Music of Remembrance will receive a $20,000 Art Works grant to support the commission of “Tres Minutos,” a new chamber opera by composer Nicolas Lell Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch.
This upcoming work explores themes of identity and belonging as it follows siblings Nila and Diego, who can only meet each other at a supervised reunion at the US-Mexico border due to their differing citizenship statuses. Awarded by The National Endowment for the Arts, the Art Works grant helps support projects that uses the arts in response to current events while celebrating creativity and cultural heritage.
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