John Schneider is an internationally recognized guitarist, composer, author, broadcaster, and champion of Harry Partch's musical instruments. Since 2000, Schneider has recreated many of Partch’s unique instruments to perform the composer’s singular chamber music. He is Music Director of the PARTCH ensemble, which performs exclusively on Partch's instruments. Vireo, Episode 7, "Dismal Pure Inane" will feature Schneider and PARTCH. John was kind enough to answer a few questions

Hello to our ever-growing Vireo community! We have some exciting updates for the Vireo project as production for my episodic, made-for-broadcast opera continues. In-depth feature in The Los Angeles Times Vireo was featured in the Los Angeles Times this past weekend! Journalist Carolina A. Miranda, who visited the Episode 5 shoot in January, wrote this wonderful piece about our episodic opera. She interviewed director Charles Otte, librettist Erik Ehn, soprano Rowen Sabala, Gr