B.E. Boykin

So excited that one of my carol arrangements will be featured. Please tune in if you can - Merry Christmas !

Honored to have been part of this experience with so many phenomenal musicians that I love and respect. Please take a listen. Wishing you and your families a wonderful and safe holiday!

A few weeks ago, I was able to be present for the in-person premier of Moments in Sonder performed by the fabulous, Kearstin Piper Brown, Soprano, who is also my Spelman sister! ) - You are truly the diva of our time and I’m so grateful for you! That night will be forever memorable. My heartfelt thanks again to Elizabeth Long and Finger Lakes Opera for making this beautiful performance possible. Chiao-Wen Cheng, you made the piano sing - thank you! Jorell Williams, thank y...ou for your words of encouragement and support. And I’m always grateful for my parents and their unwavering love - they flew out to support! Lastly, my heartfelt thanks is for all of you. Thank you all for supporting me in this composition journey. I can’t wait to share the recording with you! Love, B.E.

Magic happened last night! This was our first performance back in our space and it felt good! I’m so proud of you Treble Choir - congratulations on a beautiful performance! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us. The livestream has been archived and is available

https://www.democratandchronicle.com//finger-l/6263799001/

Rochester! I’m excited to be in your city for a wonderful program featuring these incredible artists - I hope to see you on Wednesday!

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Happening today! Information below if you’d like to join us It's not too late to register for a unique virtual conference taking place this weekend - so incredibly excited to be co-hosting this amazing event!... JUNE 4-6 DIVERSE PATHWAYS TO THE PODIUM: A SYMPOSIUM FOR WOMEN CONDUCTORS The first conference hosted by Girls Who Conduct, this symposium is designed to bring together conductors, musicians, industry leaders, DEI advocates, researchers and practitioners in order to generate dialogue about, and raise awareness of, the diverse pathways to a conducting career, with an emphasis on gender parity and inclusion. The conference explores the many facets of conducting training and career through a range of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Registration is open to all genders - attend discussions featuring panels of industry leaders, keynote speeches, research presentations, curated concert performances, and a lightning conducting symposium. Event Schedule: https://girlswhoconduct.org/symposium/symposium-schedule/ Registration: https://girlswhoconduct.org/symposium/registration/ *If you cannot attend the entire event, recordings of sessions will be made available to registered attendees following the conference!

Premiere happening today! Thank you Neeta Helms for this beautiful write up - see below. In 2020 we commissioned numerous works and 12 of them did not even get performed due to COVID cancellations. This week we gave The Choral Arts Society of Washington Chamber Singers the world premiere of Brittney E. Boykin's Stand Up, commissioned by Classical Movements’ Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program in honor of the activist and educator Mary Church Terrell . It will be perform...ed as part of our Sounds of Hope and Harmony Concert Series, conducted by Scott Tucker this Friday. I am so proud that this piece will finally be heard. She is a rising composer, and the work honors an overlooked and extraordinary Suffragist. Composer, conductor and pianist Brittney Boykin (B.E. Boykin) is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and comes from a musical family. After graduating Spelman College in 2011 with a B.A. in Music, Ms. Boykin continued her studies at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. As a pianist, Boykin earned many prizes and most recently, in April 2021 the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts named Boykin as part of The Cartography Project, commissioning composers and librettists to create works for the NSO and WNO that use music as both a source of healing and a way to open dialogue about the future of anti-racism. Boykin is currently the Assistant Director of the Spelman College Glee Club in Atlanta. In addition to being the director of the Treble Choir at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was an educator, advocate for civil rights and the founding president of the National Association of Colored Women. Terrell began campaigning for suffrage during her undergraduate studies at Oberlin and continued to be active in the National Association Woman Suffrage Association, where she befriended Susan B. Anthony. Throughout the years leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Terrell pushed for the involvement of black women in suffrage advocacy. In the years after, Terrell continued to draw public attention to injustices, particularly those faced by black Americans. What a reproach it is to a government which owes its very existence to the love of freedom in the human heart that it should deprive any of its citizens of their sacred and cherished rights. Another reason to be at this concert! www.classicalmovements.com/secretgardenconcerts/ Brittney Elizabeth Mary Church Terrell

Major Announcement The Kennedy Center recently announced its 50th anniversary season and I’m extremely humbled to be on the team of commissioned composers and librettists for the Cartography Project. As a daughter of the DMV, I can’t even fully express what this means. This project/collaboration is one that is very dear to my heart and I’m extremely excited to be partnered with my Spelman sister and namesake, Britney RayCrowell, who is a PHENOMENAL artist and poet. More details about the project are coming. Please visit tkc.co/Cartography for the official press release

Honored to be featured - Thank you Jasmine and The Atlanta Opera!

