Press Release Oct 01, 2021 NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Opera Honors Recipient Carlisle Floyd It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Carlisle Floyd, opera composer and librettist, and recipient of a 2008 NEA Opera Honor.
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Press Release May 15, 2015 Statement on the Death of B.B. King, NEA National Heritage Fellow and National Medal of Arts Recipient