![]() ![]() She performed as a member of the SNCC Freedom Singers during the sixties she founded an all-women a cappella ensemble, The Harambee Singers, during the Black Cultural Movement she founded and led the internationally acclaimed Sweet Honey in the Rock for thirty years until retirement. As a composer, she has created a narrative of her social and political activism through her songs and larger compositions. Born in Southwest Georgia, her singing style and traditional repertoire is grounded in her experiences in church, school and political activism. ![]() For over half a century she has been a profound contributor to African American and American culture. She is a National Women’s History Month honoree and was named a 2015 Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation.īERNICE JOHNSON REAGON (Librettist, Composer)īERNICE JOHNSON REAGON is a scholar, singer/songleader, activist. Toshi co-composed music for two Peabody Award-winning films and received a NYFA Award for Music Composition, the 2010 OutMusic Heritage Award and The Black Lily Music and Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance. Anthony and Zinnias, The Life of Clementine Hunter. Together with her mother Bernice Johnson Reagon, she has created two operas with director Robert Wilson, The Temptation of St. She founded WORD*ROCK*&SWORD, a community festival that takes place throughout New York City every September. She is currently touring Bessie Award-winning The Blues Project with tap dancer Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance. As a composer, she has worked with Katori Hall, Urban Bush Women and The Jane Comfort Dance Co., among others. She has collaborated with many artists including Carl Hancock Rux, Ani DiFranco, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello and Nona Hendryx. While her expansive career has landed her at Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House and Madison Square Garden, you can just as easily find Toshi turning out at a music festival, intimate venue or local club. TOSHI REAGON is a talented and versatile singer, composer, musician, curator and producer with a profound ear for sonic Americana-from folk to funk, from blues to rock. TOSHI REAGON (Librettist, Composer, Music Director) ![]()
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