Friday, January 19, 2018

ClickOnDetroit.com: Performance series at UMMA [University of Michigan Museum of Art] celebrating black classical musicians coming Jan. 26

Click On Detroit/ All About Ann Arbor

The narrated concert is collaboration of U-M schools, museum


By Meredith Bruckner - Community News Producer    

ANN ARBOR - As part of the University of Michigan's 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, "Out of the Silence" celebrates the lives of African-American musicians at the turn of the 20th century.

SMTD@UMMA Performance Series: "Out of Silence"
When: Jan. 26, 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: UMMA Museum Apse
Free and open to the public
First come, first served seating

The performance is presented as part of the SMTD@UMMA Performance Series, which annually puts on 6-8 one-of-a-kind performances that connect with the collections, spaces and exhibitions of UMMA and showcases the talent of faculty, students and staff at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
Blending live performances and spoken narrative, the evening will explore the spirit and history of seldom-heard African-American classical music by composers Florence Price, Harry T. Burleigh, William Grant Still, Harry Freeman, Margaret Bonds and others.                       

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