The Souls of Black Folk: Rediscovering Black Classical Music
Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
All Souls Church: 1500 Harvard St NW (@16th), Washington, DC
Elizabeth G. Hill, piano
Melissa Constantin, soprano
Patrick Hamilton, Daks McClettie, Lauren Smith, Lauryn Williams, readers
prepared by Ricky Ramon and John Woods III
CAAPA Chorale conducted by Music Director Greg Watkins
Chester Burke, Jr., piano
PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Music Director Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Abel Pereira and James Nickel, horns
Chris Gekker and Chris Royal, trumpets
Javier Nero, Christopher Reaves, and Matthew Guilford, trombones
Jenn White, host
Program
- Harry Burleigh: “Deep River”
- Harry Burleigh/Langston Hughes: “Lovely Dark and Lonely One”
- Margaret Bonds/Langston Hughes: “African Dance" (posthumous premiere)
- Margaret Bonds/Langston Hughes: excerpts from The Ballad of the Brown King
- Margaret Bonds/Langston Hughes: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
- Margaret Bonds: “Dem Bones”
- Margaret Bonds: “Valley of the Bones”
- Harry Burleigh: “Wade in the Water”
- Margaret Bonds: “Troubled Water”
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- Florence Price: Six Pieces (1947)
- Florence Price: Fantasie Negre No. 4
- Florence Price: Octet for Brasses and Piano (world premiere)
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- Post-Concert Discussion
*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
Thank you to our funders and sponsors:

