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We
are happy to share news about our 2015 Eastside College Preparatory
School Benefit concerts. Yes, concerts! This year we look forward to
welcoming our growing audience at two performances – Saturday, January
24 and Sunday, January 25, both at 3 pm in the beautiful Performing Arts Center of Eastside Prep. Advance tickets will be available in the fall.
Our
core group of performers and guest artists, including the incomparable
Valerie Capers, John Robinson, Jim Kassis and John Worley, will return
to the Eastside stage, along with the Eastside Choir under the direction
of David Chaidez to present a rich and varied program of music by
African American composers, spanning the worlds of jazz, spirituals,
freedom songs, and art music, including a vibrant new jazz/classical
crossover trio for Picasso Ensemble by John Robinson.
In
our 2015 concert, entitled "Walk Together", the 50th anniversary year
of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, we pay homage to the life and
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the courageous civil rights
activists, from youth to the elderly, whose efforts changed our
nation. We will perform spirituals that reflect Dr. King's ideals of
equality, justice, and peace, as well as music composed in his honor by
Valerie Capers, Lena, McLin, and Joshua McGhee. AACI gratefully
acknowledges the Musical Grant Program of the San Francisco Friends of
Chamber Music for providing a grant to commission a new composition by
McGhee.
Video from our 2014 concert will soon be available on our website. Video from our 2010 - 2013 concerts is viewable now.
We
wish you all enjoyable summer days and will send another update in the
fall! We appreciate the enthusiasm and interest of each audience member
as we joyfully share this bounty of music!
Sincerely,
Jodi Gandolfi, LaDoris Cordell, and Deanne Tucker
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