Come join me as I host (for the second year in a row!), the 24/25 Opera Omaha Poetry and Music Project Concert.

For the 24/25 Project, Opera Omaha received 66 poem submission from students across Nebraska inspired by the theme “My Neighborhood.” Poets ranged from second graders to high school juniors, including first time poets and seasoned writers.

While there were many outstanding poems submitted to the project, in the end, project composer Sidney Marquez Boquiren and hip-hop artist Lite Pole selected 13 poems that inspired them to create original music with the poems as the lyrics.