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Musical Threads: Expressions of a People
Musical Threads is a music special featuring the talents of guitar virtuoso Tyron Cooper and world class mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson.
Common threads from the musical African-American cultural experience weave through jazz, spirituals, blues, gospel, pop and soul in this production. It includes well-known songs and original tunes penned by Cooper and Simpson specifically for this production.
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