Maestro Kirk Smith
Reginald Smith, Jr., Baritone
Citywide Grassroots Chorus
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Duke Ellington, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and H. Leslie Adams are featured at AfriClassical.com
The Houston Symphony celebrates Black History Month with a
special concert featuring a wide representation of African-American
contributions to music, from the late-Romantic era, through jazz, modern
art songs and gospel. Four choruses from the greater Houston community
will join the orchestra: the CityWide Grassroots Chorus,
Houston Baptist University's Schola Cantorum and University Singers and
members of the Brentwood Baptist Church Chorale. Our soloist for the
evening will be baritone Reginald Smith Jr., winner of the 2015
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Praised for his “ample
and thrillingly dramatic” voice, Smith possesses “one of the most
exciting baritone sounds to come along in years...” (Opera News)
To purchase tickets, click here.
This concert will be held at the Morris Cultural Arts Center at Houston Baptist University. For directions, click here.
Program
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade
Arr. J. Dean: Ride On, King Jesus
K. Mechem: Blow Ye the Trumpet
from John Brown
J. R. Johnson/N. Hersh: Lift Ev’ry
Voice and Sing
Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
for Strings
1. Sonata Allegro: Allegro
Ellington/L. Norris: Tribute to
Ellington
H. L. Adams: Nightsongs
1. Prayer
4. Night Song
6. Creole Girl
D. Clark-Cole/G. Caldwell: You
Can’t Hurry God
Artist
Kirk Smith, conductor
Reginald Smith Jr., baritone
CityWide Grassroots Chorus
Adavion Wayne, director
HBU Schola Cantorum and
HBU University Singers
Dr. John Yarrington, director
Members of the Brentwood Baptist
Church Chorale
Lydia A. Alston, Minister of Worship and
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