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For Veterans:  The Falling And The Rising

The American Premiere of Requiem For America about Native Americans

The rigors of war and how it affects servicemen and women and their families gets the musical treatment in the opera The Falling And The Rising. 

According to composer Zach Redler and librettist Jerre Dye it’s an opera that draws audiences from all over the spectrum of military life. It’ll be performed later this month at the Pensacola Opera

Then there’s the orchestral piece about the horrific treatment of Native Americans around the time of the Declaration of Independence. Requiem for America composed by Brent Michael Davids.