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Veteran Journeys
in the Press
CBS News Los Angeles
Psychiatrist Writes Opera To Highlight Mental Health Issues In Veterans
July 29th, 2022
Los Angeles Daily News
Through ‘Veteran Journeys,’ a UCLA professor seeks to turn taboo topics into song – and hope
Mark McGreal
May 30th, 2021
UCLA Press Release
Professor’s opera about veterans and mental health to screen at film festival
Madeline Adamo
October 27th, 2021
APA PsychNet
Impact of Veteran Journeys opera on audience member attitudes related to veterans with posttraumatic stress or unstable housing
Robert M. Bilder, Joseph Mango, Kia Skrine Jeffers, Lingqi Tang, Marissa Stinnett, Angelo Constantino, Lily Zhang, Kenneth B. Wells
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Psychiatric Services
Veteran Journeys: Creating an Opera from Research, Clinical and Personal Experience
Kenneth B. Wells
July 29th, 2021
RAND Corporation
Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera
Melissa Bauman
July 6th, 2021
Fox News Indianapolis
‘Gallantry’ and ‘Veteran Journeys’ debuts in Indianapolis
Deja Studdard
March 25th, 2023
Veteran Journeys is based on true stories from interviews of Veterans and family members as well as Dr. Kenneth Wells’ family members. Veteran and Providers of services for Veterans provided input into the opera’s libretto to reflect their experiences. Music and Libretto by Kenneth B. Wells.
The opera development was supported by a Veterans in the Arts grant from the California Arts Council and the live performance is supported by a grant from the Tilley Family Foundation; and the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.
Veteran Journeys opera was the winner of the Awareness Film Festival Special Jury Courage Award for portraying courage of Veterans and those who serve them. Veteran Journeys Opera the film, was the winner of the “Docs Without Borders” International Film Festival awards in the category of Docu-drama Feature, Social Issues: a) Excellence in Editing (sub-category); and b) Outstanding Excellence: Original Score (sub-category).
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"People really feel it's really hard to deal with mental health in the community. But when you use art, they relate to it in a different way."
— Kenneth B. Wells
Veteran Journeys
Music by Kenneth B. Wells
Libretto by Kenneth B. Wells