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Imani Winds Celebrates Local Historian John Hope Franklin

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Charlie Shelton
Published October 28, 2015 at 12:17 PM EDT

A conversation with and live performance by Imani Winds

Imani Winds is a Grammy-nominated wind quintet that has explored the limits of classical music for almost 20 years.

The ensemble grounds itself with a classical foundation, but infuses sounds from the Middle East to South America in its work.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Imani Winds about its origins and an upcoming performance at Duke University. Imani Winds is: Toyin Spellman-Diaz on oboe, Valerie Coleman on flute, Jeff Scott on french horn, Mariam Adam on clarinet and Monica Ellis on bassoon.

Imani Winds performs at Baldwin Auditorium at Duke University in Durham on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. The performance is a part of "John Hope Franklin at 100," a university-wide centenary honoring former Duke professor and historian John Hope Franklin.

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Imani Winds is coming to Duke University to honor former Duke professor and historian John Hope Franklin, pictured here.
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Duke Performances
Imani Winds is coming to Duke University to honor former Duke professor and historian John Hope Franklin, pictured here.

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Charlie Shelton