Sequina DuBose & Gregory Thompson
Biographie Sequina DuBose & Gregory Thompson
Sequina DuBose
is a soprano, recording artist, and scholar whose work centers on 21st-century hybrid vocal literature, particularly at the intersections of classical music, musical theater, jazz-influenced repertoire, and contemporary popular music styles. Recognized for her compelling stage presence and interpretive depth, she has built a career championing new works, rediscovered repertoire, and music that expands traditional conceptions of vocal performance. Through her work as both performer and researcher, she explores evolving approaches to vocal technique, performance practice, and genre integration in contemporary vocal music.
Recent concert appearances include performances as soprano soloist in André Thomas’ Mass: A Celebration of Joy and Love with the Charlotte Master Chorale, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Western Piedmont Symphony, and Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise with the Tulsa Symphony and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in commemoration of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre. She has also appeared as a featured soloist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and in recital and concert engagements throughout the United States.
On the operatic stage, DuBose has performed a wide range of contemporary and standard repertoire. Recent roles include Donna Elvira in Eve Summer’s contemporary adaptation of Don Giovanni with Opera Carolina and performances in the chamber operas Companionship by Rachel Peters and Tales from the Briar Patch by Nkeiru Okoye through the Virginia Arts Festival’s John Duffy Institute for New Opera. Career highlights include appearances with Detroit Opera, the Royal Danish Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and American Opera Projects, where she portrayed Rachel in the world premiere of Nkeiru Okoye’s folk opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom. She also toured nationally and internationally with the American Spiritual Ensemble under the direction of Everett McCorvey, Chorale Le Chateau under the direction of Damien Sneed, and with legendary soprano Kathleen Battle as a featured ensemble member in Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey, culminating in a performance at the Metropolitan Opera.
A dedicated advocate for contemporary composers and historically overlooked voices, DuBose’s recordings include Blurred Lines: 21st Century Hybrid Vocal Literature (Albany Records) and B.E. Boykin’s Moments in Sonder, recorded as part of WDAV Classical Public Radio’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative. Her forthcoming PARMA Recordings release, BONDS UNSUNG, highlights newly published and overlooked works by Margaret Bonds, including selections from the recently rediscovered musical Bitter Laurel. DuBose serves as Associate Professor of Classical and Contemporary Voice and Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Certificate Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where her creative and scholarly work continues to advance the study, performance, and pedagogy of 21st-century hybrid vocal literature.
Gregory Thompson
Pianist Gregory Thompson is known for his work as a solo and collaborative artist in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Of his Carnegie Hall debut, The New York Times praised his “intuitive playing” and his ability to “make a melodic line sing and inflect it with delicate rubato effects.” His international performance credits include concerts at Marmolle Hall, Salzburg, The Atelier Concert Series in Paris, and at the Teatro Signorelli. In the United States, he has played at Weill and Zankel Halls, as well as Steinway Galleries in North Carolina and Georgia.
His varied repertoire ranges from Beethoven and Schubert to Prokofiev, George Walker, and Adolphus Hailstork. Artists with whom he has collaborated include singers Grace Bumbry, Allan Glassman, and Russell Thomas, as well as woodwind faculty members of Austria’s Mozarteum. His concerto performances have included the Baltimore Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestras.
Thompson holds degrees from Peabody Conservatory, Limestone College, and the University of South Carolina. As a committed educator, he has served on the faculties of colleges and universities in Ohio, as well as North and South Carolina.
