Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 48 seconds ago

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Join us online for Composition of a City summer programming! This summer, our instructors Aasha Francis and Olivia Doig have teamed up to interview classical musicians, poets, and hip hop artists from Chicago and beyond. In each episode, you'll hear these artists speak about the topic of the week, and then you will get a prompt that YOU can do at home!

This week, hear our artists talk about songs that inspire, challenge, and comfort them. What songs inspire, challenge, or comfort YOU?

Hosts:
Olivia Doig, soprano
Aasha Francis, hip hop artist

Guests:
Kedrick Armstrong
A.I. The Anomaly

Music:
"Punch" by Aasha Marie