Grammy® Award-Winning Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham to Sing at Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Funeral on Saturday, August 29

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The Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will sing at the funeral mass for Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. The service will be held on Saturday, August 29, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts . President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy.

Susan Graham is one of today’s foremost stars of opera and recital. She can be heard in the great opera houses and with the most prestigious orchestras in the world. Her extensive discography includes a Grammy® Award-winning recording of the songs of American composer Charles Ives on the Warner Classics label. An expert in French music, Graham holds the honorary title of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, bestowed by the French government.

Born in New Mexico and raised in Texas , Susan Graham studied at Texas Tech University and the Manhattan School of Music, which awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2008. She won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Schwabacher Award from San Francisco Opera, as well as a Career Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. She was Musical America’s 2004 Vocalist of the Year, and, since 2006, her hometown of Midland , Texas has proclaimed September 5 “Susan Graham Day.”

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