Heaven but my Love'" - Allan Kozinn - The New York Times
The Passion of Lizzie Borden: “ Ms Spektor, an interesting composer... A Passionate duet for Lizzie Borden and her sister” - John Rockwell, The New York Times.
The Housewives’ Cantata: “A sprightly song-fest” - The New York Times.
Film score for Double Edge: “The powerful, moving music was composed by Mira J. Spektor.” —The Jewish Week.
Give Me Time: “A mini miracle of a musical” —New Choices.
Lady of the Castle: “… this musical work is moving and poignant… lyrical and subtle…” - Doris Gold, Biblio Press.
Giovanni the Fearless: "...the melodic and stimulating music by Mira J. Spektor. A musical comedy that deserves many productions and a vast audience." - Mario Fratti, OGGI
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A member of The League of Professional Theater Women, BMI, Dramatist Guild, and a published poet (from Seaside Houses), Ms. Spektor's new poetry collection, The Road to November The Road to November, is available from the JWRC Press and selected bookstores including at
BookHampton: Tel: 631-324-4939
Poet
Her poems have been published in: Black Tie Press, California State Poetry Quarterly, Comstock Review, Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, Georgina Press, BMI, Haworth Press, Seems, Tucumcari Reviews, Without Halos and NY Women’s Business Calendar, and From Seaside Houses (Pudding House). Composer/Lyricist
Mira J. Spektor has written songs and music for theater, film, TV, translated French & German poetry and lyrics, recorded for Westminster, Concert Hall, Guilde du Disque, Original Cast Records, Capstone and AirPlay. Her music scores include: the feature film Double Edge with Faye Dunaway, PBS-TV Documentaries Art in its Soul and Serious Comics. Musicals: The Housewives’ Cantata (lyrics by June Siegel) and Give Me Time; Chamber Operas; Lady of the Castle (composer’s libretto based on Israeli poet, Lea Goldberg’s play — heard in the US, Germany & London; The Passion of Lizzie Borden (libretto by Ruth Whitman), Villa Diodati (libretto by Colette Inez - Additional lyrics by Byron, Shelley, Spektor & Wordsworth) and Giovanni The Fearless (a new Commedia del Arte with book & lyrics by Carolyn Balducci) Click here for the Music Catalog |
The Road to November
at select stores including:
NCJW, 820 2nd Avenue, NYC (212) 687-5030
Book Hampton, East & South Hampton (631) 324-4939
Crawford Doyle, 1082 Madison Avenue, NYC, (212)288-6300 Lenox Hill Bookstore, 1018 Lexington Avenue, (212) 472-7170, (212) 772-1790 fax lenoxbooks@mail.com
The Road to November
"In her poetry collection Mira Josefowitz Spektor writes about loss but she also tells stories of parallel lives. Inner time trips are accessed through elevators, trains, music and dreams." (Helen Papell)
"Honest and unflinchingly poetry, beautifully bittersweet in tone, European in its sensibilities and memories. A work showing a fine ear for subtle tones and for cadences - haunting reverberations of Europe, WWII" (Colette Inez, Columbia University)
"Lyrical and sensitively written… perceptive and powerful… All of he work is filled with future." (Pearl London, The New School)
"…so poignant that one is left with a phrase or two echoing in your head long after putting the poems down."
(Cynthia Navaretta, Publisher,
Midmarch Arts Press)
"Your poem ("Of Voyagers") gives wonderful and so accurate expression to the sense of loss that accompanies the death of someone close to you - even the smells remain. It's like a lost limb." (Dr. Alice Shalvi, Hebrew University, Founder, the Israel Women's Network)
"I have used Mira Spektor's thought-provoking poems in readings and workshops; they invariably evoke powerful memories and emotions." (Rachel J. Siegel, MSW, Psychotherapist, Writer, Editor.)
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