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“Jacob is a fantastic and versatile conductor and educator," [Music Director Wilbur] Lin said in the news release. "His particular interest in new music and creative projects and his educational insights will strengthen MOSY's reach both on the programming end and our Conservatory projects."

“After a two-year break in production, Austin’s Density512 is finally ready to present the world premiere of Eva and the Angel of Death: A Holocaust Remembrance Opera… [during the pandemic] Density512 produced a documentary film about the production of the opera and, according to musical director Jacob Schnitzer, gained an even deeper understanding of the subject matter.”

“‘If you were to look at the score (for Eight Songs for a Mad King) and try to figure it all out, you’d have to constantly stop to read all the words and follow all the arrows,” he explains. ‘It’s going to be challenging for the musicians to keep track of how the intricacies line up, since they’re not in time or tempo in any way.’ For Schnitzer, conducting… is akin to directing a theatrical performance.”

“While Babbage is recognized for his developments in early computing for creating the Difference Engine, it took Ada Lovelace to see its visionary potential to transform society. It's important to pay tribute to the women and men who created the future we now live in; Kenneth Froelich's Finite Differences and Graham Reynolds' The Difference Engine beautifully do just that."