Friday, April 23, 2021

CoroAllegro.org: "A Conversation Still Needed: William Grant Still and Black Lives" Sunday, April 25 at 4 PM ET



Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus, presents Jonathan Berryman, Director of the Heritage Chorale of New Haven, in A Conversation Still Needed: William Grant Still and Black Lives, the second episode of their online series Amplifying Black Voices, Sunday, April 25, 2021, at 4 pm. Join us for conversation, music, and stories as we explore William Grant Still’s courageous 1940 work, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, and the continued struggle for Black lives and equal justice. Guests include renowned mezzo soprano Marietta Simpson, Judith Anne Still, archivist and advocate for her father’s work, and baritone/narrator Ron Williams. Community Partner: The Equal Justice Initiative. Free event; donations welcome. RSVP for a link at coroallegro.org.

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