George Elliott Clarke is the Guest Host for Minstrels & Bards and will be presenting ‘5 Poets Breaking Into Song.’ A tranzac-transcendent evening of ten jazzy, operatic, arabesque, bluesy, funky and soulful poems set to music by commissioned composers performed by pianist Narmina Afandiyeva and vocalist USHA (Neoclassicism Don’t Scare Real Jazz Composers!).” Poets Allan Briesmaster, George Elliott Clarke, Brenda Clews, Luciano Iacobelli (1956-2022), A.F. Moritz, Giovanna Riccio, Yeshim Ternar, Andrea Thompson, and YIN Xiaoyuan (of Beijing, China). Composers Holly Arsenault, Eddie Bullen, Emily Hiemstra, Juliet Palmer, James Rolfe, Liberty Silver, and Namratha Sridevi. It promises to be an extravagant evening of the extraordinary beauty of poetry and song!