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Resource Guide: 'Symphony of Secrets' by Brendan Slocumb

On February 6, 2025 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Shakespeare, opera, and Morgiane, the first known opera by a Black American composer.


LEARN more about Black voices in classical music

DISCOVER Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane, displayed at the Folger through March 2, 2025

EXPLORE Shakespeare and opera

LISTEN to related podcast episodes

REVISIT past Folger programs exploring opera

We would like to thank the following organization for its generous support of this program

Junior League of Washington

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Early Music Seminar: Virtuosos of Violin and Verse

Early Music Seminar: Virtuosos of Violin and Verse

Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively virtual seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming concert Virtuosos of Violin and Verse.
Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 6pm ET
Virtual - On Zoom
Folger Book Club: 'You Dreamed of Empires' by Álvaro Enrigue

Folger Book Club: 'You Dreamed of Empires' by Álvaro Enrigue

The book club explores the 1519 meeting between Cortés and Moctezuma, presenting a hallucinatory, revelatory colonial revenge story.
Thu, Nov 6, 2025, 6:30pm
Virtual
"Songs from a Medieval Winter" with Muco
Photo of Muco holding an autoharp

"Songs from a Medieval Winter" with Muco

Experience renditions of ballads and verse around the theme of winter with Muco. Following a presentation, Muco will perform Middle-English secular lyrics and Old-English verse accompanied by the inanga, a zither from East Africa.
Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 7pm ET
Virtual