About Me
Candace Burgess is a versatile scholar, researcher, educator, and vocalist. Academically, she has a Bachelor and Masters of Music in Performance Voice from Duquesne University and is currently pursuing her PhD in Musicology at the University of Pittsburgh’s Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
Research Interests
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The History of the African Diaspora in Classical Music
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Black American Classical Singers (pre-1950)
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Historical Black Classical music communities as seen in Brazil, Pittsburgh, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Black Archival Practice and Archival Studies
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Louisiana Creole songs
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Digital Humanities
Music
Candace specializes in the styles of opera, classical, jazz, and musical theater. An accomplished artist, Candace has shared the stage with Esperanza Spalding, Ysaye Barnwell, Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Peter Yarrow. Candace has participated in Chicago Summer Opera’s 2018 production of “Die Zauberflöte” as Third knaben and most recently Demaskus Theater collective’s May 2020 rendition of the opera “Song of the Uproar”. Candace was also the lead vocalist in The Associates of the Boston Public Library’s 2020 production of Giving Voice to the Abolitionists.
