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Stephen Feigenbaum
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Brother Dennis Slaughter.

Music for Martin Luther King Day
VOICES JOIN TO EXPRESS THE UNIVERSAL LONGING FOR FREEDOM

You're listening to a TMF commission titled "Sketch for Terezín," a Gospel setting of the TMF-commissioned LiberArte poem by Rita Dove, composed by
STEPHEN FEIGENBAUM
performed by the Boston Community Gospel Choir directed by Brother Dennis Slaughter.
This piece premiered at Boston's Symphony Hall in October 2015. The poetry that provides the text is anthologized in the TMF book, Liberation: New Works on Freedom from Internationally Renowned Poets (Beacon Press). 

​Stephen Feigenbaum also composed the TMF commission "Songs of Sorrow and Hope." He is a composer, songwriter, and singer who works in a variety of genres, including classical, musical theater, and pop. Many of his projects are driven by a passion for turning mainstream audiences into fans of classical music. Stephen is a creator and sole arranger of Yeethoven, a 2016 orchestral concert in Los Angeles in which the music of Kanye West and Beethoven were interwoven and compared. The program was widely recognized in publications ranging from Pitchfork to Rolling Stone and USA Today. Stephen's project Doctrine, created in 2017 with San Diego choir Sacra / Profana, presented traditional choral textures in an indie-pop format and ascended to the top five in the Hype Machine charts of music blog buzz, an unheard-of feat for a choral work. Additional bio details are here. 
More music in our Track of the Month series is here.