OperaWire.com: Death of Classical to Explore Music and Poetry in ‘To America’ [Kenneth Overton, Baritone; H. Leslie Adams and George Walker, Composers]

OperaWire

October 20, 2020

Death of Classical to Explore Music and Poetry in ‘To America’

By Logan Martell

Death of Classical is set to present “To America,” an immersive event which comes in partnership with The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

This event is inspired by the poetry of James Weldon Johnson, writer of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” who is also buried in the cemetery; it will be curated by DoC founder Andrew Ousley, Harry Weil, the cemetery’s Director of Public Programs, as well as Artistic Partner Liz Player, and The Harlem Chamber Players.

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The program will feature music by Carlos Simon, H. Leslie Adams, Caroline Shaw, Leonard Bernstein, George Walker, and more. Poetry readings will draw from James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Terrance Hayes. Among the artists are the Harlem Chamber Players, baritone Kenneth Overton, mezzo Lucy Dhegrae, bass Paul Grosvenor, cellists Robert Burkhart and Jules Biber, soprano Danielle Buonaiuto, and more.