Episode 22

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27th Dec 2021

THE BEST OF 2021, PT. 2

Happy Kwanzaa, dear Scorekeepers! We hope you're all safe and healthy, having a lovely, festive time with family and friends and/or taking some time to rest and get yourself ready for the year to come. This week, we're coming at you with the second installment of our 2021 retrospective. This year we've had some provocative conversations, met some amazing people, and had a lot of fun. So come along as we take a look back at the second half of this wild and wonderful year on THE SCORE! And if you like what you hear and you've got some time off to fill or need something new for your commute, be sure to go back and check out some of our older episodes from the past year. We're fun, I promise! Let's do it to it, y'all!

Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds

Producer: Rocky Jones

Timestamps

Our Protest against The Activist (0:03:24)

Tenor Andrew Stenson Talks POC Solidarity in Opera (0:26:01)

Fire the Canon: Aida Edition w/Rebecca Blackwell (0:31:50)

Prof. Trevor Weston & The New American Sound (0:41:53)

T. Mychael Rambo on "People of the Global Majority" vs. BIPOC (0:48:16)

T. Mychael's Advice to Young Artists (0:54:07)

PB&J: Silky Nutmeg Ganache! (1:01:21)

A Pure Black Joy to End 2021 (1:09:26)

Links

Valerie June (Facebook)

Black Opry (Website)

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The Score
News and commentary about opera, classical music, and pop culture seen through an antiracist and anti-oppressive lens
It's time to put opera on game! Hosts Lee Bynum, Paige Reynolds, and Rocky Jones are three Black and queer artists, pop culture aficionados, and arts administrators at Minnesota Opera, who are working every day to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusivity into opera and classical music. The Score is their provocative, thoughtful, and humorous commentary on the industry's past, present, and future, as seen through an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens. Each episode features a variety of stories from a variety of perspectives that bring People of the Global Majority, queer, trans and nonbinary folks, and everyone else into the discussion of ownership over and access to the art form. From the opera house to the statehouse to your house, each episode will amplify the voices of those in the field who are pushing the boundaries of what opera is, who it is for, and how it can transform us and our communities. New episodes come out every other Wednesday!