by Dawn Carroll | Mar 5, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz Music can surprise you. It can sneak into your head, penetrate your soul and become a part of you, sometimes against all expectations. More than 30 years ago, Dawn Carroll was a hard rock singer when she heard a piece by Tchaikovsky that has stuck with...
by Dawn Carroll | Mar 2, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz On New Year’s Eve, 1972, a plane carrying baseball legend Roberto Clemente crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico. When his Pittsburgh Pirates teammate Manny Sanguillen heard the news, he sprang into action. Sanguillen spent days diving into churning,...
by Dawn Carroll | Feb 26, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz The call came deep in the night, a call to speak out that roused Dawn Carroll from sleep. Words came to a song she needed to write. Carroll’s mind had been churning after she chanced to see a TV interview earlier that evening. It was part of a piece shot...
by Dawn Carroll | Feb 19, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz One day in 2000 while driving along Apple Street in Pittsburgh, Jonnet Solomon noticed a historical marker in front of a large, abandoned house. Solomon, a young woman who had emigrated to the United States from Guyana in 1984 with her family when she...
by Dawn Carroll | Feb 16, 2023 | Songs For Mary
Dawson was a Pioneer in Classical Music who Founded the National Negro Opera Company and Fought Discrimination New England Conservatory (NEC) has unveiled a new portrait of alumna and trailblazing opera singer Mary Cardwell Dawson ‘25. The portrait by artist Iris Lee...
