Composer Dr. Nkeiru Okoye INVITATION TO A DIE-IN. Invitation To A Die-In is a “sung story” written by composer, Nkeiru Okoye with text by David Cote in direct musical response to recent murders of unarmed Black men at the hands of police officers or vigilantes. It was commissioned by Maestro Ng Tian Hui and the…
Join Cincinnati Opera Zoom on Tuesday, July 7 at 5 PM for a conversation about American Opera Project’s 2014 opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom. The two-act work (available for free online streaming) tells of how a young girl born in slavery became Harriet Tubman, the legendary Underground Railroad conductor.…
Changing the game on the concert stage-please see world premiere of composer Nkeiru Okoye “Black Bottom” by the Detroit Symphony conducted by Maestro Thomas Wilkins. The composition for full orchestra and four African American solo voices was developed as from a nearly one-year-long study of a photographic exhibit of Black Bottom Street (predominantly Black…