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We're thrilled to share this

four-month, virtual festival of bite-size music and poetry!
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Tune in this September-December on our
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"Back to School" edition

Curated by our Director of Education Taylor Lena McTootle, COOS teamed up with young viola students from Project STEP, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra (BCWO), and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' Intensive Community Program (ICP), challenging them to learn and perform one of our 30-second minis from our #BCMC vol. 1 Anthology! 
​Alba Gilabert-Reid
​Project STEP
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Nora Edouarzin
​BYSO ICP
Karla Davis
​BYSO ICP
Abby Cambronero
​BYSO ICP
Sydney Carroll
​BYSO ICP
Angelina St. Louis
​BYSO ICP
Krystal Chen
​BYSO ICP
Lauren Brown
​​BCWO
Reagan Jackson
​BYSO ICP
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Black Poet Miniature Challenge 

Curated by Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul, our Shirley Graham du Bois Creative in Residence, this Black poet miniature challenge encouraged poets of all ages to write 15-syllable haikus and 31-syllable ​tanka poems. Check out the 43 featured poets​ below:
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Zorina Frey
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Liseli Fitzpatrick
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​Marlanda Dekine
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Black composer miniature challenge 2.0

Curated by Associate Artistic Director & Composer Anthony R. Green, this #BCMC 2.0 challenged African diasporic composers to write 30 second miniatures for flute and harp! Watch all 19 world premieres below featuring flutist Orlando Cela and harpist Charles Overton! 
​Charles Lumar II
Deeann Matthews
​Kevin Scott
Ahmed Al Abaca
Autumn Maria Reed
Rodrigo G. Sousa
Bonita Oliver
George Brandon
Brittney Benton
Gary Powell Nash
Raphael Wolde-Selassie
David Bertrand
Alessandro Oreoluwa Buono
Danae Venson
Malcolm Jackson
Adero J. Knott
Eddy Conrad
Bernard Short
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Edewede Oriwoh
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