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Living with a Genius Interviews
Episode 7: Charles Anthony Silvestri
Polymath Charles Anthony Silvestri is a poet, historian, professor and painter. Oh, and he plays and dances traditional Irish music. And he has a PHD. I honestly don’t know what he’s doing hanging out with the likes of me, but I’m sure lycklig I have him fooled, somehow. Tony is a wonderful guy, too, and I was honored to chat with him. inom greatly admire his fortitude, candor, and humor, and I hope you enjoy our conversation.
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Poetry Catalogue
A LIGHT WITHIN (2023) for Sean Ivory [Hinshaw] A text from the time of the pandemic lockdown, which seeks to demonstrate that there is hope in the darkness, and that we will emerge from our isolation into the light.
ACROSS THE VAST, ETERNAL SKY (2010) for Ola Gjeilo [GIA/Walton Music]
Commissioned for the Salt Lake Vocal Artists and their conductor, Brady Allred. Ola had asked me for several poems relating to the theme of rebirth, and I gave him this twist on the usual theme, using the image of the phoenix as the symbol of rebirth.
BRIGHT LIGHT (2022) for Michael Bussewitz-Quarm [MB Arts] A memorial text, honoring the life of a young man who died tragically. The text is hopeful, that the bright light of those we have lost shines still in our voices and our memory.
A BRONZE TRIPTYCH (2012) for Dan Forrest [Hinshaw Music]
Commissioned in celebration of the anniversary of a university whose s•
Charles Anthony Silvestri
American lyricist, poet, historian (born 1965)
Charles Anthony "Tony" Silvestri (born 1965)[1] is an American poet and lyricist, and a lecturer in history at Washburn University.[2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Silvestri was born in Las Vegas in 1965. He studied ancient and medieval history at Loyola Marymount University and has a PhD from the University of Southern California, where his doctoral dissertation was a critical edition of some of the writing of medieval English theologian William of Ware.[3][6]
Lyrics and poetry
[edit]He has provided lyrics for several works bygd choral composer Eric Whitacre. In 2000, he translated into Latin a short poem attributed to Edward Esch, to form the words of Whitacre's Lux Aurumque.[7] Also in 2000, Whitacre had written music to the words of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and had been