Records and albums produced by VIA. Click the album to learn more, listen, and purchase.
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea is an opera by Paola Prestini, Karmina Šilec, and Royce Vavrek that presents a dual track of storytelling combining the novel with original portraits of quotidian life to reflect aging, legacy and our relationship to oceans.
On April 15th, 202 Composer Paola Prestini and instrumental duo Nelson Patton will release their new collaborative album Ancient City: a non-visual film score on April on VIA (VisionIntoArt) Records.
Grand opera commissioned by Minnesota Opera. Libretto by Mark Campbell, direction by Eric Simonson, based on the novel by Kate Di Camillo.
Composer Paola Prestini and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler present 'Houses of Zodiac: Poems for Cello,' an album, film, and immersive video installation that combines spoken word, movement, music, and image to explore the intersection of mind, body, and nature.
Co-curated by Zeigler and acclaimed composer-bandleader Graham Reynolds, The Sound of Science is a concert and album presenting music by seven celebrated composers exploring the intersections of music and science.
The Hubble Cantata is a cosmic mystery set on earth and in the multiverse, composed by Paola Prestini that features narration by astrophysicist Mario Livio and a libretto by Royce Vavrek.
A musical and cinematic exploration of the past, present and future of the Colorado river.
LABYRINTH, two conjoined installation concertos for violinist Cornelius Dufallo and cellist Maya Beiser tightly incorporate sound, lighting design, and projected visuals, with the musicians’ performance through the use of the K-Bow, and LED technology
Commissioned by the Walker Art Center and the Krannert Center. Choral Opera for singing actor, children's chorus and string quartet. Text by Rinde Eckert, direction by Julian Crouch.
A meditation on fading civilizations, the exploration is led by an archaeologist, played by improviser Helga Davis, whose investigation into the ‘artifacts of song’ carries her into a collision of the past and present.