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Erica Miner

Violinist turned author ERICA MINER has had a multi-faceted career as an award-winning screenwriter, author, lecturer and poet. A native of Detroit, she studied violin at Boston University with Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Joseph Silverstein, where she graduated cum laude; the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Tanglewood Music Center, summer home of the Boston Symphony, where she performed with such celebrated conductors as Leonard Bernstein. She continued her studies with Mr. Silverstein at the New England Conservatory of Music, and went on to perform with the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for twenty-one years, where she worked closely with much-respected maestro James Levine and numerous other luminaries of the opera world. After retiring from the Met, Erica drew upon her lifelong love for writing as her creative outlet and studied screenwriting in Los Angeles with screenplay guru Linda Seger. Erica’s screenplays awards include such recognized competitions as Santa Fe and the Writer’s Digest. Her debut novel, TRAVELS WITH MY LOVERS, won the Fiction Prize in the Direct from the Author Book Awards. Subsequent published novels include the first in Erica’s FOUREVER FRIENDS novel series chronicling four teenage girls coming of age in the volatile 60s. ARIA FOR MURDER, a novel of assassination and intrigue at the Metropolitan Opera, the first in her Julia Kogan Opera Mystery series published by Level Best Books, has won rave reviews across the board. The sequel, PRELUDE TO MURDER, received a glowing report ('A skillfully written whodunit of operatic proportions') from the prestigious Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/erica-miner/prelude-to-murder/). Erica’s lectures, seminars and workshops have received kudos on both coasts and in Australia, and she has won top ratings as a special lecturer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. An active contributor to BroadwayWorld.com, Backtrack.com and LAOpus.com, she also contributed a monthly “Power of Journaling” article series for the National Association of Baby Boomer Women newsletter. Other writings have appeared in Vision Magazine, WORD San Diego, Istanbul Our City, and numerous E-zines. Erica’s lecture topics include “The Art of Self- Re-invention,” “Journaling: the Write Way to Write Fiction,” “Solving the Mystery of Mystery Writing,” and “Opera Meets Hollywood.” Details about Erica’s novels, screenplays and lectures can be found on her website, https://www.ericaminer.com.




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First Show:

GYPSY

Favorite Show:

Onward Victoria

Favorite Stories:

  • Lawrence Brownlee Speaks as he Sings: Gloriously - African American tenor Brownlee is opera royalty, a representative of diversity in his field and at the top of his game. Interviewing him was sheer pleasure, as he could not have been more affable, accessible, and articulate.
  • MET OPERA CONCERTMASTER RAYMOND GNIEWEK: A REMEMBRANCE at Metropolitan Opera House - Ray Gniewek was also opera royalty, one of the greatest concertmasters of all time, and a key influence on my life as a violinist with the Met Opera. His immense contribution to the opera world cannot be quantified. I remain in awe of him.
  • BWW Previews: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS - The brilliant operatic rendering of the life of this ultra-important person, whose work has had an enormous influence on all of our lives, has been hugely successful since its premiere. The composer and librettist captured the essence of Jobs: his life, his trials, and his journey, so perfectly.
  • BWW Interview: Jamie Bernstein Celebrates Remarkable Centennial - Jamie Bernstein has been a friend and colleague ever since we were at the Tanglewood Music Center decades ago, when I was a Fellowship student working with her famous father, whom we all called Lenny. She is keenly intelligent, savvy, and a joy to interview.
  • Interview: David Holloway Shepherds Santa Fe Apprentices - David is another former opera colleague whose friendship goes back decades, ever since we were neighbors in Manhattan and our children played together and we worked together at the met Opera. More recently, he provided me entree into the Santa Fe Opera, where I based my most recent Opera Mystery novel, Prelude to Murder. His insights into the workings of this unique opera company were fascinating.


BWW Exclusive Interview: Growing up with Elgar: Sir Neville Shares His Wisdom
December 24, 2014

Sir Neville held forth on British music, American orchestras and his own influences and inspirations.

BWW Reviews: Stephanie Blythe Channels Kate Smith - with Heart
BWW Reviews: Stephanie Blythe Channels Kate Smith - with Heart
December 12, 2014

Those who were fortunate, and prescient, enough to avail themselves of tickets to Stephanie Blythe's glorious San Diego Opera concert presentation, We'll meet again:?The Songs of Kate Smith, were treated to an evening as indulgent as musical chocolates and champagne bubble bath.

San Diego Symphony Music Director Announces His Departure
San Diego Symphony Music Director Announces His Departure
November 21, 2014

Ling, the longest serving music director in the orchestra's history, will take his final bow after the 2016-17 season.

BWW Interview Part 2: Danielle de Niese, Out of Africa and Into Opera
BWW Interview Part 2: Danielle de Niese, Out of Africa and Into Opera
October 31, 2014

When I got back from Tanzania I was presenting in the Proms on television for the BBC. It was so surreal to try to piece all of that together.

