Black Composer Fired from Black Wall Street Centennial Tribute By Tulsa Opera After Refusing to Change Lyric
A Black composer was fired by the Tulsa Opera after refusing to change one word in a lyric at the white artistic director’s request. Daniel Bernard Roumain is a Haitian-American violinist and composer who shared his experience on Twitter on Friday, March 19. “@TulsaOpera just DEcommissoned me. I was asked to create a new work…