by Patrick D. McCoy | Feb 27, 2020 | Article, Breaking News, Featured
CHORAL FOUNDER SET TO RETIRE: After many years leading The City Choir of Washington, which he founded in 2007, the retirement of the esteemed conductor, composer and educator Robert Shafer was announced this week. (Photo Credit: Arts Laureate) by Patrick D. McCoy The...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Feb 11, 2020 | Article, Breaking News, Featured, News
IN GREAT COMPANY: Liverman joins the ranks of recent recipients such as Soloman Howard, J’Nai Bridges, Ryan Speedo Green, Janai Brugger, John Holiday, Lawrence Brownlee, among others as the 2020 Marian Anderson Award recipient. by Patrick D. McCoy In the...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Feb 6, 2020 | Breaking News, Featured, Uncategorized
EXCLUSIVE: A Game Changing Appointment: On the cusp of its nearly 60 year choral presence in our Nation’s Capital, Eugene Rogers will be the first African-American conductor of The Washington Chorus, one of our country’s premiere symphonic choirs. Here,...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Jan 24, 2020 | Article, Featured, Interviews, News
Hymns and Spirituals Songs: This Saturday at 5 PM, soprano Simone Z. Paulwell will present a special sacred recital at Metropolitan Baptist Church. by Patrick D. McCoy Many of our great singers of the opera and concert stage get their early beginnings singing the...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Jan 1, 2020 | Article, Featured, News
CONCERTS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE: A look back at special moments in the arts in 2019. A GLORIOUS RETURN #1 After nearly 30 years, George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” saw its return to The Metropolitan Opera House. The cast featured many star...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Dec 31, 2019 | Article, Breaking News, Featured
A Christmas to Remember: Enjoying the festivity of the holidays, a local man shares a chance encounter with the great soprano Leontyne Price. (PHOTO: Patrick Porter and his aunt Holly Gordon (left) join the soprano for a picture at The Four Seasons in Baltimore.)...
