Arts Connexions sustains and extends the Rochester Oratorio Society's tradition as a home for artists and creators of color since William Warfield's day. Arts Connexions, under the direction of internationally renowned baritone vocalist and diversity consultant, Dr. Carl DuPont, features programming by and for artists of color. Concerts explore the intersection of art forms such as classical vocal music, dance, spoken word, opera, and musical theater, while celebrating Rochester's historic and formative role in American culture.

ABOUT CARL DUPONT:

Carl DuPont is an artist, innovator, and educator dedicated to Transformational Inclusion in the arts and Care of the Professional Voice. His “rich, nuanced baritone” (Columbus Underground) has held center stage in performances at the Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Carolina, Opera Columbus, Annapolis Opera Company, First Coast Opera, Toledo Opera, Opera Saratoga, Sarasota Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera, El Palacio de Bellas Artes, Opera Company of Brooklyn, The IN Series, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Leipzig Opera. His articles can be found in The Laryngoscope and the Voice and Speech Review. DuPont can be heard on the world premiere recordings of the Caldara Mass in A Major, The Death of Webern, and his solo album, The Reaction. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM), Indiana University (MM), and the University of Miami (DMA), he currently serves on the voice faculty of the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute.