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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. While it is difficult to represent all the diverse cultures that make up Asia and the Pacific Islands, here are six composers who have pushed the limits of composition by blending traditional sounds from their native homeland with Western classical styles.
Leesa Kelly founded Memorialize the Movement nearly two years ago to save the paintings that artists created during the week of heartache and rage that followed the police murder of George Floyd.
Preserving George Floyd's memorial 'Allow these pieces to continue to protest'
A movement memorialized Plywood art honoring George Floyd goes on display
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City leaders want Rochester to be a magnet for a diverse workforce, expanding around Mayo Clinic. Part of that journey means reckoning with the city’s history of intentional housing segregation. A recent push to map racial housing covenants shows how some are connected to Rochester’s most important institution.
Thomas Wilkins made his Minnesota Orchestra conducting debut last week in a performance that featured Joel Thompson’s ‘Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,’ a multimovement choral work that presents the final spoken words of seven Black men who were each killed by the police or authority figures. Listen to the concert now.
The artist and ‘Sex Education’ star had support from rising star Ricki Monique.