Notable world premieres and commissioned works include Frederick Douglass (Dorothy Rudd Moore, 1985); Sojourner Truth (Valerie Capers, 1986); The Outcast (Noa Ain, 1990); Oh Freedom (Lena McLin and Benjamin Matthews, 1990); Journin' (Benjamin Matthews 1991); and The Meetin' (Pamela Baskin Watson, commissioned by Opera Ebony and the Jerome Foundation, 1998).
Notable world premieres and commissioned works consist of Frederick Douglass (Dorothy Rudd Moore, 1985), Sojourner Truth (Valerie Capers, 1986), The Outcast (Noa Ain, 1990), Oh Freedom (Lena McLin and Benjamin Matthews, 1990), Journin' (Benjamin Matthews, 1991), and The Meetin' (Pamela Baskin Watson, commissioned by Opera Ebony and the Jerome Foundation, 1998).