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music maker. song singer. light seeker. flame keeper. witness bearer. peace speaker. love lifter. la jefa @delaluzglobal ✨

Charleston, SC
Joined February 2010
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Extra! Extra! 🗞🎶💃🏻✨Much gratitude to my hometown @ChasCityPaper for featuring my perspective on the scene in #CHS. We are four in a deep well of talent and grit. 🌟 An honor to be in that number. #women #music #charleston #sc #gracias
City Paper talked with four women in the local music industry about their artistic contributions and perspectives on women musicians in the Lowcountry. chscp.co/3IyO03k
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Kaneza Schaal, the director of "Omar," wanted to use language itself as a theme: the language of slavery, the language of opera, the language of faith, the language of Omar. Read about her idea for bringing Omar’s text to life onstage: bit.ly/3mqGZHT
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Thank you for this beautiful review @leahsuarez @postandcourier — @MoniqueLaDora & @ChaunteeLanaeRo #SistaStrings @larissamaestro #mandyfer of @SwayWild @Beth_Goodfellow & I had a magical time @SpoletoFestival 🙏🏾💙🌈
My third review for #SFUSA2022. #AllisonRussell was mesmerizing. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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My musings on the muse that is Alice #Coltrane. #SFUSA2022
On June 3, marking the midway point of the 46th Annual Spoleto Festival’s Wells Fargo Jazz Series, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane was at the helm. bit.ly/3ziz1YI
My third review for #SFUSA2022. #AllisonRussell was mesmerizing. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
From an exuberant fête to a sublime invocation, each reserved for one-night-only performances, the dialogue between Charleston, South Carolina, and continental Mama Africa deepened, as programmed and by cosmic design. bit.ly/3NQ4pC5
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The historic locale on the campus of the College of Charleston has a rich history with Spoleto Festival USA,. Cistern Yard is a favored venue for its Wells Fargo Jazz Series and now First Citizens Bank Front Row Series. bit.ly/3z7UB2g
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After three years, back in the swing with Spoleto Festival USA. ‘Tis the season! 🙏🏽✨🥂🎉 🎶 🖊 poster design > Christopher Myers
Giddens learned about Omar in 2017 from then-Spoleto General Director Nigel Redden. Omar ibn Said was an educated Muslim who was taken from Senegal, landed in Charleston, fled to North Carolina and penned an autobiography. We wrote about him last May: postandcourier.com/omar/a-qu…
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This opera is the biggest thing Giddens has ever done. With help from her co-composer Michael Abels, Giddens decided to not dwell on Omar's outward struggles but instead turned her focus to his innermost thoughts.
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