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Workshop #1 with Renegade Opera November 2023

Workshop #2 with Salina Symphony January 2024

Librettist | Samantha Rose Williams
Arranger | Yaniv Segal

“Homecoming” from American Patriots, composed by Regina Harris Baiocchi

Mezzo-soprano - Samantha Rose Williams

Text from an interview with a Black American Navy Veteran who discusses why he struggles to call himself a patriot

“I’m Not BIPOC” from American Patriots, composed by Yaniv Segal

Soprano - Annie Sherman

Text from an interview with a New American who talks about how many of the current DEI initiatives are problematic

“Born Here” from American Patriots, composed by Yaniv Segal

Bass Baritone - Robert Wesley Mason

Text from an interview with a New American who talks about how lucky he is to be born here

“Sovereignty” from American Patriots, composed by Danielle Jagelski

Soprano - Annie Sherman; Mezzo-soprano - Samantha Rose Williams; Bass Baritone - Robert Wesley Mason

Text from an Indigenous American who discusses how she thinks about patriotism