OLLI Class: Black Brilliance—Session 1: January 23
Jan 23 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
**CANCELLED DUE TO COLD WEATHER**
VOCALESSENCE & MINNESOTA OPERA
present
BLACK BRILLIANCE
Spend time with one of America’s most compelling young composers, B.E. Boykin. Learn more about her compositional process and the context behind two exciting world premiere commissions. My Name is Florence is a world premiere from MN Opera’s New Works Initiative. This chamber opera composed by B.E. Boykin to a libretto by Harrison David Rivers presents vignettes from Florence Price’s life. VocalEssence WITNESS: Symphony of Spirituals presents songs of resilience and resistance that inspire us to continue the march towards freedom and racial reconciliation. WITNESS will feature three world premiere commissioned spirituals composed for choir and orchestra by B.E. Boykin.
Session 1: Getting to Know You
An introduction to the life of composer B.E. Boykin and the work of MN Opera and VocalEssence.
Instructors
- Darius Gillard, Vice President for Impact, MN Opera
- Allison Lewis, Civic Engagement and Audience Development Manager, MN Opera
- G. Phillip Shoultz, III, Associate Artistic Director, VocalEssence
Featuring
- B.E. Boykin, composer
In order to sign up for this session, you must be a member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Click the button below to learn more and sign up.
*This is the first session of a two part series designed to be attended together.