Poetry & Music Project Concert

Now in its eigth year, the Poetry & Music Project connects student poets and their words with composers to create original music and explore the connections between poetry and music.

Join Opera Omaha on Saturday, May 3 at 1pm for the 24/25 Poetry & Music Project Concert at the Omaha Conservatory of Music. This event is free and open to the public.

This concert will premiere 14 original pieces with words from poems selected from Nebraska students and set to music by professional composer Sidney Marquez Boquiren and hip-hop artist Lite Pole.

24/25 SELECTED POEMS

“Footsteps” by Nora Barth, Duchesne Academy Omaha

“Flying Home”, by Aalyn Friesz, Wheeler Elementary

“Fowler Street” by M Bonar, La Vista Middle School

“Omaha’s Embrace” by Jackson Ward, Papillion Middle School

“Invisible to Us” by Madelynn Torson, Swanson Elementary

“My Neighborhood” by Madison Dornbusch, La Vista Middle School

“Neighbor Behavior” by Addi Bryan, Woodbrook Elementary

“Seasons in North Omaha” by Adeline Olsen, Sunset Hills Elementary

“Our Beautiful Neighborhood” by Rishi Chundury, Brownell Talbot

“Untitled” by Michaela Brown, Papillion Middle School

“In the land of unknown” by Shevaani Rajith Varman Janani, Lewis & Clark Middle School

“The Original Denny's” by Maren Ferguson, Platteview High School

“De Donde Soy” by Gelen Ruiz, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands-South Omaha Club

More about the Poetry & Music Project

N OTE: This concert will be captured with videography and photography.

The Poetry & Music Project is produced in partnership with Nebraska Writers Collective and supported in part by Humanities Nebraska, Nebraska Arts Council, and The Nebraska Cultural Endowment

Additional project partners include The American Opera Project

Host or Publisher Opera Omaha