May 8th, at 7pm nationally-performing Choctaw baritone and cedar flautist will perform with longtime collaborator Robert Ragoonanan on our new piano in the chapel. Mark Billy is the leading Indigenous baritone of his generation. He is a Verdi baritone, clarinetist, and Native flutist of Indigenous (Choctaw tribe) ancestry from Finley, Oklahoma. He enjoys a multi-faceted career in opera, recitals with piano, concerts with orchestra, and Indigenous classical music education. Mark is at the forefront of the current musical movement which combines the sacred cultural music of the Indigenous peoples and Western concert music.
Mark Billy, Baritone, and Robert Ragoonanan in recital May 8, 7pm
