Ben Ross (MM ’23, Voice) was selected as a “Tell Your Story” fellow with the Spoleto Festival USA this year. Over the course of the fellowship they been partnered with Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach, a local non-profit in Charleston, SC, to interview service providers and neighbors and learn about their work in the community. Ross is currently working on a composition that incorporates interview material along with their own original work to be premiered at the festival this May.