Poetry & Music Project Concert

Now in its ninth 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 9 at 1pm for the 25/26 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 composers Sidney Marquez Boquiren and James Schroeder.

25/26 SELECTED POEMS

“Good Company” Nora Barth, Duchesne Academy
“A World of Pure Imagination” Adeline Olsen, Westside Middle School
“Friends Like Them” Allison Billau, Liberty Middle School
“Making Memories” Briana Brown, Northside Elementary
“Saltwater Taffy (Best If Used By 2018)” Emery Jobst, Lincoln East High School
“A Simple Thank You” Maren Ferguson, Platteview High School
“Little me” Juliett Flores Fierro, Andersen Middle School
“The Simple Things” Sophie Dudek, Papillion Middle School
“Untitled” McKenna Songster, Platteview Senior High School
“Shadow guide” Allison Kriz, Palmer Public School
“My Tears” McKinley Coe, Lewis & Clark Middle School (Omaha)
“Untitled” London Krumwiede, Meridian Public Schools
“Piercing through the Dark” Emery Lausterer, Wahoo Public High School
“A Cabin in the Woods” Alice Tripp, Kiewit Middle School

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 American Opera Projects

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