A few months ago, Jessie Montgomery was seated in the audience for the world premiere of Jasmine Barnes’ opera She Who Dared with her fellow members of the Blacknificent 7. The revolutionary Black composer collective — whose members include Montgomery, Barnes, Damien Geter, Shawn Okpebholo, Dave Ragland, Carlos Simon, and Joel Thompson — had gathered … Continued
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