# Lisa Scola Prosek > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Scola_Prosek > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Scola_Prosek.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Scola_Prosek > Source revision: 1256538848 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Lisa Scola Prosek** (born March 25, 1958) is an American composer and [librettist](/source/Libretto). Among her compositions are two [oratorios](/source/Oratorio) and seven [operas](/source/Opera). She is [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area)-based. ## Life and career Scola Prosek was born in New Jersey and raised in Rome. She graduated from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University), where she studied with [Milton Babbitt](/source/Milton_Babbitt), [Edward T. Cone](/source/Edward_T._Cone), [Lukas Foss](/source/Lukas_Foss), and [Gaetano Giani Luporini](/source/Gaetano_Giani_Luporini).[1] She was commissioned by San Francisco's Thick House Theater for her operas *Daughter of the Red Tzar*,[2][3] *Belfagor* and *Sail the Blue Aegean*. Her first operatic composition was *Satyricon* which premiered in 2002. She is the recipient of several commissions, grants and awards, including from the [Argosy Foundation](/source/Argosy_Foundation) Contemporary Music Fund,[4] the LEF Foundation, [Meet The Composer](/source/Meet_The_Composer), Theatre Bay Area, The Hewlett Foundation, the Zellerbach Foundation, and the [American Composers Forum](/source/American_Composers_Forum). In addition to her work as a composer, she is principal pianist and general manager of the [San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra](/source/San_Francisco_Composers_Chamber_Orchestra).[5] ## Works ### Chamber operas - *Satyricon* (2002) - *I Quaderni di Leonardo* (2006). Opera in Italian, text by the composer, with chamber orchestra, Thick House Theater, San Francisco. Videography by Jakub Kalousek. Jim Cave, director. - *Belfagor* (2007). Based on [Machiavelli](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli)ʼs novella *[Belfagor arcidiavolo](/source/Belfagor_arcidiavolo)*. Thick House Theater, San Francisco. Performed as a Video-Opera with chamber orchestra, Martha Stoddard, conducting. Directed by Jim Cave. - *Trap Door* (2008). A chamber video opera. Commissioned by The Lab/Art group. Residency at The Lab, 16th Street, San Francisco. In English, based on one soldierʼs experiences in Iraq. Directed by Jim Cave, video sets by Jakub Kalousek.[6] - *Dieci Giorni* (2010). Premiered at Thick House in San Francisco, written in collaboration with composer [Erling Wold](/source/Erling_Wold) based on [Boccaccio](/source/Giovanni_Boccaccio)'s *[The Decameron](/source/The_Decameron)*. - *Daughter of the Red Tzar* (2012). Commissioned for Thick House Theater and produced with Art Space Development Corporation and First Look Sonoma.[7][8] - *The Lariat* (2014). Based on *[The Lariat](/source/The_Lariat)*, a novella by [Jaime de Angulo](/source/Jaime_de_Angulo). The first public workshop performance took place at San Francisco's Un-Scripted Theatre in June 2014.[9] ### Choral works and song cycles - *Libera Me* (2006). For Choir and orchestra: Schola Cantorum San Francisco and the [San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra](/source/San_Francisco_Composers_Chamber_Orchestra), Old First Church, San Francisco. - *En una Noche* (2006). For the [National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi](/source/National_Shrine_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi), Song cycle for soprano and viola, with texts from Saint [John of the Cross](/source/John_of_the_Cross). ## References 1. Cooke, Michael. ["Classical Composers Database"](http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/scola_prosek). Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. Roensch, Greg. ["*Daughter of the Red Tzar*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120920021534/http://www.potreroview.net/news10850.html). *The Potrero View*. Archived from [the original](http://www.potreroview.net/news10850.html) on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. Freymann-Weyr, Jeffery. ["Interview with Lisa Scola Prosek"](http://www.kdfc.com/pages/15843546.php). Classical [KDFC](/source/KDFC). Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. ["Lisa Scola Prosek Biography"](http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5127695). *Instant Encore*. Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. ["SFCCO Staff"](http://www.sfcco.org/staff.php). Retrieved 12 June 2013. 1. Avila, Robert. ["Review"](http://www.sfbg.com/2008/06/11/facing-music). *[San Francisco Bay Guardian](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Guardian)*. Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. Kosman, Joshua (27 August 2012). ["*Daughter of the Red Tzar* review"](http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Daughter-of-the-Red-Tzar-review-3816728.php). *[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)*. Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. Bullock, Ken. ["*Daughter of the Red Tzar*"](http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2012-09-07/article/40175?headline=STAGE-REVIEWS-Lisa-Scola-Prosek-s-opera-Daughter-of-the-Red-Tsar-Aurora-s-Bay-Area-premiere-of-Kristofer-Diaz-s-play-The-Elaborate-Entrance-of-Chad-Deity---By-Ken-Bullock). *[Berkeley Daily Planet](/source/Berkeley_Daily_Planet)*. Retrieved 15 June 2013. 1. San Francisco International Arts Festival. [*The Lariat*](http://www.sfiaf.org/the_lariat) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141013202549/http://www.sfiaf.org/the_lariat) 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine ## External links - Scola Prosek, Lisa (April 2011). ["The Cantilever of Chords"](http://21st-centurymusic.com/ML211104.pdf). *21st Century Music*. **18**: 10–11. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2013. - Scola Prosek, Lisa (Summer 2007). ["Michael McDonagh – Once"](http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DLCL/mantis/about.html). *Mantis Journal of Poetry and Translation*. '***(6). Retrieved 17 June 2013.*** --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lisa Scola Prosek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Scola_Prosek) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Scola_Prosek?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.