Marian Anderson: A Voice of Beauty, Hope, and Change

Marian Anderson was a native Philadelphian, a Black woman, and an artist who shook the world with her extraordinary music and commitment to freedom, justice, and equality. Contemporary composer Ruth Naomi Floyd, who works in a world between authentic Jazz and stately classical formations, will use Anderson’s life and her passions as inspiration for a new body of compositions. In a time when issues around gender, race and justice are all singing at a fever pitch, Marian Anderson’s story is ripe for reexamination.