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Work with White Snake Projects and the Victory Players, on Cerise Lim Jacobs and Jorge Sosa Ortega's new opera "Alice in the Pandemic" has been recognized by the Library of Congress as an "exceptional work" that "embodies the artistic qualities and subject content we are seeking" for its Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection.  


Was a contributing partner for a successful  of $14,286 awarded by Opera America for the development of Mary D Watkins's Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story. The funding is for two years and will support development work to bring it to larger stages.


Discussed the curatorial possibilities in a Liberal Arts environment on , a series hosted by Georgia Institute of Technology's Chaowen Ting and Kansas University's Carolyn Watson, on June 15th, 2020.


Was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to serve on its 2020 Music Panel.


Created and produced "", a new resource for choral communities around the nation, based on "Dark River - the Fannie Lou Hamer Story" by Mary D. Watkins which was given its East Coast premiere at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ in 2014. Featuring historical commentary by Janice D. Hamlet at Northern Illinois University, the event premiered on July 28th, 2020 with the Pioneer Valley Symphony and Chorus, and was presented again on Aug 3rd, 2020 by the West Village Chorale in New York City.


Was featured on , a part of Cleveland Opera Theatre's "Opera For All Online" series. The show discussed his work in diversifying operatic programming and aired on July 1, 2020.


Work with the Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra was featured by in an artist interview on June 19th, 2020 titled, "It's not the Police, It's not the Bullets, It's the Attitude; A Conversation with the Artists of Invitation to a Die-In".