Soprano Makeda Hampton, an award-winning vocalist, regularly appears in the Metropolitan Opera chorus and performed in their Grammy-winning recording of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
Recording & Production
This recording was produced as part of the University of Delaware's Cultural Fusion Initiative, founded and directed by James Allen Anderson.
Performer Biography
The Twin Poets, Albert Mills and Nnamdi Chukwoucha, are identical twins from Wilmington, Delaware, who are social workers, community activists, public servants, and spoken word poets.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The work aims to present stories that are both small and grand, built on community collaboration rather than a singular artistic vision, to create an authentic American experience.
Composer's Artistic Vision
This work is a deep collaboration, embracing the truth about cultural problems and pains, with uncompromising poetry and music supporting its message, rather than a single individual's unified statement.
Compositional Technique
Composer Mark Hagerty weaves together abstract allusions to jazz idioms, classical, cinematic, and modern music to underpin the Twin Poets' spoken word.
Album & Artwork
The album "united sounds of america" aims to be a fresh start in exploring American musical identity, moving beyond traditional narratives of cultural inclusion and synthesis.
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