Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Hannah Marie Bullock is a new and emerging artist making her footprint in the opera world. Recent engagements include Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia and Bess (Porgy…
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Larry Griffin
Larry Griffin is well known and widely respected among Central Ohio’s music educators and conductors. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Capriccio Columbus, a 70-member community choir. Formed in 2006, the choir has sung with regional orchestras, national…
Esther A. Sands
Esther Abena Sands is a Ghanaian American designer. Early exposure to diverse cultures in film and art as a child helped shape a love of stories and fashion. As her passion and curiosity for learning grew, she became self-taught through…
Antoine T. Clark
Compelling interpretations, inventive performances and an energetic stage presence are the hallmarks of American conductor Antoine T. Clark. The founding Artistic and Music Director of the Worthington Chamber Orchestra in Ohio, now in its ninth season, Mr. Clark was named…
John A. Williams
Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and his family moved to Syracuse, New York. After naval service in World War II, he graduated in 1950 from Syracuse University. He was a journalist for Ebony (his September 1963 Ebony article “Negro In Literature Today” has been singled out for…
Leslie Savoy Burrs
Leslie Savoy Burrs has been acclaimed as an award-winning performer, composer and educator. Mr. Burrs was commissioned by NewCourtland Elder Services to write the opera TRANSITIONS: SUNG STORIES. An excerpted live performance of this opera was presented at the 2012…