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Nkeiru Okoye Celebrates the Transformative Power of Black Women in “When the Caged Bird Sings”

The stage at the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium was jam-packed with an assembly of celebri...
Author
Tristan McKay
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5 Questions to Gil Rose (conductor)

Conductor Gil Rose has spent his career championing contemporary music. From founding Boston Modern...
Author
Dalanie Harris
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Nnenna Ogwo’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Celebration Pulls from the Archives

Origin stories can say it all. For the narrator of Sam Cooke’s song “A Change is Gonna Come,” having...
Author
Nick Stevens
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Nkeiru Okoye’s Opera in Praise of Harriet Tubman

In her opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom, composer-librettist Nkeiru Okoye d...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn

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