Listen to Radio Interviews with Corey and Kathleen
You can listen to broadcast interviews with Corey Dargel (composer and singer) and Kathleen Supové (pianist) on WNYC’s Spinning on Air, and on ArtonAir radio.
New York Times Review
Choosing the Unthinkable, Then Singing About It by Claudia LaRocco
“Removable Parts” is …almost perversely pleasurable… but also desperately sad and layered with other meanings… Amputation, especially when it’s self-imposed, is a loaded and problematic metaphor. Mr. Dargel and company handle it with an intelligent grace that is as moving as it is impressive.
The New Yorker Review
Body Shop by Alex Ross
…[S]elf-mutilation serves mainly as a metaphor for the less desperate measures human souls may resort to as they confront psychic pain. The result is at once uproarious and harrowing; one moment Dargel is prancing gawkily about in a style that might be called Weimar Village People, the next he is curled up in self-inflicted agony.
Carnegie Magazine Preview
Artistic License: In the Name of Hybrid Theater by Justin Hopper
Corey Dargel seems constantly on the verge of an unexpected revelation: a skeleton in his closet, a secret he’s sworn to keep, an epiphany he’s beheld. But, just as he does in his performances—song cycles (a group of songs performed in a sequence as one) comprised of visionary pop music staged with cabaret tinges—Dargel pulls away at the last moment.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Preview
A preview article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Corey Dargel, NOW Ensemble bring together classical and rock by Andrew Druckenbrod
After years of sparring, classical music and pop are getting friendly, at least on the edges. In a movement often called “indie classical,” young university-trained composers are using pop and rock instruments, electronics and chord structures at a level never seen before.
Toronto Star Preview
Out on a limb: love and amputation by John Terauds
When you think about all of the poets who have lamented that losing a loved one is like having their heart torn out, perhaps Dargel’s dark imaginings are not so far-fetched after all.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Review
“Parts” Is Moving Despite Its Subject by Richard Storm
Well, the joke is on us. As soon as we heard that “Removable Parts” is a… piece about voluntary amputation, the snickering began… How can this be the subject of a theater piece, above all a performance that elicits laughter amid the grim proceedings? The answer to that lies in the talent of the creators and performers who brought it to life in an intimate cabaret setting in the Sudakoff Center Saturday evening.
New York Cool Review
“Removable Parts” Review by Sharyn Jackson (to read the full review, click on the link and scroll down)
Dargel’s gorgeous experimental score is the perfect method with which to address the fascinating, creepy topic of voluntary amputation… the sentiments [he] express[es] are relatable regardless of one’s desire to remove a body part. Body image issues plague relationships and lead to intimacy fears that most people face in life. It’s opting for the hemispherectomy that makes you different.