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He is scheduled to reprise Count Almaviva (San Francisco, New York), Arturo Talbo/ I puritani (Zurich) and to portray Edgardo/ Lucia di Lammermoor (Tokyo). The celebrated American tenor has recently dazzled audiences at Lyric as Count Almaviviva/ The Barber of Seville, in Amsterdam as Don Ramiro/ La Cenerentola, and in Houston as Fernand/ La favorite. Renowned internationally for formidable bel canto roles and for social activism, Lawrence Brownlee won “Male Singer of the Year” awards in 2017 from both the International Opera Awards and Bachtrack. My hope is that these arrangements expand the listening audience of this art form while simultaneously bringing attention to its rich heritage." Burleigh, Hall Johnson, Margaret Bonds, and even Moses Hogan, while including elements of American jazz music and gospel music from the African-­American church experience. Sneed has arranged numerous spirituals for tenor Lawrence Brownlee, among them "All Night, All Day" and "Come By Here, Good Lord." In commenting on these pieces, Sneed noted that "our aim and goal was to pull from the incredible historical legacy created by composers such as Harry T. Many GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel artists have worked with Sneed as their music director.

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He has also been associated with The Juilliard School, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Boys Choir of Harlem, the Orchestra of St. tour performances of Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration Tour with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, and the 70-piece Chorale Le Chateau in 2013. In 2015 a performance of Wynton Marsalis's Abyssinian 200: A Celebration marked Sneed's Carnegie Hall conducting debut. He has worked with such legends as Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Carlos Santana, Ashford & Simpson, and the late Jessye Norman and Aretha Franklin. 1979) is a pianist, organist, conductor, composer, producer, arranger, vocal coach, and arts educator who has performed worldwide. Damien Sneed ("Come By Here, Good Lord")Ī 2015 recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence (presented annually to emerging Black and Latino leaders in classical music), Damien Sneed (b.