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"STILL WE RISE: THE YOUNG BLACK ARTIST"
June 7, 2020 |
"Still We Rise: The Young Black Artist" is a panel discussion by several Black artists at the forefront of their industries. The conversation includes the current cultural climate, a history of micro-aggressions and "well-meaning" sentiments, what it means to be an effective ally, and how to allow for Black voices, and Black stories to be told through our art and our communities, as well as many other topics. Panelists Include: Andrew Adridge, Baritone Joshua Blue, Tenor Amanda Lynn Bottoms, Mezzo-Soprano Julia M. Bottoms, Visual Artist Julia Bullock, Soprano Joshua Conyers, Baritone Aaron Crouch, Tenor Tyler Mason-Dräffen, Educator Jeffery Miller, Jazz Trombonist Kenneth Overton, Baritone Rehanna Thelwell, Mezzo-Soprano
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BERNSTEIN: Songfest | GERSHWIN: An American in Paris | COPLAND: An Outdoor Overture
An American in Paris is one of Gershwin’s most vivacious works, an orchestral ballet saturated in homesickness and the blues. This recording, however, uses the new 2019 critical edition and offers Gershwin’s original orchestration, unheard for 75 years—leaner, more angular and transparent, it also employs the correct use of the iconic taxi horns, for a new sonic experience. The breezy vitality of Copland’s An Outdoor Overture is balanced by Bernstein’s Songfest—written to celebrate the Bicentennial Year in America, setting the verses of 13 of the country’s poets. |
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
François-André Danican Philidor's Le Maréchal ferrant (The Blacksmith) - Opera Lafayette
September 21 - October 12, 2020 & March 19 - 26, 2021
Eustis
September 21 - October 12, 2020 & March 19 - 26, 2021
Eustis
NEWARK BOYS CHORUS SCHOOL
Joshua Conyers visited the Newark Boys Chorus School in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Conyers shared with the students his experiences growing up in the South Bronx and Virginia with parents and siblings who struggled to maintain themselves in an often hostile neighborhood. Joshua performed a negro spiritual Ride on King Jesus by Hall Johnson and the boys sang several selections. Mr. Conyers has made a commitment to the school by joining the Young Professionals Advisory Board and will return to NBCS to mentor the students.
Joshua Conyers talking with the boys of the Newark Boys Chorus School
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The Newark Boys Chorus performing Give Us Hope
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