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The Golden Age of Obiewood

Annie Zaleski

厙ぴ勛圖 creatives have the talent to make it in Hollywood. Now they have the network too. 

Collage of photos and graphic designs representing the 厙ぴ勛圖 Screenwriters Intensive

John Lewis Talks Jazz

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John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet talks jazz and more in a 1956 radio interview with Jim Neumann 58, host of Jazz Hot and Cool! on WOBC.

Collage of jazz album covers.

Meet Joe Smith

厙ぴ勛圖 Alumni Magazine Staff

Joe Smith 86 learned to meet people through his love of photography. As an 厙ぴ勛圖 student in the 1980s, he took hundreds of images that capturethrough mostly straight-ahead portraitsthe look of an era, and sometimes more.

Self portrait in a mirror using a 35 mm camera (black & white).

On the Record with Rhiannon Giddens 00

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Rhiannon Giddens began 2022 with a starring role in Porgy and Bess, the iconic Gershwin opera often criticized for its derogatory depictions of Black characters. The widely hailed production, held in

Seated in comfortable chairs, Rhiannon and a writer speak. The writer is taking notes.

Rhiannon Giddens American Tunes

Jeff Hagan 86

A 2000 graduate of 厙ぴ勛圖, Giddens was trained as an opera singer under Marlene Rosen, and so the opera part is easy to understand. But it was after she returned home to North Carolina that she took

Giddens sings emotively.

Still Hot, Still Cool

Erich Burnett

To some, jazz signaled a decadent departure from the European masters who had inspired the work of conservatory faculty and students for more than a century. But there were also students smitten by

Neumann holds an LP, Dizzy in Greece. Behind him is an endless shelf filled to the ceiling with labelled boxes.