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Karen Slack

James Lee III -- Photo by Roy Cox

5 Questions to James Lee III (composer)

In a time with so much uncertainty, how do we determine what is essential? Is it only our basic huma...
Author
Katie Brown
Karen Slack -- Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack’s “African Queens” Project is a Marriage of New Music, History, and Timeless Artistry from Black Composers

Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Rhiannon Giddens, Will Liverman, Karen Slack, and Reginald Mobley in Shawn Okpebholo's

From African Diaspora, New Song Cycle by Shawn Okpebholo Takes Flight

Quiet as it’s kept, the banjo is an instrument of the African diaspora. In a performance at the Metr...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Julia Dawson in 'Obscura Nox'--Courtesy of Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia Festival O22: Operatic Films Take Center Stage

Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22, running from September 21 to October 2, offers a diverse and exci...
Author
Lauren Ishida

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