"The combination of the sweep and scope of Melville's language, the beauty of the story, the depth of the characters all pushed me into a whole new realm of composing and thinking of what music is onstage."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

The library, founded by anthropologist Melville Herskovits, is the largest separate library in the world for the study of Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10