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Operatic soprano Karen Slack and pianist Kamilla Arku offer a musical journey rooted in a shared understanding that without love there can never be liberty or justice for all.
Of Thee I Sing! Songs of Love and Justice is a critically acclaimed recital created by soprano Karen Slack in the late Summer of 2020 during the height of the pandemic and just after the murder of George Floyd. The center of this moving program is the raw and powerful yet hopeful Langston Hughes poem, "The Kids Who Die" (1938), and a commissioned setting of that riveting text by American composer Scott Gendel. Gendel's stirring tour de force is presented alongside vocal masterworks by ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
FREE and open to the public. Registration is required.
Additional time info:
Patrons are invited to stay for a post-performance talk with the artists immediately following the performance.
LOCATION
Babson College, 231 Forest Street, Babson Park, MA 02457