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Nikki Giovanni
Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943. Although she grew […]
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Magdalena Kuźma
Praised for being a “standout” with “star quality” by Opera News, Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma is promptly […]
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Elysian Fields
A 20th Anniversary celebration of Lyric Fest’s beginnings with solos and duets by two rising […]
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim […]
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Trapeta Mayson
Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020-2021, Trapeta B. Mayson is a Liberian-born poet, teacher, social […]
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Glenis Redmond
Glenis Redmond is grounded in many worlds as a Poet, Teaching Artist, and Imagination Activist. […]
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Afaa Michael Weaver
“Compared to Whitman by the poet Michael Harper and critic Arnold Rampersad, Weaver brings in […]
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Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon is one of America’s most acclaimed and most frequently performed living composers. She is […]
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Gregory Brown
Composer Gregory W. Brown’s works have been performed across the United States and Europe — […]
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Benjamin Wenzelberg
Benjamin P. Wenzelberg is a conductor, countertenor, composer, pianist, and US Presidential Scholar in the […]
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Robert Maggio
Passionate, versatile, and engaging, composer Robert Maggio embraces the collaborative and deeply communicative act of […]
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Jeffrey Scott
French Hornist, Composer and Educator, Jeffrey Scott creates works that he calls “Urban Classical Music” […]
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