And Still We Sing: Dett Poets' Society — 5 Poets Breaking into Song

New settings of five poems by R. Nathaniel Dett and five poems by living poets, in homage to Dett's 1911 collection The Album of a Heart — the first published collection of African-Canadian verse. Curated by George Elliott Clarke, E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto and Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012–15).

Program will feature compositions based on 5 poems of R. Nathaniel Dett, and 5 poems of living poets in homage to Dett's 1911 collection 'The Album of a Heart' — the first published collection of African-Canadian verse. Curated by George Elliott Clarke — E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto, and Poet Laureate of the City of Toronto (2012-15).