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Rooted in Rochester: A Celebration of Black Composers
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Rooted in Rochester: A Celebration of Black Composers
DATE February 9 & 11
LOCATION Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Pre-concert talk will start 1 hour before the show.
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Kearstin Piper Brown, soprano
Thomas Warfield, narrator
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK An American Fanfare
NKEIRU OKOYE Songs of Harriet Tubman
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No. 1 in Ab Major, “Afro-American”
JAMES LEE III Freedom’s Genuine Dawn (RPO Co-Commission)
DUKE ELLINGTON The River Suite
Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik makes a guest appearance in the Philharmonics series to conduct this special concert, a celebration in music of Black Rochesterians and Black Composers with historical ties to the RPO. Internationally acclaimed Rochesterians Kearstin Piper Brown and Thomas Warfield join the RPO for this program, featuring works by Adolphus Hailstork, Nkeiru Okoye, Duke Ellington, and an RPO Co-commission by James Lee III. A highlight of the night will be William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony, which was premiered in Rochester by the RPO in 1931.
