Perhaps you are curious to experience the overlooked work of important Black American composers. There’s a chance that you are a fan of classical songs, or intrigued to hear the works of poets including Langston Hughes in musical form.
If you’re someone with a bit of local Rochester pride, you might want to embrace achievements of musicians from our community; the performers on this new double-album of art songs include more than 30 students and faculty from the Eastman School of Music. Professors Joshua Conyers, Nicole Cabell, Kiera Duffy and Timothy Long highlight this list, joined by an impressive array of too many others to list.
Whatever draws you in at first, keep listening.
Read more here in CITY: REVIEW | ‘In Plain Sight: The Black Anthology’
You can also hear this music woven throughout our broadcasts on WXXI Classical, and you can hear it live in concert in Rochester on September 15th (and in NYC on October 16th).