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UA Professor Receives Grant from State Council on the Arts

From the July 2020 Desktop News | Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett are amongst the most impactful African American female voices in opera, both rising to esteem in the mid to late twentieth century. The two sopranos famously joined forces in 1982 to perform a recital to honor Marian Anderson, the first African American to perform a principal role at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955. An esteemed vocal performer herself, Dr. Luvada A. Harrison seeks to honor the women with […]

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