RSVP Today-Thursday, February 28 at 6:30 PM: 11th Annual Black History Month Celebration
The Harlem Chamber Players'
11th Annual Black History Month Celebration
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 6:30 PM
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Ave. & 135th Street)
New York, NY 10037
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This concert will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the
importation of the first black slaves to America. The Harlem Chamber
Players commissioned the noted composer Adolphus Hailstork to compose
the concert aria Nobody Know for this event. The composer and librettist Herbert Martin will be in attendance.
Tickets
This concert is free and open to the public. Please RSVP via Eventbrite.
Registration opens on February 14, 2019.
Program
Beethoven's Weary Blues
Adolphus Hailstork Piano Quintet "Detroit" for Piano and Strings (World Premiere)
Adolphus Hailstork Nobody Know for Baritone and Strings (World Premiere) with text by Herbert Martin
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet, Op. 96
Featuring
Terrance McKnight, Host and Orator
Adolphus Hailstork, Composer
Kenneth Overton, Baritone
Ashley Horne, Violin
Jessica McJunkins, Violin
Amadi Azikiwe, Viola
Wayne Smith, Cello
David Berry, Piano
Beethoven's Weary Blues
Adolphus Hailstork Piano Quintet "Detroit" for Piano and Strings (World Premiere)
Adolphus Hailstork Nobody Know for Baritone and Strings (World Premiere) with text by Herbert Martin
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet, Op. 96
Featuring
Terrance McKnight, Host and Orator
Adolphus Hailstork, Composer
Kenneth Overton, Baritone
Ashley Horne, Violin
Jessica McJunkins, Violin
Amadi Azikiwe, Viola
Wayne Smith, Cello
David Berry, Piano
Founded in 1925 as the Negro Literature, History and Prints Division of
the 135th Street Branch Library by Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the leading
cultural institutions in the world devoted to the preservation of
materials focused on African-American, African Diaspora, and African
experiences. Recognized for its prominence in digital humanities,
scholarly research, and vast collection spanning over 10 million items,
the Schomburg Center won the National Medal for Museum and Library
Service in 2015. Today, the Schomburg serves as a space that encourages
lifelong education and exploration with diverse programs that illuminate
the richness of black history and culture, and in 2017 it was named a
National Historic Landmark.
The Harlem Chamber Players is an ethnically diverse collective of
professional musicians dedicated to bringing high-caliber, affordable
and accessible live classical music to people in the Harlem community
and beyond. In addition, The Harlem Chamber Players seek to build an
audience for classical music in general through community and
educational outreach, as well as through collaborations with Harlem's
other arts organizations, schools and cultural institutions. The Harlem
Chamber Players not only bring live chamber music to underserved
neighborhoods in the Harlem community, but also create opportunities for
classically trained minority musicians.
Composers Now empowers all living composers, celebrates the diversity of
their voices and honors the significance of their contributions to the
cultural fabric of society.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE 100: A Community Celebration, 2018 – 2020 is a
community wide celebration marking the landmark 100th anniversary of the
Harlem Renaissance. This celebratory community collaborative effort,
spanning the next two years, is comprised of over 13 Harlem cultural
institutions who will be spearheading the celebration and the launching
of an extended series of programs, events and cultural activities.
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