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View fullsize Post well worth skipping if you don't feel like going down the rabbit hole. I'm having a morning I never imagined having when I began composing fifty years ago: feeling gratitude for McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers' patient editor as I upda
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View fullsize #Repost @daronhagencomposer ・・・ Thank you, @malibuwestfestival for laureling our #operafilm @americasinging with 2025 Orson Welles Platinum Festival Awards for BEST DIRECTOR, BEST MUSIC SCORE, BEST WRITER, and the Silver Festival Award for BEST PICTU
View fullsize Congratulations to the entire New Mercury Collective family: our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing" is an Official Selection for the International Sound & Film Music Festival for Best Score for a Documentary Feature and a Semi-Finalist
View fullsize Thrilled that my memoir "Duet with the Past" is now available on @audible unabridged, and narrated by the author. Thank you to @mcfpub for publishing it, and thank you @bogliascocenter for providing me the undisturbed environment where I co
View fullsize Thank you, @florencefilmawards for honoring our #operafilm with the July laurel for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE. @peermusic_classical @daronhagencomposer
View fullsize Congratulations, @talaljabari on being awarded the laurel for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER for your work on "I HEAR AMERICA SINGING" from the @swedish.international.filmfest Bravo, mate!
View fullsize Exhilarating, thrilling sweep at the prestigious Paris Film Awards for our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing!" Thank you for awarding laurels for BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, and BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY as well as Silver Awards for B
View fullsize Thank you, @parisfilmawards for making our #operafilm an Official Selection!
View fullsize Ah-oooooooo! We are thrilled and grateful. Thank you, @lonelywolffest for making our #operafilm a semi-finalist in the Best Performative or Character-Driven Documentary and Best Documentary Cinematography categories. And super kudos to @talaljabari &
View fullsize We're delighted to have been awarded the laurel for Best Experimental Film in the Features category by the @alternativefilmfestival in Toronto! Thank you! Bravi to the entire New Mercury Collective creative and performing teams.
View fullsize Thanks, @alternativefilmfestival for making our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing" a Category Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature and Best Experimental Feature. We look forward to our final ranking and laurel on the 22nd! Excited an
View fullsize Thank you Kyoto Independent Film Festival, for making I HEAR AMERICA SINGING a semi-finalist for BEST MUSICAL FEATURE / DOCUMENTARY. Wish us good luck in the finals! @peermusic_classical @mcfpub @aria412pgh @daronhagencomposer @robertfrankenberr
View fullsize Momentum! We are so excited by the terrific reception “I Hear America Singing” is getting on the festival circuit. Bravi tutti! @robertfrankenberry @ariasinger201 @talaljabari @daronhagencomposer @swedish.international.filmfest @worldfilm
View fullsize Thank you @newyorkmovieawards for awarding our #operafilm the SILVER AWARD for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE. @peermusic_classical @ascap @aria412pgh @_the_scl @operawire @skylightmusictheatre @daronhagencomposer
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View fullsize Thank you, @cine_sweden (Swedish International Film Festival, for making our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing" a Nominee in these three categories: BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER.
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View fullsize Thank you, @lafilmawards for honoring our #operafilm with BEST MUSICAL / DANCE FILM and HONORABLE MENTION: BEST INDIE FEATURE. Congratulations to everyone in the New Mercury Collective family and production team. @talaljabari @robertfrankenberry @ari
View fullsize Congratulations to the talented cast and production team of the third #operafilm in the Bardo Trilogy, "I Hear America Singing," for securing the Best Musical/Dance Film Laurel at the @lafilmawards A well-deserved recognition for their exce

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9/11/25

The shooting script for I Hear America Singing, as well as “making of” essays about the film and its function within the larger trilogy, will be published by McFarland and Company in April 2026. You can pre-order it here, at Barnes and Noble, as well as other online retailers internationally.

9/10/25

The summer wrap of festival laurels is as follows:

  1. Winner — Platinum Festival Award 2025 Orson Welles Award for Best Director; Platinum Festival Award 2025 Orson Welles Award for Best Writer; Platinum Festival Award 2025 for Best Music Score; Silver Festival Award 2025 for Best Picture — Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival

  2. Winner - Paris Film Awards Best Feature Film; Best Director; Best Screenplay; Silver Award for Best Score; Gold Award for Editing; Silver Award for Best Actress; Gold Award for Cinematography

  3. Winner- Los Angeles Film Awards Best Musical / Dance Film; Honorable Mention for Best Indie Film

  4. Winner - Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Director, Best Cinematography - Swedish International Film Festival

  5. Winner — Diamond Awards for : Best Ensemble Cast, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Original Score; Gold Awards for: Best Actor (Robert Frankenberry) and Best Documentary Film — Mindfield Film Festival, Albuquerque

  6. Winner — Best Experimental Feature Film - Alternative Film Festival, Toronto

  7. Winner - New York Movie Awards - Best Original Score, Silver

  8. Semi-Finalist - Best Musical Feature or Documentary - Kyoto International Film Festival

  9. Semi-Finalist — Best Performative or Character-Driven Documentary and Best Documentary Cinematography - Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, London

  10. Nominee - Best Composer of the Season - Montreal Independent Film Festival

  11. Nominee - Best Composer - New York Independent Cinema Awards

  12. Winner - Best Score (Silver Award) - New York Movie Awards

  13. Finalist - Best Ensemble Cast; Best American Film - World Film Festival in Cannes

  14. Semi-Finalist - Best Musical Score - Kyoto Independent Film Festival

  15. Semi-Finalist - Best Documentary - Vancouver Independent MovieMaker Awards

  16. Nominee - Best Original Score for a Documentary - International Sound and Film Music Festival

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