Cornelius Eady and Bernie Heveron perform in the studio and talk about their long relationship pairing music to poetry.
About Cornelius Eady
CORNELIUS EADY is the author of eight books of poetry, including Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems (Putnam, April 2008). His second book, Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, won the Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets in 1985; in 2001 Brutal Imagination was a finalist for the National Book Award. His work in theater includes the libretto for an opera, “Running Man,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1999. His play, “Brutal Imagination,” won Newsday’s Oppenheimer award in 2002.
In 1996 Eady co-founded, with writer Toi Derricotte, the Cave Canem summer workshop/retreat for African American poets. More than a decade later, Cave Canem is a thriving national network of black poets, as well as an institution offering regional workshops, readings, a first book prize, and the summer retreat.
About Bernie Heveron
Bernie urrently teaching elementary strings, and has taught for 18 years - general music, chorus, jazz band and concert band, private lessons on guitar and bass. He has conducted workshops for worship music at ArtsReconnect. Performances with Alvin Parris, Ben Parris, Don Potter, Bat McGrath, George Collichio, The Colorblind James Experience, Personal Effects. Lots of performances in Cabaret Theater, including over 100 performances of Forever Plaid as Uncle Chester the bass player.