Voices Rising

Thursday, February 27 @7:30 PM
Worcester Center for Crafts
25 Sagamore Road, Worcester
Pre-concert talk @7:00 PM
Post-concert wine and dessert reception

The voices of five Black American composers rise as they are recognized and represented on stage and claim their places as vital contributors to the American musical canon. They rise in protest, pain, grief, joy, heartbreak, and more as they tell stories of the Black experience in America through their music.

In collaboration with Worcester Black History Project and including the art show I’ve Known Rivers: Black Americans and Labor

Program
Allison Loggins-Hull
Homeland ♦ listen

Carlos Simon
An Elegy: A Cry From the Grave ♦ listen
Warmth from Other Suns ♦ listen

Jessie Montgomery
Strum ♦ listen

James Lee III
Abraham’s Sons, In Memory of Trayvon Martin ♦ listen

Adolphus Hailstork
String Quartet No. 2,“Variations on Swing Low Sweet Chariot” ♦ listen

Generously sponsored by Worcester Chamber Music Society Board of Directors