Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's "Carmen," a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time ...

Jessye Norman holds benefit concert, honoring local talent Jessye Norman School of the Arts celebrated local talent while working to keep their program funded on Sunday. Jessye Norman School of the ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Jessye Norman School of the Arts celebrated local talent while working to keep their program funded on Sunday. This year’s annual benefit concert is celebrating the young ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - The Jessye Norman School of the Arts will host its Annual Benefit Concert, Rising Stars, on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at 4 p.m. at the Maxwell Performing Arts Theater. Organizers ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - This time last year, Jessye Norman School of the Arts was preparing for its annual benefit concert, and Hurricane Helene forced them to cancel the event. The cancellation ...

Review: Jessye Norman’s Salute to the Love Song at Carnegie Hall The soprano dabbled in the popular canon at a Valentine’s Day concert featuring songs by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington ...

A local nonprofit will be celebrating 20 years of arts education with a benefit concert on Oct. 8. The Jessye Norman School of the Arts, located at 739 Greene St. in downtown Augusta, will host a ...

In the years before her untimely death, Jessye Norman's career was winding down and record executives were nudging the soprano to release a number of her recordings that lay silent in the vaults, some ...

Discover the behind-the-scenes story of Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990. Get a glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and ...

With legendary African American contralto Marian Anderson in attendance, many wondered if the two singers would compete or join forces and sing together. Showcasing extended excerpts of Norman and ...

Novelist and playwright Darryl Pinckney discusses why Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s spirituals concert at Carnegie Hall mattered to NYC and the African American community. Composer Evelyn ...

Composer Evelyn Simpson Curenton on "Spirituals in Concert" Composer Evelyn Simpson Curenton discusses how she composed "Spirituals in Concert." When I first saw the concert, 'Spirituals in Concert' ...