Events

I Dream a World: Transitions and Trailblazers

Feb 8, 2025 & Feb 9, 2025 - click here for time schedule - English

Groundbreaking composers, a dramatic hymn and the American spirit...

Explore the rich artistic output of Black artists who bridged the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement, creating musical beauty during a war-torn era while finding greater acceptance in Europe than their own country. Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson leads Julia Perry's Stabat mater, a dramatic hymn that launched Perry's flourishing career across continents. William L. Dawson infused his Negro Folk Symphony with the hopeful spirituals from his childhood, while the "Dean of African American Composers" William Grant Still displays his version of the American spirit in his Festive Overture.