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" I Can't Breathe........"
You know the story if you live in this country. On May 25, 2020, a Minneapolis police officer ended the life of George Floyd during an...
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The Teasdale Project
For many years, I have read and enjoyed the poetry of Sara Teasdale. Her overall style is most lyric, one that lends itself to musical...
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Opening the Lockless Door......
Heidelberg graduate Ben Lupo wanted to commission a choral work for his a cappella choir at Bryan High School in Bryan, Ohio. Ben was one...
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Music to honor Bob.......
When Joan and I first arrived in Tiffin in the summer of 2000, Bob and Donna Overholt became two of our newest friends. They welcomed us...
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A New Evening with Langston Hughes
Almost 20 years after Langston’s Lot, my first song cycle on the poetry of Langston Hughes, my dear friends and colleagues Gail Levinsky...
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Meeting old friends at Fisk University
With Organist Tony Williams, after the concert My association with the Southeastern Composers Forum goes back to 1990, when I was a new...