Today’s the day! Please go to the website listed to register and join us for the weekend!

The panel discussion for our "We are the Stories" women's choir festival is this Sunday at 4pm to be broadcast on Facebook Live from this account. Please like/...follow our page to be notified when this meaningful event and discussion goes live. We will be showcasing this esteemed panel of musicians on our socials Friday and Saturday in advance. You won't want to miss this event. Panelists: B.E. Boykin Dr. Tiffany Renée Jackson, Jillian Harrison-Jones, Lisa Clayton, Lisa Williamson Many thanks to our co-sponsors for this event: UConntabile and UConn Choirs, Dodd Human Rights Impact, and Choral Arts New England ____________________________ #wearethestories #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenForward #womencomposers #womenschoir #choirmatrix #womeninmusic #womensvote100 #womensvotecentennial #choralmusic

Today’s the day! Please go to the website listed to register and join us for the weekend!

Happening tonight! Please join us if you can!

The panel discussion for our "We are the Stories" women's choir festival is this Sunday at 4pm to be broadcast on Facebook Live from this account. Please like/...follow our page to be notified when this meaningful event and discussion goes live. We will be showcasing this esteemed panel of musicians on our socials Friday and Saturday in advance. You won't want to miss this event. Panelists: B.E. Boykin Dr. Tiffany Renée Jackson, Jillian Harrison-Jones, Lisa Clayton, Lisa Williamson Many thanks to our co-sponsors for this event: UConntabile and UConn Choirs, Dodd Human Rights Impact, and Choral Arts New England ____________________________ #wearethestories #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenForward #womencomposers #womenschoir #choirmatrix #womeninmusic #womensvote100 #womensvotecentennial #choralmusic

Today’s the day!Please tune in at 2:30pm to watch The Mirror Visions Ensemble concert! The program will include the world premiere of We Wear the Mask (poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar) - watch here: https://youtu.be/sRuXwC7zrZQ

Looking forward to this. Join if you can!

Special encore broadcast happening now! Tune in if you’re able

Exciting News! A new art song is coming! We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar, for soprano and piano will premiere on Sunday! Thank you again to Abi Levis, classical singer, Grant Wenaus and The Mirror Visions Ensemble for this amazing opportunity. Please tune in to the Mirror Visions Ensemble YouTube channel this Sunday at 2:30pm for this amazing concert!

Today’s the day! I’m so excited beyond words - please tune in tonight if you can! This opera piece features some original music by yours truly. Pre-show starts at 7:30pm EST and the performance begins at 8pm EST - performance link below https://e.givesmart.com/events/jBC/

Looking forward to this conversation! Join us if you can

Happening tonight! Tune in if you can

So excited for this! Thank you Kearstin and Chiao-Wen for your beautiful work!

Christmas is almost here and today, I'm excited to share a virtual choir performance of "Dormi Jesu" performed by LAUDE. I invite you to join them for their Christmas Eve service by going to the First Congregational Church of LA link - fccla.org/live at 8:00 and 11:00PM PDT for a wonderful evening of music - many thanks to Dr. David Harris (Music Director) and LAUDE for this beautiful performance. Wishing you all a wonderful and safe holiday season <3 - B.E.

What’s in the collection? Here are 3 out of the 14 songs from the song cycle - Tears, Greyday and Sounds Like Pearls performed by Lenora Green-Turner. Thank you again to everyone for your support! Please email [email protected] for purchasing details! https://youtu.be/75bXA77blGw

I’m excited to share that Moments in Sonder is finally here!! This has truly been a labor of love - I can’t truly express how grateful I am to be able to share this edition with you all. The song cycle encompasses 14 of Maya Angelou's short poems, setting them in a wide range of the soprano voice accompanied by piano. I've decided to do a small production run to gage interest, so be sure to grab yours as soon as possible! Feel free to email me at [email protected] for more details - as always, I’m extremely grateful for all of your love and support!

Today’s the day! Exciting news will be posted today around noon - thank you all!