Dr. Marques Garrett on the Charlotte Master Chorale

Piedmont Arts Podcast

The Charlotte Master Chorale comes to the Cain Center in Cornelius and Queens University in Charlotte respectively this fall. The theme of the concerts is freedom and oppression across communities and features the North Carolina premiere of R. Nathaniel Dett's The Ordering of Mose s as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Dr. Marques L.A. Garrett, associate professor of choral studies at the University of North Texas and an expert in the music of Nathaniel Dett, a Black Canadian-American composer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Garrett will give pre-concert talks at both events. He's the guest on this episode of the Piedmont Arts podcast where he explains Dett's importance and legacy. Pictured: Dr. Marques L.A. Garrett by Justin S. Robinson.