July 22, 2024 - NALEDI, Morgan Peterson, and Flora in Flight

NALEDI is a vocalist, composer and  educator from Johannesburg, South Africa.  Her music is grounded in Jazz, the church, and her heritage.  Her  dreams of studying music in the United States were realized when she landed a  full scholarship to New England Conservatory.  Then, after receiving a prestigious Kennedy Center Artist in Residence honor, her career took off with performances at storied venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center.  She joins us to talk about her debut album BATHO, and upcoming performance at Cambridge Jazz Festival.From there it’s multi-media artist and professional glassblower Morgan Peterson. The Boston native, who recently emerged the winner of the NETFLIX glassblowing competition TV series, “Blown Away,”  joins us ahead of her event at the Sandwich Glass Museum.Finally, Grace Elton, CEO of New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, joins us to talk about their vast, kinetic, public art installation, “Flora in Flight.”