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IN THE NEWS

The New York Center for Children (NYCC) hosted its Annual Spring Celebration at The Peninsula New York in New York City.

Today, it’s Midday on the Arts. We begin with a conversation about a program designed to help further the educations and careers of young people of color in classical music...

Symone Harcum was a graduate student when she met the mezzo-soprano, who guided her through a field that has traditionally overlooked Black women.

Tenor Russell Thomas, an artist-in-residence at LA Opera since 2021, has been working to expand the company’s creative and community engagement programs, taking particular care to connect with the next generation of singers...

Hannah Jeané Jones ’22 first met Denyce Graves when the iconic opera singer taught a masterclass at Lawrence University last year.
Now a first-year classical voice master’s student at Manhattan School of Music in New York City, Jones finds herself a cohort member in Graves’ Shared Voices program…

Washington Performing Arts presents Denyce Graves with the inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award

Denyce Graves becomes the first recipient of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg award, given by Washington Performing Arts...

The Denyce Graves Foundation Shared Voices initiative on Good Morning America: How this program advances diversity in classical vocal arts

Grammy-winning opera singer Denyce Graves founded Shared Voices, which connects students at HBCUS with those at conservatories, and student Kevin Webb performs a Handel classic.

An impresaria rediscovered in ‘The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson’

The ‘play with music’ stars mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves as the founder of the National Negro Opera Company

The Denyce Graves Foundation to Posthumously Honor Mary Cardwell Dawson, Founder of the National Negro Opera Company, at Events in Washington, D.C. January 19 - 22, 2023 Ahead of Black History Month

Hidden Voices is the education and advocacy initiative of The Denyce Graves Foundation (DGF)...

The Denyce Graves Foundation to Posthumously Honor Mary Cardwell Dawson, Founder of the National Negro Opera Company, at Events in Washington, D.C. January 19 - 22, 2023 Ahead of Black History Month

Hidden Voices is the education and advocacy initiative of The Denyce Graves Foundation (DGF). Hidden Voices will...

Opera Star Denyce Graves’s Unusual New Role

In “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” she plays a real-life trailblazer.

Shared Voices program aims to help HBCU students performers grow

Opera star Denyce Graves was in her first year of teaching at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University when she says she met a graduate student with a beautiful voice....

Letter from Vice President Kamala Harris

A Letter congratulating the Denyce Graves Foundation from Vice President Kamala Harris…

NBC Coverage of Shared Voices launch at Howard University

Hidden Voices Exhibit Launches at The Kennedy Center, Honoring Mary Cardwell Dawson

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