The legacy of Scott Joplin is once again reaching a national audience, a programming highlight that features the famed composer and Texarkana native, streaming on the PBS platforms ...

Denyce Graves is retiring from performing after a career as one of opera’s leading women. But there’s more work for her to do.

Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century. Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century. Rick Benjamin’s ...

Overcoming deep-seated prejudices and tired of "faith-based" politics, the people elect an enlightened African-American as their leader. I'm referring to "Treemonisha," Scott Joplin's only surviving ...

Though the undisputed master of the piano rag, Joplin long had ambitions to write in larger-scale forms. An earlier opera was tragically lost and other projects either met the same fate or never came ...

Before ragtime made him famous, Scott Joplin dreamed of something bigger - a full-scale opera that would tell the story of a young Black woman who lifts her community through knowledge. That opera was ...

The Harris Theater lost a $20,000 NEA grant supporting a revival of the Scott Joplin opera Treemonisha. Credit: Kyle Flubacker May 2, 2025, was a much anticipated date for the Harris Theater. That ...

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Short plays, odd plays, an artful look at sports and celebrity — how about a rare Scott Joplin opera or a rowdy celebration of the mighty tuba? This being Chicago, you can do all of the above. See an ...

3 Review: INTIMI(DATING), SINGLE RIDER SONGBOOK, and more at The Orlando Fringe Festival 4 Review: BREAKING BRAINS, TEA TIME, OZMA, and MORE at The Orlando Fringe Festival Treemonisha is often ...

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