You’re invited to join Chicago Artists for Action for our bimonthly listening party! Our musicians will guide you through a selection of songs chosen in response to the current moment in our city, our country, and our world. We’ll listen together, reflect on our connections to the music, and imagine how our connections inspire us to action for justice.

This event will be led by guest presenter LaRob K. Payton. A native of Temple Hills, Maryland, Bass-Baritone, LaRob K. Payton developed a love for singing at an early age. He found a spirit in the Gospel songs he sang, passion in the R&B he heard, and nuance in the Classical music he studied. A graduate of DePaul University where he received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, LaRob has studied with world-renowned teachers, directors, and coaches and has had musical opportunities that include traveling to study language, culture, and music. LaRob continues to sing around the Chicago-area (William Ferris Chorale/North Shore Baptist Church) and is the Founder and Artistic Director of Hearing in Color, an organization dedicated to uplifting those whose contributions and stories have been historically excluded from classical spaces.  LaRob aims to use his voice to connect people from different communities as a newly appointed host of Chicago's Classical music station, WFMT (98.7 FM), and hopes to continue changing the predominantly white, European, male centered classical canon.