FACULTY RECITAL: Cherry Duke and Esequiel Meza

Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano, and Esequiel Meza, Jr., piano, perform songs in English, Italian, German, French, and Spanish by African American and African Diaspora composers.

This program was curated by Professor Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano, as an outgrowth of her research on “Diversity in Vocal Repertoire,” supported by a 2021 Career Enhancement Award from the UTEP College of Liberal Arts.

Composers featured include Harry T. Burleigh, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Howard Swanson, William Grant Still, Joseph Bologne, Robert Owens, Carmen Brouard, Mariela Rodríguez, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Rosephanye Powell, Undine Smith Moore, and Jacqueline Hairston.