LaToya Cross

World-renowned poet, playwright, and cultural arts curator jessica Care moore, is the DSO 2024 Marlowe Stoudamire Award for Innovation and Community Collaboration Recipient.

Interview + Story: LaToya Cross

The fourth edition of Sound EFFECT focuses on the DSO's holistic approach to music education and the mission to ensure students across Detroit proper and metro Detroit have access and resources to music.

Role: Project management; Writer; Editor

Detroit: A city of deep history, a people driven by resilience and hustle – experience the city through the diverse voices of its people, understand and immerse yourself in the city's personality through the purpose–driven narratives shared by Detroiters. 

Narrated by jessica CARE moore

Role: Producer; Story Producer

Initiative held its first collaborative music impact event

Role: Writer

To enter the photography of Ricky Weaver, first, take a breath. Hold it. Feel it. Float with it. Exhale.

There’s a mysterious but exciting energy in the images created by Precious Johnson-Arabitg, known artistically as VODKASERENGETI. Her performance-based compositions have a strong and fearless nature that arrest the eyes at a glance and draw the observer into the scene.

In the hours that transition from sun to moon, Olivia Guterson’s artistic persona, Midnight Olive, emerges. For this interdisciplinary artist, the night welcomes freedom to be in conversation with herself and to respond to the observations and questions conjured throughout the day.

Articles from March 4, 2023. Classical Roots Celebration Program Book Honoring Dr. Charles G. Adams, Anthony Davis, and Kris Johnson (Marlowe Stoudamire Award for Innovation and Community Collaboration).

Role: Profile Writing - pgs. 40-43

The Womxnhouse Detroit art installation is located in childhood home of artist and curator Asia Hamilton, who comments on what it means to be a woman in America.

'The Area' is a complex, issue-driven documentary analyzing the erasure of a neighborhood, and shining a light on the meaning of community.

Legacy Defining Moments in Orchestra Hall's History

Role: Research and Writing; Blog layout

In this issue, our mission, vision, and values shine through in stories told by some of the people who work their magic behind-the-scenes and on the stage to ensure your experience with us resonates. We also offer a visual tour of The Max and look at the people-centered history behind the efforts to sustain the DSO and our home for well over 100 years.

. After a 35-year hiatus from art-making—a period during which she worked as a Detroit Public Schools educator and raised a family of 10—Bowman describes her return to canvas and to documenting the black experience as a “gift from the universe.”

Detroit artist Judy Bowman discusses caring for her mom, their active adventures and blossoming relationship.

Role:
Segment Producer and Writer: LaToya Cross
Audio Interview + Host: Amanda LeClaire

Sound EFFECT: Stories of DSO Impact offers you a deep dive into the people, place, and purpose that sets the tone of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. See, hear, and feel the vision in action!