Thursday, February 4, 2010

Black History Month Concerts on Feb. 6 & 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas


[Margaret Bonds, profiled at AfriClassical.com]

Nicole Taylor tells AfriClassical: “The major difference between the concerts is that the first one on February 6th is related to the University of Texas and Huston Tillotson University. The second one is my own concert in the community involving some of the same performers and some performers who are professionals in the community.”

The 4th Annual Black History Month Concert Celebrating Black Composers

The Star Spangled Banner (The National Anthem)……………………………...….Francis Scott Key

Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Negro National Anthem)…….…..J. W. Johnson and J. R. Johnson

arr. Roland Carter

HT Concert Choir

Dr. Gloria Quinlan, Director^; Dr. Stephen Burnaman, Piano^

Mrs. Mattie…………………………………………………………………………………………Brett Lee

Brett Lee, Poet~

Were You There……………………………………………………………………….arr. Nicole L Taylor Nicole L Taylor, Soprano+; Claudia Chapa, Mezzo-Soprano+

Purple Motions…………………………………………………………………………...……Phillip Adair*

Black Narcissus……………………………………………………………………….……Joe Henderson HT Jazz Combo
Javier Stuppard+, Director

I Too, Sing America from Three Dream Portraits……………………………….…..Margaret Bonds
Meaghan Heath, Mezzo-Soprano+; Christina Wright, Piano+

Steal Away to Heaven (medley)……………………………………………………………...Traditional

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Steal Away to Heaven
Julius Gordon, Tenor+; Jeanne Sasaki, Piano#

A Child’s Grace………………………………………………………………Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Gonna Ride Up in the Chariot…………………………………………………..arr. Betty Jackson-King

Carol Denea Jolivet, Soprano*; Dr. Stephen Burnaman, Piano^

I Want Jesus………………………………………………………………………….arr. Edward Boatner

Ride On, King Jesus…………………………………………………………………….arr. Hall Johnson
Veronica Williams, Mezzo-Soprano+; Jeanne Sasaki, Piano#

Love Let the Wind Cry...How I Adore Thee………………………………………………Undine Moore
Watch and Pray…………………………………………………………………arr. Undine Smith Moore Rene Simpson, Soprano+; Christina Wright, Piano+

Images of Freedom: Collage of Poetry, Dance, and Music………………………..Duke Ellington

It’s Freedom excerpts from Duke Ellington’s Second Sacred Concert

Selected excerpts from Freedom’s Plow by Langston Hughes Renee Davis, Choreographer/Dancer~; HT Concert Choir, Dr. Gloria Quinlan Director^Philip Adair, Piano*; Daniel Watson, Drums*; Richard Riley, Bass*

UT Jazz Combo; Jeff Helmer, Director#

Broken People……………………………………………………………………………………..Brett Lee Brett Lee, Poet~

I Got a Home in-a dat Rock………………………………………………………..arr. Harry T. Burleigh Andrew Ward, Bass*; Dr. Stephen Burnaman, Piano^

Give Me Jesus…………………………………………………………………………..arr. Moses Hogan Crystal Durham, soprano+; Alvez Barkoskie III, piano+

I Got to Lie Down……………………………………………………………………......arr. Hall Johnson Dallas Smith, Baritone*; Dr. Stephen Burnaman, Piano^

For You There is No Song……………………………………………………………….H. Leslie Adams Claudia Chapa, Mezzo-Soprano+; Nyle Matsuoka, Piano+

Psalm for Baritone…………………………………………………………………………….Mark Lomax

Deep River…………………………………………………………………………...arr. by Moses Hogan Malcolm Cooper, Baritone+; Nyle Matsuoka, Piano+

Three Selections from Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death…………...Dorothy Rudd Moore
Joy
Song for a Dark Girl
Invocation
Nicole L Taylor, Soprano+; Jeanne Sasaki, Piano#; Raine Munkens, Violin+

Shout for Joy……………………………………………………………………….Adolphus Hailstork HT Concert Choir; Dr. Gloria Quinlan, Director^; Dr. Stephen Burnaman, Piano^

*HT Student +UT Student ^UT Alumnus ~Guest Performer #UT Faculty

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