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Tickets for this FREE concert will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning on Saturday, January 8, 2022, at 10 a.m. – online, in person, or by phone (216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141).
The Cleveland Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Jacqueline Echols, soprano
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus
Dr. William Henry Caldwell, director
This uplifting concert will showcase the music of prominent Black composers — such as Dolores White, Mary D. Watkins, Carlos Simon, Brian Raphael Nabors, William Grant Still, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — as well as music in the African American spiritual tradition. The program concludes with James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson’s beloved hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2022 Community Service Awards will be presented as part of this concert.
DOLORES WHITE Celebration
MARY D. WATKINS Soul of Remembrance
TRADITIONAL Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
TRADITIONAL Deep River
CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
BRIAN RAPHAEL NABORS Iubiolo
TRADITIONAL Cert’n’y Lord
TRADITIONAL Lord I Want to Be a Christian
TRADITIONAL Seek the Lord
WILLIAM GRANT STILL ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Phone: 216-231-1111
Email: boxoffice@clevelandorchestra.com
Website: https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2122/commu...
