Hope in the Night
March 18, 2022, 7:00PM Pre concert discussion with George Shirley, 7:30PM Concert
Duke Ellington School of the Arts | The Ellington Theater | 3500 R St NW, Washington, DC 20007
George Shirley, tenor
PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Music Director Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Orchestra and Orchestral Director Isaac Daniel
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Concert Chorale and Choral Conductor Dr. Monique Spells
Program
- William Dawson: There is a Balm in Gilead
- William Dawson: Negro Work Song (world concert premiere)
- William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony (DC premiere)
- The Bond of Africa
- Hope in the Night
- O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Night in the Tropics
Special Thanks to the Leadership Council
- Terri Allen
Executive Director
Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts - Dr. Gwynne Brown
Professor of Musicology
University of Puget Sound - Kevette Burwell
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Alumni Association - Dr. Lorenzo F. Candelaria
Professor of Musicology
Vanderbilt University - Catherine Chieco, MS, MSW
Writer - Dr. Mark Clague
Associate Professor of Musicology
University of Michigan - Eugenia V. Colón, CFRE
President & CEO
Colón & Associates, LLC - Dr. John Michael Cooper
Professor of Music
Southwestern University - Christopher Cowan
Director, U.S. International
Development Finance Corp. - Isaac Daniel
Assistant Principal
Duke Ellington School for the Arts - Kevin Deas
Baritone - Kehembe V. Eichelberger
Associate Professor Voice
Howard University - Regan Leslie Ford
Director, SE Washington, DC, Campus
Levine Music - Dr. Matthew Franke
Master Instructor
Howard University - Jennifer Hayman
Director of Music and Arts
All Souls Church Unitarian - Melvin and Juanita Hardy
Millennium Arts Salon - Mary and Philip Kopper
Advocates for the performing arts - Marty Austin Lamar
Director of Music and Creative Arts
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church - Jocelyn McClure
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Alumni Association - Tony and Buffy Miles
Advocates for the performing arts - Ronald Lee Newman
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Alumni Association - Ricky Ramón
Professor, Theater
Howard University - George Shirley
Tenor
University of Michigan - Pamela Simonson
Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts - Jeffery Tribble Jr.
President and CEO
Levine Music - Greg Watkins
Music Director
CAAPA Chorale
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