Young performers who dream of someday winning a Grammy or Tony Award know the prestigious national YoungArts competition is a great place to start. Singer-songwriter Jon Batiste has five Grammys and earned a YoungArts award in 2005. Actress-producer Viola Davis has earned Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony statues, but her YoungArts Award came first. Akira Harris graduated from … [Read more...] about MPS sopranos extend High School of the Arts’ winning streak in nationwide YoungArts contest
Lex V. Crump
CIVIC MUSIC MKE honors two MHSA singers as Young Artist scholarship winners
Some songs demand more of their singers. Consider: • A song in German written by Richard Strauss in 1885 that’s an outpouring of longing. • A Langston Hughes poem set to music that reveals a hidden sadness. • An operatic aria in Italian by Handel that mines the pain of separation. • A 1905 song ultimately about human connection, in a brisk delivery that also … [Read more...] about CIVIC MUSIC MKE honors two MHSA singers as Young Artist scholarship winners