Takoma Theatre Conservancy - Takoma Theatre Conservancy

[Mar, 2011]The 1-hour opera specifically written for young DC audiences, Let Freedom Sing: The Story of Marian Anderson, engaged 5th - 8th grade students. The composer Bruce Adolphe and librettist Carolivia Herron (a DC Ward 4 resident) interconnected African American and classical musical forms, and incorporated scenes and characters of Washington, DC. Dr. Herron introduced the performance, relating that characters Jo and Jack were based on her mother and uncle who traveled from NE DC to hear Marian Anderson at the 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Sponsored by the Takoma Theatre Conservancy in cooperation with the Washington National Opera, Washington Performing Arts Society and The Learning Maestros.

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