Houston Grand Opera presents the world premiere of A Voice Within, a new song cycle created by HGO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson and librettist and Houston poet laureate emeritus Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, inspired by the life stories of residents of Houston’s Third Ward. Presented in partnership with the Emancipation Park Conservancy and the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School, the piece will premiere during the celebration of the Juneteenth holiday.
A Voice Within is comprised of 12 songs for two voices and piano, composed by Thompson in his signature genre-blending style and set to poems by Mouton that share stories of Black Houstonians. Based on interviews with longtime city residents, as well as oral histories from the collections of the Emancipation Park Conservancy and the Gregory School’s African American History Research Center, the collection of songs provides a platform for voices that often have been marginalized in the classical music world.
Houston Grand Opera presents the world premiere of A Voice Within, a new song cycle created by HGO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson and librettist and Houston poet laureate emeritus Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, inspired by the life stories of residents of Houston’s Third Ward. Presented in partnership with the Emancipation Park Conservancy and the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School, the piece will premiere during the celebration of the Juneteenth holiday.
A Voice Within is comprised of 12 songs for two voices and piano, composed by Thompson in his signature genre-blending style and set to poems by Mouton that share stories of Black Houstonians. Based on interviews with longtime city residents, as well as oral histories from the collections of the Emancipation Park Conservancy and the Gregory School’s African American History Research Center, the collection of songs provides a platform for voices that often have been marginalized in the classical music world.
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