“Forever” at WNO’s American Opera Initiative (Washington Post)

“Gartman and Tien’s approach to the end of days is refreshingly absurd and giddy with whimsy…a new idea of what opera can do is quietly affirmed in “Forever.” | LINK to READ


Washington National Opera reviews its commitment to future of American Opera (Washington Classical Review)

“Gartman’s inventive score featured the repeated crunching of plastic objects by the percussionist…” | LINK to READ


DC REVIEW: Anything But Business As Normal In The American Opera Initiative (Twin Cities Arts Reader)

“…Gartman’s score gets high marks for innovative and well-integrated sound generation into its musical vocabulary.” | LINK to READ


Composers Now presents IMPACT: Elizabeth Gartman

Video series on living composers. Composers now founded by Tania León.


Elizabeth Gartman named Composition Fellow with American Opera Initiative 2023

Commissioned for a 20-minute opera with the Washington National Opera, with librettist Melisa Tien, to be performed at the Kennedy Center in January of 2024 | LINK to READ

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Elizabeth Gartman named Runner Up in BMP: Next Gen Competition 2022

30-minute opera It is a Comfort to Know, with librettist Susan Bywaters, directed by Madeline Whitesell, performed by Contemporaneous Ensemble with musical direction by Kamna Gupta | LINK to READ

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BMI Student Composer Awards 2021

William Schuman Prize for Most Outstanding Composition | LINK to LISTEN/READ

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OPERAWIRE: Elizabeth Gartman & Niloufar Nourbakhsh Named Finalists of BMP: Next Gen Competition

30-minute commission to be premiered in 2022, produced by Beth Morrison Projects | LINK to READ

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Beth Morrison Projects: Next Gen Cycle 2

Work premiered May 27th, 2021 | LINK to STREAM

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National Opera Association

National Opera Association

National Opera Association “Sacred in Opera” Newsletter

The New Motive Power, the first operatic collaboration between Elizabeth Gartman and librettist Susan Bywaters, in conversation with Dr. Casey Robards | LINK to READ

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