On December 21, 2012 AfriClassical posted: "Angelica Hairston: 'Classical music protégés present a free concert on December 30 in tribute to Azira and Jesse Hill." David E. Robinson, III, Founder and Artistic Director, Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. sends several pictures from the event, as well as a description of the program:
Greetings Bill,
Happy
New Year! I don't know if you had received this information from the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Talent Development Program Alumni.
On
Sunday, December 30, 2012 the Alumni of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra's Talent Development Program held a benefit concert in honor
of the late, Jesse Hill, Jr. and his wife, Azira Hill at First
Presbyterian Church of Atlanta (next to the Woodruff Arts Center). They
were awesome. It was a beautiful tribute to this couple who have
supported this program. Mr. Jesse Hill recently passed away. He was a
Civil Rights activist as well as former CEO of Atlanta Life Insurance
Company. He worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Alums
(and one current student) that performed were Angelica Hairston (harp),
Mason Munson (harp, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto), Christopher
Mosley (violin, Georgia State University), Khary Joyner (cello,
Juilliard), Amyr Joyner (violin, Peabody Conservatory, U. of Kentucky),
Drew Forde (viola, Mercer University), Tara Byrdsong (flute, Converse
College), Ismail Akbar (cello, Oberlin, Mercer, South Carolina
Philharmonic), Xavier Foley (cello, Curtis Institute), Keanu Mitanga
(cello, Atlanta International School), Chelsea Sharpe (violin, Rice
University), Shaquille Southwell (clarinet, Juilliard), Andrew Cleveland
(cello, Cleveland Institute of Music), and Bryant Wright (viola, New
England Conservatory, Juilliard).
For
more than two decades, one of Atlanta's most respected couples, Mrs.
Azira and Mr. Jesse Hill, Jr. have given unselfishly of their time and
their treasure to help students of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent
Development Program grow and develop into world-class musicians. They
have witnessed how the program that Mrs. Hill helped found has evolved
into a model for youth music programs across the country.
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