H. Leslie Adams Songs Named for Feb. 10 African American Art Song Alliance Convention

[African American Art Song Alliance Convention 2007]

American Composers Alliance

Date: Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:00pm 

The African American Art Song Alliance Convention, will take place at the University of California Irvine, February 9-12, 2012. Founded in 1997 by Countertenor, Darryl Taylor, the AAASAC is home to shared activities and presentations between performers and scholars interested in art song repertoire composed by African-American composers.

Several works by H. Leslie Adams are scheduled to be presented this year, on February 10th at 2pm, in the Claire Trevor Theatre at UC Irvine. 

The Adams concert will feature: Hymn to Freedom, a cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and chamber orchestra, The Wideer View and Nightsongs, two of the composer's Song Cycles, as well as "Night People" (world premiere) and "Lullaby Eternal" (both from the song collection Daybirth) and "Love Memory" (from Collected Songs).

The H. Leslie Adams Homepage is at: http://www.hleslieadams.com [H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]