BWW Interview Part 1: Danielle de Niese Is Making a Difference
BWW Interview Part 1: Danielle de Niese Is Making a Difference
October 30, 2014

'I am honored to use my voice to help raise awareness and support for the world's most vulnerable … their determination to build a better future.'

BWW Interview: Eddie Shapiro Takes Center Stage with Great 'Dames'
BWW Interview: Eddie Shapiro Takes Center Stage with Great 'Dames'
October 29, 2014

Bitten by the theatre bug at a tender age, Eddie Shapiro ranks top billing among the highest echelons of the Broadway and theatre obsessed.

BWW Exclusive Interview, Part 2: Thomas Hampson Is Passionate for Opera
BWW Exclusive Interview, Part 2: Thomas Hampson Is Passionate for Opera
October 16, 2014

Opera has been as large an identification with Thomas Hampson's persona as anything else.

BWW Exclusive Interview, Part 1: Thomas Hampson Talks of Song - and Bernstein
BWW Exclusive Interview, Part 1: Thomas Hampson Talks of Song - and Bernstein
October 15, 2014

Thomas Hampson has scored triumph after triumph in a stellar international career whose length and degree of success belie his still youthful age.

BWW Reviews: Jessie Chang and Friends Shine in San Diego
BWW Reviews: Jessie Chang and Friends Shine in San Diego
September 30, 2014

Jessie Chang is known for her virtuosity, lovely tone, and unique, distinctive piano style.

BWW Reviews: Sheldon Harnick Celebrates Lifetime Achievement
BWW Reviews: Sheldon Harnick Celebrates Lifetime Achievement
September 23, 2014

The heartfelt exchange between lyricist icon Sheldon Harnick and his longtime collaborator Arnold Mittelman.

BWW Interviews: Sheldon Harnick Fiddles with 'Sons' at North Coast Rep
BWW Interviews: Sheldon Harnick Fiddles with 'Sons' at North Coast Rep
September 11, 2014

Sheldon Harnick has been regaled with so many awards for some of the Great White Way's most beloved hits that his collection of statuettes likely weighs more than he does.

BWW Reviews: North Coast Rep Falls for 'Angels'
BWW Reviews: North Coast Rep Falls for 'Angels'
September 8, 2014

Female duos are the stuff of theatrical comedy.

BWW Reviews: Pérez and Costello Heat Up San Diego Opera's Stage
BWW Reviews: Pérez and Costello Heat Up San Diego Opera's Stage
September 8, 2014

The 'red hot' Ailyn Perez-Stephen Costello duo, having been likened to rock star couples, rarely perform together.

BWW Reviews: Thomas Hampson: An American Hero at Tanglewood
BWW Reviews: Thomas Hampson: An American Hero at Tanglewood
July 22, 2014

Few vocal performers of our day are as closely identified with American classical music as this renowned artist.

BWW Reviews: The Trumpet Shall Sound - Håkan Hardenberger Conquers Tanglewood
BWW Reviews: The Trumpet Shall Sound - Håkan Hardenberger Conquers Tanglewood
July 21, 2014

The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Saturday, July 19 offering at the Koussevitzky Music Shed, as Latvian-born Music Director designate Andris Nelsons helmed Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson's Bridge, Trumpet Concerto No. 1, with Swedish trumpet soloist Hakan Hardenberger

BWW Reviews: ROMANCE Is in the Air at North Coast Rep
BWW Reviews: ROMANCE Is in the Air at North Coast Rep
July 13, 2014

Broadway World Reviews: "Romance" Is in the Air at North Coast Rep's season finale production of 'Romance/Romance.'

BWW Interviews: Artistry and Prudence - William Mason, Part 2
BWW Interviews: Artistry and Prudence - William Mason, Part 2
July 8, 2014

Clearly the people at SDO can learn a lot from William Mason.

BWW Interviews: William Mason Shares Wisdom with San Diego Opera, Part 1
BWW Interviews: William Mason Shares Wisdom with San Diego Opera, Part 1
July 7, 2014

Newly minted Artistic Advisor for a reborn San Diego Opera William Mason learned the ropes of opera artistic administration from such luminaries as Carol Fox and Ardis Krainik.

BWW Interviews: Playwright Will Cooper Has a Beautiful Mind
BWW Interviews: Playwright Will Cooper Has a Beautiful Mind
July 24, 2014

Will Cooper's play 'Jade Heart' chronicles the journey of an infant girl, abandoned in China and brought to America by her adoptive single Caucasian mother.

BWW Reviews: FADED GLORY Sparkles at North Coast Rep
BWW Reviews: FADED GLORY Sparkles at North Coast Rep
June 2, 2014

It's no wonder Tim Burns won the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award in 1974 for his first play, Faded Glory. This brilliantly crafted work is entertaining, enlightening, and irresistible.



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