
Basya Schechter is a singer/songwriter and the former leader of the band Pharaoh’s Daughter. She grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and the lyrics from her new album, Songs of Wonder, are taken entirely from the poetry of renowned rabbi and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel. Schechter puts music to Heschel’s poetry, with gorgeous results. Schechter [...]
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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