PROGRAMS

TEMPLES FOR TOMMOROW

Inspired by Langston Hughes’ essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”, Temples for Tomorrow is an 8-week cross-curricular music history workshop for high school students. The program is designed to strengthen students’ presentation/public speaking, musical historical evaluation, self-efficacy for musical text comprehension, research, and translation skills while introducing students to the history of Black participation in Classical vocal music.

5 CREOLE SONGS AS ARRANGED BY CAMILLE NICKERSON

“Five Creole Songs” as arranged by Camille Nickerson is a lecture recital created to educate people about the legacy of  Afrocreole people via the  “Five Creole Songs” as arranged by Camille Nickerson. The program is 1 hour long and includes time for audience questions.

FREE WITHIN OURSELVES: A LECTURE-RECITAL

Free Within Ourselves is a multi-media program focused on celebrating the lives and legacies of  African Descended Classical Composers and Arrangers by showcasing selected vocal works of Richard O. Thompson, Maude Cuney Hare, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Marques L.A. Garrett, Cynthia Cozette Lee, and Harry Lawrence Freeman.

FREE WITH OURSELVES: PHENOMENAL WOMEN

"Free Within Ourselves: Phenomenal Women" is a multi-media program focused on celebrating the lives and legacies of  African Descended female Classical Composers and Arrangers by showcasing selected vocal works of Maude Cuney Hare and Cynthia Cozette Lee.