Apollo collaborates with two Houston Poet Laureate Emeriti for a genre-fusing musical conversation about peace, poetry, and Revisionism as a means to Black censorship. The program features a new commission by award-winning poet, activist, and educator Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton and Emmy-winning composer Jasmine Barnes, with vocal guests from Houston Ebony Opera Guild.
Program
Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton/Jasmine Barnes
Commission for string quartet, spoken word and chorus inspired by revisionism and Black censorship. WORLD PREMIERE
John Cornelius
PAX
Guests
Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, poet, activist and educator
Jasmine Barnes, composer
Outspoken Bean, poet
Kenneth Gayle, tenor
Members of Houston Ebony Opera Guild