Angelica Hairston writes:
The highly-anticipated Challenge the Stats (CTS) RHYTHM OF THE ROOTS 2021 virtual
concert will stream on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET. Rhythm
of the Roots will honor BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)
legacy makers, and amplify the need for racial justice through engaging
chamber music, dance and activism. "After what has been such a
difficult year, we look forward to celebrating artists of color and
using our voices and our music in the resounding call for justice,"
says Angelica Hairston. Angelica is the executive director of Challenge
the Stats, an organization she founded to empower classical artists of
color.
Concert highlights include: An
all-female string quartet performing the compositions of Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra musician Juan Ramirez and Atlanta native Joel
Thompson; Verena Anders, co-founder of Conductors for Change, performing
the piano works of Navajo composer Connor Chee; Harpist Angelica
Hairston and Hornist Marie Douglas performing a tribute to George Floyd
in “Listen to the Cry of Your Fellow Man,” composed by Charles Overton
and Gus Sebring; flutist Tara Byrdsong performing Atlanta native Carlos
Simon’s “Move It,” a piece written during the COVID 19 pandemic; Verena
Anders, Tara Byrdsong and Ricky Saucedo performing the works of Black
female composer Valerie Coleman; Poet Niani Braxton recites poems of
Langston Hughes; Dancer Michael Morris Jr. performs Sam Cooke’s “A
Change is Gonna Come,” arranged for string quartet by Atlanta native
composer Joel Thompson. Rhythm of the Roots is
co-presented by Challenge the Stats and Concerts @ First as part of
Challenge the Stats in Residence at First Presbyterian Church of
Atlanta. For more information visit www.challengethestats.org or
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