May 30 Watch 7:43 How opera legend Jessye Norman learned to ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing’ By PBS NewsHour Jessye Norman’s voice is known around the globe for its power, range, and beauty. In her new memoir, “Stand Up Straight and Sing!” Norman recalls her journey from growing up in the segregated South to singing on the greatest stages… Continue watching
May 30 Arts education helps build ‘whole people,’ says singer Jessye Norman By Frank Carlson Award-winning singer Jessye Norman has a big problem with declining arts programs in America’s schools. “It is a big issue and it makes me completely crazy,” Norman told correspondent Jeffrey Brown, when they sat down to discuss her new memoir,… Continue reading
May 19 Watch Singer Jessye Norman on the importance of arts education By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch South African opera singers’ lives documented in new film By PBS News Hour Some of the world’s best young opera singers hail from the impoverished black townships of South Africa. Three of those singers are now in the United States to perform at the American Documentary Film Festival, where a documentary about their… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Monday, February 10, 2014 By PBS News Hour On the PBS NewsHour tonight, we explore an additional delay announced for businesses that must comply with the Affordable Care Act. Also: more civilians are evacuated from Homs in Syria, an NFL draft prospect comes out as openly gay, plus… Continue watching
Feb 10 Sci-fi opera ‘Death and the Powers’ is doing things differently … with robots By Anne Azzi Davenport "Death and the Powers" has been called the future of the opera. Composed by Tod Machover and developed at the MIT Media Lab, this science fiction opera fills the stage with robots alongside actors and combines computers with the sounds… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch MIT Media Lab’s Peter Torpey talks about bringing a new layer of technology to opera By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Tod Machover, creator of “Death and the Powers,” explores the interaction of music and technology By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 25 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Audra McDonald By Arts Desk More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with actress and singer Audra McDonald. Continue reading
May 22 Watch Houston Grand Opera Embraces Multicultural Chorus of Community Stories Houston Grand Opera Embraces Multicultural Chorus of Community Stories… Continue watching