In her concert debut as assistant professor of performance, chamber music and entrepreneurship at the Frost School of Music, Grammy-nominated flutist-composer Valerie Coleman is showcased in an evening of poetry by Margaret Danner, Maya Angelou, and Langston Hughes, visual art by Sonya Clark, and her own original chamber music. Featured performers include Valerie Coleman, mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran, pianist-composer Amanda Harberg, clarinetist Margaret Donaghue, percussionist Svet Stoyanov, and pianist Shelly Berg.
Pre-Concert Discussion: Musicology Professor Dr. Melvin Butler leads a 30-minute pre-concert discussion at 6:30pm.