David Arkenstone is a 4-time Grammy nominee who has worked on 45 albums, 20 Billboard hits, film & TV soundtracks, commercials, and game scores. I’ve worked with him for several years now, and it’s always a pleasure. Adding to his diverse career, he’s now working on a new opera called The Fall Of Atlantis, presumably inspired by his 2004 album Atlantis which was nominated for a Grammy. The libretto is written by Scott Lord, who is also a generous supporter of the UC Santa Cruz opera program.

David will be workshopping the new opera at UC Santa Cruz this summer, and in preparation for that I helped him with the music copyist work for his piano vocal score. After the workshop will be the inevitable revisions, and then the fun work of orchestrating the show and working towards a full production will begin.