Hannah Edgar | For WBEZ

20240313_AyannaWoods_Taylor Glascock_313.jpeg. Chicago, IL - March 13: Composer and musician Ayanna Woods poses for a portrait in her home on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Chicago, Ill. Woods is the music director and composer of the new opera, “Force”, which will premiere at the Museum of Contemporary Art on March 28. (Taylor Glascock/for WBEZ)

Music

Ayanna Woods — part of a very musical Chicago family — is taking the classical world by storm

Woods will see the fruits of one of her longest-germinating projects when “FORCE! an opera in three acts” is staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art this week.

By Hannah Edgar | For WBEZ