Thursday, October 29, 2020

Is This America?: A New Opera About Fannie Lou Hamer; Panel Discussion by Houston Ebony Opera Guild, Join via Zoom


 

Join via Zoom: 830 8413 1750
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3820038822

Join us this Saturday, October 31st , at 4:00 p.m. CST, for a lively discussion
centered around a new opera commissioned by Santa Fe Opera's Opera for All
Voices. The piece focuses on the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, her fight for the right
to vote, and getting out the vote in Texas in 2020. All are welcome! Panelists
include: the opera's creative team, Chandler Carter (composer) and Diana
Solomon-Glover (librettist); former TSU Professor of Political Science and former
Director of the Frederick Douglass Honors Institute, Dr. Sanders Anderson;
Santa Fe Opera Director for Community Engagement, Andrea Fellows Fineberg;
and voting rights and Black Lives Matter activist and grand-niece of Fannie Lou
Hamer, LaToya Ratlieff. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Jason Oby,
Artistic Director of the Houston Ebony Guild, Chairman of The Texas Southern
University Department of Music, and Interim Assistant Dean for Student
Learning Enhancement in the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences at
the University.

Houston Ebony Music Society

Houston Ebony Opera Guild

Dr. Jason Oby, Artistic Director

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