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CALENDAR
2024/2025 SEASON ENGAGEMENTS
Mapping Ancestral Discoveries
U OF MARYLAND,
BALTIMORE COUNTY
SOLOIST / SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
Mr. Bell joins composer, poet, and scholar Toni Lester as she shares her journey of discovery about ancestors who migrated from DelMarVA to New York to form one of the oldest, continuous free Black communities in the North. This afternoon of poetry, art songs and discussion, entitled Mapping Ancestral Discoveries From The Eastern Shore to New York in Poetry and Song, will feature Mr. Bell as soloist alongside soprano Adia Evans, and pianist/percussionist Bill Solomon.
Into the Woods
UNION AVENUE OPERA
BAKER / AUGUST 16,17,23,24, 2024
Mr. Bell steps into the shoes of the Baker in Into the Woods in his role and house debut with Union Avenue Opera. Marking his first leading performance in a musical theater role, Mr. Bell excitedly takes on the music of Stephen Sondheim in this dynamic story featuring the likes of characters such as Cinderella, Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel. The production is led by an artistic team including conductor Scott Schoonover and director Jennifer Wintzer.
Carmen
VIRGINIA OPERA
MORALÈS / NOVEMBER 8,10,16,17,22,24, 2024
Mr. Bell makes his house principal debut in Virginia Opera's production of Carmen, directed by Kyle Lang and conducted by Adam Turner. Mr. Bell is thrilled to be portraying the role of Moralès, a corporal in the Spanish Dragoons, in this bold interpretation of Bizet's classic. This production also marks Bell's homecoming back to Hampton Roads, since graduating from Nansemond River High School (Suffolk, VA) and the Governor's School for the Arts (Norfolk, VA), as well as his return to Virginia Opera since participating in their S.T.A.R. high school program in 2009 and 2010.
Social Club
SALT CREEK SONG FESTIVAL
RECITALIST / FEBRUARY 2025
After appearing as a Festival Artist with Salt Creek Song Festival the past two seasons, Mr. Bell returns to participate in their intimate Social Club series. This limited availability experience pairs the area's top culinary talents with a specially curated musical program, for a one-night-only experience. Additional details regarding collaborators, repertoire, and cuisine to be announced shortly.
Lost/Found II
BROOKLYN ART SONG SOCIETY
RECITALIST / MAY 4, 2025
Mr. Bell returns as a recitalist with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, alongside pianist Michael Brofman, as part of the second installment of their 2025 New Voices Festival: Lost/Found. Mr. Bell will perform selections from Will Liverman's Dunbar Songbook, as well as Carlos Simon's American Sonnets - a piece commission by BASS in 2023, with text by Terrance Hayes. Additionally, sopranos Amy Owens and Laura Strickling, pianist Joy Schreier, and cellist Carrie Stute, perform pieces by Juhi Bansal, Tom Cipullo, Evan Fein, and present a World Premiere BASS comission by Herschel Garfein.
Two Black Churches
TBA
RECITALIST / TBA
Mr. Bell presents Shawn Okpebholo's riveting and heavily acclaimed piece "Two Black Churches" in a recital TBA, spring 2025. This song set in two movements, with text by Dudley Randall and Marcus Amaker, is a musical reflection of two significant and tragic events perpetrated at the hands of white supremacists in two black churches, decades apart. Information including performance dates, additional repertoire, and collaborators, is to be announced in the near future.
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