Classical Music Isn’t Dead! Featuring Lyric Fest – Everything Old Made New
By Daniel Jackson, Graduate Music Fellow On April 5th Lyric Fest, in collaboration with The Denyce Graves Foundation (DGF), presented the world premiere of several classic Italian arias and art songs reimagined by contemporary Black composers and performed by Black vocalists. The result was a marvelous display of musical talent, ingenuity, and Black excellence that…