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A Tribute to Black Pioneers

by Fred Peterbark While attending the University of Michigan, I had the distinct honor of studying voice with George Shirley, the first African-American tenor to perform with the Metropolitan Opera.  Additionally, I walked the halls with another Metropolitan Opera great, Shirley Verrett, and attended master classes with Grace Bumbry.  To be in the presence of [...]

Keep it Small ‘Bess’, Keep it Small…

by Erica Papillion-Posey This is  from novelist and essayist Leonce Gaiter for, one of  my favorite on-line political magazines, The Huffington Post.  Okay people, time to chime in. Your thoughts on African-Americans having to ‘keep it small’  in the industry/ in the classical arts….. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonce-gaiter/rejecting-the-publishing_b_402099.html