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Our Saviour’s Atonement: Operapalooza!

Operapalooza! is a double bill of two short children’s operas by the acclaimed composer Edward Barnes. A Muskrat Lullaby and Mystery on the Docks are based on children’s books by Thacher Hurd and feature opera singers as various animals who put their vocal talents to good use, whether saving them from being devoured by alligators or rescuing an opera star from the rats.

MOSA Concerts: Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y

Heralded as a “powerhouse of a showman” (Glide Magazine), a “legitimate jazz triple threat” (Critical Jazz), and a drummer who “take[s] a backseat to no one” (New York Times), performer, producer and educator Ulysses S. Owens Jr. leads this stellar ensemble comprised of the most dynamic young jazz musicians on the scene.

Ulysses Owens Jr., drums and leader
Anthony Hervey, trumpet
Langston Hughes III, alto saxophone
Jonathon Muir Cotton, bass