WPI professor Lucy Caplan's book "Dreaming in Ensemble" has just been published "Dreaming in Ensemble" explores how Black artists formed a transformative "Black operatic counterculture" ...

Peter Brathwaite shares his love of the voice of Robert McFerrin and why it is so special. Skip to content. Watch Live. Home. News. Sport. Business. Innovation. Culture. Arts. Travel ...

She taught celebrated jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, and worked with performers like Robert McFerrin Sr., who became the first Black male soloist with The Met, Broadway star Napoleon Reed and soprano ...

But then beyond that, we go into the individual profiles of people who were in the company and people who, through today, have been influenced by this company — Robert McFerrin, Sr., whose son ...

New York-area musician and music historian James Dargan is scheduled to present his program, Oh, Glory! — A Celebration of Black Musical History, on Feb. 18 in North Andover.

The Grammy-winning, multi-talented singer/songwriter/conductor Bobby McFerrin is the son of musicians -- his father, Robert McFerrin Sr. was a prominent opera singer. Today's Beautiful Music is Mr ...

With her innate gift for a cappella, a style of singing without accompanying instrumentation, singer and songwriter Madison McFerrin first turned heads with her 2016 EP, Finding Foundations Vol. I .

Robert McFerrin and his wife, LaFay, have lived in their Wedgwood home for many years. Robert walks down a staircase to the basement, and lo and behold, there are all kinds of rubber ducks down ...

Robert McFerrin Sr., father of the world-renowned artist Bobby McFerrin, was the first Black man to sing a solo at the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1953, ...

If you’re not “wow-ed” or easily moved, you’ll definitely learn something. McFerrin often tells stories about his father, Robert McFerrin Sr., who was the first African American to sing at the ...