United Sounds of America - Twin Poets & Melomanie

Twin Poets Al Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha combine forces with Mélomanie in United Sounds of America, a collaboration of poetry, music, deep personal expression, and fearless social commentary.

United Sounds of America is a poetry and music collaboration of the Twin Poets, Mélomanie, composer Mark Hagerty, and percussionist/composer Jonathan Whitney. The program of 11 poems was performed to full houses and standing ovations in 2018. Delaware's Poets Laureate, Albert Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, performed their original poetry. Mélomanie accompanied and responded with music.

Audience members, performers, and arts organizations agreed that the work had to be captured on video and shared more broadly. We recorded the poems to maintain the excitement of the live performances and to capture the urgent topicality of the title work, United Sounds of America, which speaks unflinchingly and yet hopefully to this moment in our country.