Jess Garland performed her show “Luminescence” with a 3-D printed laser harp. It’s a way for her to discuss the racial inequity in the Dallas Arts District...
for the Performing and Visual Arts alumni. Still, she said it’s rare to see five Black musicians with classical training onstage in the Arts District.“There’s a misconception that Black people don’t like classical music and it’s just not true. That they can’t play it, which is also not true,” she said.
“This is just an opportunity to kind of really show that I am and so is everyone else on this stage,” she said. All of the musicians onstage have professional music careers. Audra Scott has sung in opera halls and theaters worldwide. Geno Young was a musical director for Erykah Badu. Brianne Sargent has music in film and songs. Steven Juarez is a member of the Cézanne Quartet. Najeeb Sabour was selected to tour internationally with the American Music Abroad Program funded by the U.S. Department of State.
Near the end of her performance, Garland shifted the mood toward a more hopeful place with her rendition of “Over the Rainbow” and closing out with her single “Glow.”
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