Celebrations and Revelations – 2021

Organization

Black History Month Music Tours

Date

Feb 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 20218:00 PM - 9:30 PM ESTAdd To Calendar

Event Details

Pianist, organist and composer Rashaan Rori Allwood, Violinist Tanya Charles Iveniuk, Trumpeter William Franklyn Leathers and Soprano Nadine Anyan will surprise and delight you with the music of Black composers whose names have been neglected in Western classical music tradition, and who you will want to add to your playlist. From the great Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, prolific composer, violinist and conductor who was born to an enslaved Black woman in 1745 in the French colony of Guadeloupe; to the self taught Errol Garner who never read music yet produced extraordinary jazz compositions such as the popular ‘Misty’. Enjoy a special treat of poetry of Langston Hughes set to music. Then be awed by young Rashaan Allwood who offers a selection of his own compositions.

Opening Performance (online): Monday, February 1, 2021 @ 8 – 9:30 PM EDT

This FREE concert will be streamed online from February 1, 2021 to February 28, 2021. Unlimited viewing!