Voice faculty artist Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano, was praised by Anne Midgette from The Washington Post after her solo performance at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC. “She was moving, she was funny, she was beautiful, she sang with such perfect diction that every word of this English-language program came through, and she imbued every single thing she sang with meaning and emotion.” Midgette furthered, “Her voice was warm and vibrant and exquisitely modulated, and she delivered her whole program with such sensitive artistry that there was no occasion to notice any vocal flaws.”