Why does an artist need her own projects?

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Simply put, there are things I want to say, and multimedia concerts is the medium in which I love most to say them. I also relish amplifying stories of others through performance. In my projects, I combine songs with other elements including staging, visuals, and readings to share stories that demand to be heard.

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Most of my projects originate in love for a particular text. For as long as I’ve been singing, I have been drawn to song lyrics and poetry. And then, there’s the way that poems and music interact with the community. I love music’s ability to bring communities together; to spark conversations; to lead us all to a more empathetic existence by exposing us to narratives that differ from our own. Will our project bring people together to celebrate something known and loved, or aim to present a program that will challenge our audiences to contemplate an unknown? Or both?

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Thank you for your interest in my projects. Those collected here are just the tip of the iceberg… more to come!