Measuring a Decade of Singing in Community
August 31, 2023 | Dorothy SmithHow can I measure in song this last momentous decade? What repertoire over the last ten years speaks to what we have lived through together, especially in these last years of pandemic and lockdown? Nina Simone tells us that, “It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” During these turbulent times when many of our rights
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How Solidarity Dividends Flow from Activist Art
April 24, 2022 | Dorothy SmithWhat is a Solidarity Dividend? The title of our concert comes from a book by Heather McGee called The Sum of Us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together. Our prospering is the dividend we all receive when we work together across real and imagined differences. These dividends are life affirming. As artistic expression moves inside of
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