Media coverage on Joel Thompson signing with Primo Artists

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This week, media highlighted the news that Joel Thompson has signed with Primo Artists for Worldwide General Management.

The Violin Channel writes: “Primo Artists has announced the signing of composer Joel Thompson for worldwide general management, effective immediately. Thompson currently serves as Houston Grand Opera’s first-ever Composer-in-Residence, holding a five-year residency that commenced in 2022. He has been awarded the 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, a 2018 American Prize for his well-known choral work Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, and the 2017 Hermitage Prize.”

Norman Lebrecht from Slipped Disc writes: “Primo Artists has added composer-conductor Joel Thompson to its roster. He joins Wynton Marsalis and Valerie Coleman on the New York-based list. Primo’s founder Charlotte Lee says: ‘Joel Thompson is a brilliant composer and humanist, and one of the most important and promising voices of our time. His work is bold and socially engaged, telling modern stories in brilliant, stirring and truthful ways.’”

David Salazar from OperaWire writes: “Primo Artists has added composer Joel Thompson to its roster for Worldwide General Management. Thompson…has been commissioned by such organizations as New York Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Atlanta Master Chorale, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, Kansas City Symphony, American Composers Forum and Sphinx Organization’s EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, among others.”

For the signing announcement, click here.