Saturday, March 27, 2010

MusicUNTOLD Chorale Sings 'I Dream a World' by Langston Hughes at Long Beach JUNETEENTH, June 15, 2010


[Chorale Director Zanaida Robles by Steven Georges/Staff Photographer, Long Beach Press-Telegram]

AfriClassical has received this news fom John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD, http://musicuntold.com/:
“The 25-member MusicUntold Chorale will open Long Beach JUNETEENTH WorldWide at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center with 'I Dream a World' by Langston Hughes, musical arrangement by Dr. Rosephanye Powell; and 'A Letter from Lincoln,' with music composed by Ulysses Kay to accompany the text of Abraham Lincoln's correspondence to a Confederate widow. The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, a federal agency in Washington DC, has endorsed the performance of 'A LETTER from LINCOLN' as an official performance of the Commission. John Malveaux"

The Commission tells John Malveaux of the performance: “And it has the distinction of being the last endorsement ever to go through to the Commission, as we are closing shop here in a couple weeks. Your endorsement will be listed on our website which lives on, and a letter of endorsement will arrive in the mail.” “Many thanks for your support of the Bicentennial celebration!” [Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917-1995) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma of Lawrence University Conservatory]





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