Meet the Composer

Patient Zero will be a 45-50 minute work for chamber ensemble of violin, cello, contrabass, clarinet, trumpet, piano, and percussion by composer Diedre Murray with original text by Cornelius Eady and guest appearances by actual ministers who will, in essence, become spoken word soloist inside of the piece. Patient Zero, a hospitalized schizophrenic, floridly rants and raves about his delusions at a psyche evaluation to a panel of doctors in a mental hospital. Through a series of visitations and events doctors, ministers and imaginary friends of Zero try to discern if these are just the ravings of a madman or something else. Finally the panel agrees that he is indeed mad but not before the piece explores the warnings and the meaning of prophecy in The Book of Revelations. All design elements will be fashioned to allow the work to be adapted for touring to a variety of venues.

World premiere: TBD