We are recording our final episodes of our I, Too, Sing America series and want you to join us.
Join Opera Project Columbus as an audience member as we film the final episodes in our I, Too, Sing America 5-part series with an evening of conversation, performance, and dinner.
Conversation:
“From Slave Songs, Scat, and Symphonies: The Sustaining Power of Black Music”
Leslie Burrs, Composer of the opera VANQUI
Wm. “Ted” McDaniel, OSU Professor emeritus, Jazz History and Performance
Dionne Parker Bennett, Ohio Christian University Associate Professor, Director of Vocal Music
Ed Bak, OSU Associated Faculty, Vocal Coach, Pianist
and Moderator, Toni Shorter Smith, Miami University Professor Arts Management
I, Too, Sing America, is a 5-part video series presenting operatic works by Black composers from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries that have been largely overlooked or forgotten as a result of the opera world’s history of systemic racism. The Inaugural episode was presented on WBNS-10 TV during Black History Month.
Part one was awarded the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Arts Excellence Award, Winner (2021), and parts 2 & 3 have been named a Finalist (2023)
Buffet-style dinner will be served.
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
5-9 P.M.
The Lincoln Theatre
769 East. Long Street., Columbus, Ohio
Tickets are Donations to Opera Project Columbus and are tax deductible.
TICKETS FOR ONE $100
TICKETS FOR TWO $175
Tickets can be purchased on our website at