On Saturday, March 2 at 7pm, Westminster Choir College’s Black and Hispanic Alliance will present “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” a celebration of the African American tradition through poetry, music, art and dance. The program features the Unashamed Gospel Choir directed by Jalyssa James, Canticum Novum directed by Vinroy Brown, Jr., soprano Rochelle Ellis, pianist Brandon Waddles and organist Taione Martinez. It will include the readings of Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks and Adrienne Rich. It will also include music by George Gershwin, William L. Dawson & Nina Simone, and will feature Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the premiere of Brandon Waddles’ Fix Me, Jesus. The concert is in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster Choir College campus and admission is free.
On Sunday, March 3 at 3pm, renowned soprano and Westminster faculty member Sharon Sweet will sing opera arias and ensembles with 18 of her friends! Educated at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Sweet has sung leading roles at Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Royal Opera House in London (Covent Garden). She has also sung Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mahler’s 8th Symphony, and Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder with major orchestras across Europe and North America. Her extensive discography includes recordings with Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, Marek Janowski, and Lorin Maazel. This concert is also in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster Choir College campus. Admission is free!
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