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Words & Music of Black America: Celebrating National Poetry Month

By Helen Lyons
Published April 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT
Composer Margaret Bonds
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Composer Margaret Bonds

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 8 p.m.

This National Poetry Month, join host Andrea Blain for Words and Music of Black America, a special featuring music with texts by Black poets. These works raise issues of civil rights, social justice, racial divides, and freedom in diverse and sometimes surprising ways. Enjoy music by composers including Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Valerie Coleman, and Damien Geter, and the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou and more.

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Helen Lyons
Helen Lyons serves as the Music Manager and host of Vermont Public Classical’s Monday-Saturday morning program. She grew up in Williston, Vermont, and holds a BA in Music from Wellesley College and Artist Diplomas from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. She has enjoyed an international singing career spanning three continents, performing in Europe, China, The Philippines and the USA.
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