The Black Virtuoso Tradition
Saturday, February 26, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
A free one-day-only concert in person at THEARC
THEARC | 1901 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC
and live streamed on PCE’s YouTube Channel
Elizabeth G. Hill, piano
Steven Mayer, piano
Melissa Constantin, soprano
Produced by Joseph Horowitz, Executive Producer PostClassical Ensemble
Program
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869): The Banjo
- Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): American Suite, movement 3 (Allegretto)
- Antonin Dvorak: Humoresque in G-flat major
- Art Tatum (1909-1956): Humoresque
- Art Tatum: Tiger Rag
- Steven Mayer
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- Scott Joplin (1868-1917): The Favorite: A Ragtime Two-Step
- George Gershwin (1898-1937): Two Preludes
- Elizabeth Hill
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- James P. Johnson (1894-1955): Blueberry Rhyme
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941): Frances
- Fats Waller (1904-1943): Taint Nobody’s Business
- Steven Mayer
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- Florence Price (1887-1953): Fantasie Negre No. 4
- Florence Price: Piano Pieces (1947)
- Harry Burleigh (1866-1949): Wade in the Water (sung by Melissa Constantin)
- Margaret Bonds: (1913-1972): Troubled Water
- Elizabeth Hill
Post-Concert Discussion
The concert is free, but donations are welcome.
*Per venue guidelines, proof of vaccination (card or photo of card) or proof of negative COVID test within 3 days.
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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