DelawareScene: UD Wind Ensemble "Oh Say, Can You See?" @ University of Delaware, Puglisi Orchestra Hall at Roselle Center for the Arts

UD Wind Ensemble "Oh Say, Can You See?"

Join the UD Wind Ensemble for a musical exploration of the complexities of the American experience. The ensemble will be joined by guest artist JARROD LEE, who will perform Armando Bayolo's work "Last Breaths," which sets the final words of six young black men killed by police. UD student poet-collaborators from the Department of English will share their reflections in both printed form and through live poetry readings. Other works include Carolyn Bremer's "Early Light," Steve Danyew's "Into the Silent Land," Benjamin Horne's gorgeous setting of "Deep River," and Donald Grantham's masterwork "Southern Harmony."

JARROD LEE, bass baritone and librettist, hails from Alabama and presently resides in Maryland. Jarrod has performed with Annapolis Opera, Atlanta Opera, IN Series, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Maryland Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Opera Baltimore, Opera Delaware and Washington National Opera. Past roles have included: Angelotti, Sacristan, and Jailer in Tosca, Le Bailli in Werther, Marchese in La traviata, and Henry Davis in Street Scene. As a lover of new works, Jarrod has covered roles like the Pastor and Kaboom in Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Mano in Champion, and debuted the roles Joe Louis in Shadowboxer and Levi in Cloud Nebula. In concert with opera singing, Jarrod is a librettist. Jarrod's commissions have included the Alliance for New Music Theater, Atlanta Opera, IN Series, Finger Lakes Opera, Opera Parallèle, Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the Washington National Opera. A few of his collaborations include: Oshun and Two Corners with B.E. Boykin, Voices of Zion with Ronald Walton; Kandake, Spirit Moves, and What is Love? An AI Story with Timothy Amukele, and an English translation of Die Zauberflӧte called Black Flute with playwright Sybil Roberts. For more information: JarrodLee.com

Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music.

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