Here’s a chance to try something you might not have done already. Here is your chance to see and hear two very talented African American artists: Michael Morgan and Denyce Graves.
Michael Morgan is the conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and one of very few African American conductors of a major symphony orchestra in the United States. He was born in Washington, DC and began conducting at the age of twelve. He attended Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and during a summer at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Massachusetts, he had the opportunity to work with Leonard Bernstein, conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He has conducted in the United States and Europe and has worked with the Chicago Symphony, the Vienna State Opera, and in recent summers has served as the Artistic Director of the Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, CA and in many other venues.
Denyce Graves was also born in Washington, DC.and attended the Duke Ellington School of Arts in DC before studying at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. She made her professional debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1995 and has appeared in many operas and opera houses in the United States and Europe. Her favorite opera roles are: Carmen and Delilah in SAMSON AND DELILAH. Ms. Graves sang “The Lord’s Prayer” at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC at a memorial service honoring the victims of 9/11.
Oakland is fortunate to have these two artists appear at the newly restored Fox Theater in downtown Oakland on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM. The program will include popular favorites, spirituals, and arias from CARMEN.
TICKETS: $60 - $125. A $125 ticket includes post-concert reception and dancing.
Group discounts of 20% for groups of 10 or more.
CALL 1-800-745-3000 for tickets.
Norma Griffin AN EVENING WITH DENYCE GRAVES AND
THE OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY
