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This year's festival celebrating classical musicians of African descent features a world premiere in Kodak Hall
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Born and raised in Memphis, with an impressive collection of opinions on barbecue, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu learned early on from one of his mentors that…
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Hailed by The New York times for her "warm, ample voice" and "distinctive earthy coloring," and by Opera News for her "sumptuos, mid-weight soprano," Ms.…
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Is an award-winning conductor, composer, recording artist, educator, author and pianist. His career has taken him from his native New York to musical…
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Jackson founded the Juilliard String Ensemble and was its first conductor 1970-71. He was associate or assistant conductor with the American Symphony…
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Bass-Baritone Donovan Singletary has been praised by Opera News for his “bright baritone.” He lit up the concert stage in performances with the Deutsche…
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Lionel Thomas developed a passion for music as a young child listening to his church’s gospel choir. At age eight, he began playing violin in Pennsylvania…
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Damien Sneed, a multi-genre recording artist, received a Sphinx Medal of Excellence in 2014. He has garnered critical acclaim across a range of musical…
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Malcolm Merriweather enjoys a professional career as a baritone, conductor and educator. He began his professional musical training as a chorister at St.…
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Brittany Rumph, a native of Rochester, NY, is a multi genre soprano. She is a graduate of both Roberts Wesleyan College with her Bachelor's of Science in…
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Bennie Harris hails from Saint Petersburg, Florida. He has performed with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Pinellas Park Civic Orchestra (FL), Indiana…
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It was the early 1980's and I had just begun my work at WXXI as the radio secretary (WXXI had only one radio station at the time). Our news team had…