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Inside Story: David Hodgkins on
CORO ALLEGRO: WE ARE HERE
CORO ALLEGRO: WE ARE HERE is a stirring choral album that amplifies voices of resistance, resilience, and remembrance. Featuring Kareem Roustom’s Rage Against the Tyrant(s) and Eric Banks’ Aluta Continua: The Passion of David Kato Kisule, this collection weaves together protest chants, poetry, and sacred texts to confront oppression and honor those who fight for justice.
This month Coro Allegro Artistic Director David Hodgkins is the featured artist in the Inside Story, a blog series from Navona Records exploring the inner workings and personalities of composers and performers. Read on for insight into his hopes for the Navona Records release, and the performances that have moved him the most throughout his life…
...I have always had great empathy for people that society at large has tried to marginalize, and as a musician and conductor I began to realize that I could use my talents and opportunities to help give a voice to the voiceless, and even the silenced. What that really entailed was to not just look through my own lens, but through the lenses of others, and always seek to try to understand other people’s perspectives." —David Hodgkins
