UPCOMING
October 3-10, 2025
Preliminary Adjudicator (William Warfield Scholarship)
October 12, 2025 3:30pm
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
Harriman Jewell Series
December 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20 2025-January 5, 7, 10, 16, 22, 24, 2026
Lily- Porgy and Bess (Debut)/ Serena – Porgy and Bess (Cover)
George and Ira Gershwin
The Metropolitan Opera
March 20-21, 2026
Creator & Host- Music as the Message: Stepping Into Peace
Workshop and Retreat
The Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis
March 22, 2026
Creator & Host- Music as the Message: Stepping Into Peace
Culminating Concert
The Sheldon Concert Hall
March 27 & 28, 2026
Soloist- I Hear America Singing
Curated by Nathan Gunn, Julie Gunn, and Ken Burns
The Peoria Riverfront Museum
222 SW Washington St, Peoria, Illinois
July 9 & 11, 2026
Dinah- Lalovavi (WORLD PREMIERE)
Kevin Day and Tifara Brown
Cincinnati Opera
PAST
January 9-17, 2025
Jan 9-10, 13, 15-17 at 7:00pm, Jan 11 & 12 at 4pm
Eat the Document (WORLD PREMIERE)
by John Glover and Kelly Rourke
Prototype Festival
H.E.R.E. ARTS CENTER, NYC
January 19, 2025
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
La Jolla Music Society
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center – 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, California 92037
January 21, 2025
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
Purdue Convocations
Elliott Hall of Music – 712 3rd street, West Lafayette, IN 47907
February 23, 2025
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, Will Liverman, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
The Schubert Club
Odway Concert Hall – 345 Washington St, St. Paul, MN 55102
February 27, 2025
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, Norman Garrett, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Colwell Playhouse – 500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
April 4, 2025
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, Justin Michael Austin, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
Seattle Theater Group
The Moore Theatre – 1932 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
April 6, 2025
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
with Terrence Blanchard, Justin Michael Austin, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
Soraya Center – 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8448
May 1-June 30, 2025
May 31, June 5, 11, 13, 29 7:30pm, June 21 12:30pm
Ida – This House (WORLD PREMIERE)
Ricky Ian Gordon, Lynn Nottage, Ruby Aiyo Gerber
with Terrence Blanchard, Justin Michael Austin, E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Loretto-Hilton Center – Edgar Road (At Big Bend), St. Louis, MO 63119
September 9, 2025 4:30pm
Hattie McDaniel – Robeson (WORKSHOP)
Scott Davenport Richards, David Cote, Robin Guarino
Peak Performances
Alexander Kasser Theater – 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ
September 11, 2025 6:30pm
American Opera Scenes: A Concert for 9/11
Little Opera Theatre of New York
Socrates Sculpture Park – L. I. C. NY
September 9, 2025 6:00pm
Hattie McDaniel – Robeson (SHOWCASE)
Scott Davenport Richards, David Cote, Robin Guarino
The Century Association (private event)
September 25-27, 2024
Workshop of Eat the Document
by John Glover and Kelly Rourke
H.E.R.E. ARTS CENTER, NYC
October 18, 2024
Soprano Soloist – Immigrant Song, We’re Not Going Back
Katie McGrath
The Focal Point, St. Louis
October 21-29, 2024
Workshop of She Who Dared
Jasmine Barnes, composer and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
American Lyric Theater, NYC
November 24, 2024
Music as the Message: Love’s Language
in partnership with Opera on Tap, in association with Opera Theatre of St.Louis and Washington University
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, St. Louis
June 14, 15, and 16, 2024
Portia Spirit – World Premiere of Aportia Chryptych
Sean Mayes, composer HAUI, librettist
Canadian Opera Company
May 3-15, 2024
Workshop of Lalovavi
Kevin Day, composer Tifara Brown, librettist
Cincinnati Opera’s The Black Opera Project
April 26, 2024
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
Strathmore
Music Center at Strathmore – 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852
April 9, 2024
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Offer
Byham Theater – 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
April 7, 2024
Soprano Soloist – Fire Shut Up In My Bones Suite
Terence Blanchard, composer Kasi Lemmons, librettist
Kimmel Center for Performing Arts
Verizon Hall – 300 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102