SYMPOSIUM 2023
THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION PRESENTS
SEPTEMBER 29 – OCTOBER 1, 2023
HOSTED BY
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
REGISTRATION CLOSED. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
EVENT REGISTRATION
EVENT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
EVENT KEY
PARTICIPANTS ONLY EVENT
PUBLIC EVENT
8:00AM
TIME / LIVESTREAM
EVENT
EVENT WELCOME
Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
GUEST SPEAKERS
9:00AM
PRESENTATION FROM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
GUEST SPEAKERS
10:00AM
WHY SHARED VOICES?
Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
GUEST SPEAKER
10:45AM
JOHNS HOPKINS PEABODY CONSERVATORY & GEORGE PEABODY LIBRARY TOUR
Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory & the George Peabody Library
FEATURING
Studio 410 Volunteers
11:45AM
SCHEDULED BREAK
12:30PM-1:45PM
LUNCH & LEARN WITH THE DIVAS
Joe Byrd Hall at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
2:00PM-2:50PM
THE VOCAL ATHLETE & FLASHING LIGHTS
Cohen-Davison Family Theatre at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
GUEST SPEAKERS
3:00PM-3:50PM
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
Cohen-Davison Family Theatre at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
GUEST SPEAKERS
4:00PM-5:30PM
MASTER CLASS WITH DENYCE GRAVES
Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
8:00PM
CONCERT & TALKBACK: CONVERGENCE
Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
Symone Harcum, Soprano , Andrew Turner, Tenor, José Meléndez, Pianist
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
8:00AM
TIME / LIVESTREAM
EVENT
8:45AM-9:45AM
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGING: THE CREATIVE MIND & PROCESSING SUCCESS AND REJECTION
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall
FEATURING
9:45AM-12:45PM
MOCK AUDITIONS: IMMERSION
Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
1:00PM-2:00PM
LUNCH & LEARN WITH THE DIVOS
Joe Byrd Hall at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
Eric Greene (moderator), Simon Estes, Neil Schicoff
2:00PM-2:50PM
THEMES & VARIATIONS: THE REALITIES OF BUILDING A CAREER
Cohen-Davison Family Theatre at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
Ryan Taylor (moderator), Simone Brown, Mary Burke-Barber, Aaron Crouch, Symone Harcum, Daniel Rich, Andrew Turner
3:00PM-3:50PM
A DISCUSSION WITH OPERA LEGEND, DRAMATIC BARITONE SHERILL MILNES
Cohen-Davison Family Theatre at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
Francesca Zambello (moderator), Sherill Milnes
4:00PM-4:50PM
EXPANDING YOUR DEGREE
Cohen-Davison Family Theatre at the John Hopkins Peabody Institute
FEATURING
Judah Adashi (moderator), Richard Bernstein, Kathleen DeLaurenti, April Haines, Aundi Moore, Richard Troxell
END OF PUBLIC EVENTS
A Grand Finale Celebration:
THE DENYCE GRAVES FOUNDATION
CONCERT & DINNER
To benefit our flagship program
SHARED VOICES
Saturday, the thirtieth of September
Two thousand and twenty-three
Cocktails
Six-thirty in the evening
Concert & Dinner
Seven in the evening
Counter-tenor John Holiday who has performed at The Metropolitan Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, collaborative pianist, with performances at The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall, will present a beautiful evening of music at the historic, meticulously restored, Greek-revival townhouse, The Mount Vernon Club, in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore.
The Mount Vernon Club
Eight West Mount Vernon Place Baltimore, Maryland
EVENT DETAILS
FEATURED ARTIST
JOHN HOLIDAY
Performed at The Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Acclaimed Concert Singer, Countertenor, Pianist
Contestant on THE VOICE, Season 19
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS OUR WORK THIS YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE!
JOHN J. POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION TRUST
ERWIN L. GREENBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
ABOUT
The Denyce Graves Foundation was founded in 2021 with the goal of achieving diversity, equity and inclusion across the musical spectrum. Through strategic partnerships and cross-industry alignments, including with HBCUs, conservatories and schools of music, The Library of Congress, The Metropolitan Opera, and The Smithsonian Institution, among others, the Foundation champions educational outreach, research, new works of art, and philanthropic investment in young classical vocal artists of world-class talent from all backgrounds.
Shared Voices is a ground-breaking collaboration between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and leading conservatories and schools of music in the United States. Inaugurated in September 2022 at the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, Shared Voices builds on the longstanding connections between HBCUs and conservatories by working with institutions that are committed to preparing classical vocal artists and to addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in a novel way. Institutions in the Shared Voices 2022-2024 Cohort are:
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Washington, DC 20035
Our Federal tax ID is 86-2276658.
The Denyce Graves Foundation is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.