Panaiotis (pronounced PAH-NAY-YO-TEES) has taught at the University of California at San Diego, where he earned his Ph.D. in music, and at the Theaterschool for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He continues his pedagogical inclinations by conducting workshops at elementary schools and at colleges and universities. A classically trained singer, Panaiotis incorporates pan-cultural vocal techniques and styles in his own singing and compositions. He has composed numerous works for dance and theater and has worked with the San Diego Public Theater, the San Francisco Repertory Theatre, and the Hans-Otto Theater in Potsdam, East Germany. Panaiotis was awarded a writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his opera, The Traveling Companion.
Frankie Silver was the first woman in North Carolina to be executed. The story is told in her own words: the ballad she wrote in prison and delivered on the scaffold before she was hanged. It is a chamber work for mezzo-soprano, guitar, percussion, piano, prepared piano, violin, viola, and contrabass. Awakening is a chamber work for soprano, tenor, flute, clarinets, cello, percussion, and piano, with live performance electronics.
Frankie Silver was the first woman in North Carolina to be executed. Chamber work for mezzo-soprano, guitar, percussion, piano, prepared piano, violin, viola, and contrabass. Premiered by the Tanz-Ensemble and Cathy Sharp in Basel, Switzerland, June, 1992. (32 minutes)
Chamber duet for coloratura and baritone with violin, cello, marimba, vibraphone, and piano. Text by Michele Spiro, commissioned by Maverick Music Concerts to celebrate their 75th anniversary. (ca. 10 minutes)
Commissioned by the American Dance Festival in 1991. Chamber work for soprano, tenor, flute, clarinets, cello, percussion, and piano, with live performance electronics. (22 minutes)