{"id":38896,"date":"2022-07-27T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=38896"},"modified":"2022-07-27T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:18:10","slug":"listening-more-closely","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/alumni\/explore\/listening-more-closely\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening More Closely"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Listening More Closely’<\/h1>\n

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Artist-in-residence: Bullock\u2014shown here in a dress rehearsal for a 2015 London production of Henry Purcell\u2019s unfinished semi-opera The Indian Queen\u2014has organized a series of 2018\u201319 performances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that are designed to explore ideas of identity, objectification, and history. Photo credit: Vibrant Pictures\/Alamy<\/p><\/div>\n

An acclaimed soprano shares her social vision as artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julia Bullock<\/strong>\u00a0\u201909E, whose vocal performances often leave classical music audiences in search of superlatives, is bringing more than her voice to her latest high-profile engagement.<\/p>\n

Bullock is the 2018\u201319 artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she has helped organize a series of programs designed to explore not only the artistry of music, but also ideas of identity, objectification, and history.<\/p>\n

The first installment, \u201cHistory\u2019s Persistent Voice,\u201d which had its premiere last September, featured traditional slave songs and texts by African-American artists in settings by female composers. The series concludes in May with a production of Hans Werner Henze\u2019s El Cimarr\u00f3n (The Runaway Slave), a work for baritone and small ensemble that\u2019s based on the life of an Afro-Cuban slave who escaped and survived to fight Cuban independence from Spain.<\/p>\n

Other performances included a chamber version of composer John Adams\u2019s Nativity oratorio and a performance of Josephine Baker songs in new arrangements by the composer Tyshawn Sorey that Bullock first performed in 2016. In December, Bullock was joined by soprano\u00a0Nicole Cabell<\/strong>\u00a0\u201901E and others for a recital of poems by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes that Bullock curated.<\/p>\n

A native of St. Louis, Bullock earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from Eastman in 2009, followed by a master\u2019s degree from Bard College. Recognized as one of the rising stars of classical vocal performance, Bullock told\u00a0Eastman Notes<\/em>\u00a0last spring that part of her interest in bringing ideas of identity and social conscience to music stems from having to navigate the world of classical music as a woman of mixed heritage, with a biologically white mother and a biologically black father.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrangely, deciding to go into a field that is predominantly run, produced, written, and performed by white people helped me want to take ownership of all that I am,\u201d she told\u00a0Notes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Her parents also urged her to be mindful of how she can help those around her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful that my parents instilled the idea that if I\u2019m not providing a service in my work, then it\u2019s not worthy work,\u201d she said. \u201cI used to worry that choosing to be a performer wouldn\u2019t serve a greater purpose, but then I realized that music helps us listen more closely, it encourages us to engage with one another and ourselves, it asks us to act with intention and make choices, despite not knowing the future outcome. These are all things I think we need to be reminded of on a daily basis, at least I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Scott Hauser<\/em><\/p>\n

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