Opera singer gets arrested for busking

Opera singer gets arrested for busking

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norman lebrecht

September 03, 2016

News from Alexandria, Va:

Around 9:45 pm Krista Monique Clouse was getting ready to sing Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria, a classical music favorite that she normally sang to a recorded orchestral accompaniment playing out of a small Bluetooth speaker. A small group of police officers approached, informed her that her singing was in violation of City Ordinance Sec. 11-5-4b.

Clouse responded that her singing with the recorded accompaniment was a protected constitutional right, referencing Davenport vs. City of Alexandria Virginia. One of the officers responded that he would arrest Clouse if she did not cease her singing.

And then it just got ugly.

Read on here. 

There’s some video here. 

krista monique clouse

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