Legendary Black musician Charles Burrell honored through curriculum at Aurora school: "Be like Charlie"
On any given weekday, inside an Aurora classroom, you can find students producing their own masterpieces: from singing a cappella duets to scratching over beats, even creating music podcasts talking about their current favorite artists.
Each project encompasses the spirit of Denver musical legend Charles Burrell, as part of a school in his namesake.
"He broke the barrier," Burrell Arts Campus Principal Kurtis Quig described Burrell simply. "There are so many artists of color that didn't see themselves in that genre at all. He was able to have people follow him."