Daniel Sonenberg is a composer, performer, and educator living in Portland, ME. He is best known as the composer of The Summer King, a two-act opera on the life of Negro League baseball great Josh Gibson. With the support of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the opera received its world premiere in 2014 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium, in a concert presented by Portland Ovations and co-sponsored by the University of Southern Maine. The opera has been in development for more than 10 years with the Brooklyn-based company American Opera Projects.
Portrait by Wohler Co
