Aural Compass Projects to Present ‘The Greatest Personal Privation’

Jasmine Barnes’ new work, commissioned by Aural Compass Projects “The Greatest Personal Privation” will make its premiere next month. Countertenor Key’mon Murrah and pianist Donald Lee III will bring to life Barnes’ score and Poet Laureate (2017-2019) and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith’s words. Also on the program is Barnes’ song cycle “Might Call You Art” for Soprano and {…}

Cincinnati Opera Announces Discussion and Preview Concert of Tracy K. Smith and Gregory Spears’ ‘Castor and Patience’

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and composer Gregory Spears will hold a discussion and present a preview concert featuring excerpts from their new opera, “Castor and Patience,” at Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium on May 12, 2022. The work is set to have its world premiere at Cincinnati Opera beginning on July 21, 2022, and running through July {…}