'Requiem for the Enslaved' holds a major university's truths up to the light
Georgetown University owes its survival to slavery. A new album by Carlos Simon, an assistant professor at the school, unflinchingly confronts that legacy.
is a young composer on the rise, with an ear for social justice. His best known work so far, , is a string quartet in honor of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Next year, a large-scale tribute to George Floyd will premiere with the Minnesota Orchestra, and Simon's new album, has just been released. The piece confronts Georgetown University's troubled, and the – admitting their own past history with slavery.
