For its 2023-24 season, the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra is headed to the future. “Our Future,” the theme of the symphony’s 95th season, will showcase music that will focus not only
For its 2023-24 season, the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra is headed to the future. “Our Future,” the theme of the symphony’s 95th season, will showcase music that will focus not only
The Charlotte Pride Band (CPB), under the artistic direction of John Stanley Ross, presents “Spring Fling 2022, World Premiere”. This special concert features the world premiere of an exciting work, “A Place We Call Home”, by Terrell Cordice. CPB commissioned the piece in 2019. Additionally, the event has not one, but two guest soloists! Sam Sparrow, clarinetist with the Charlotte Symphony, will perform “Solo de Concours” with CPB. In addition, CPB welcomes Zoe Tarrant, the winner of the band's first ever Youth Soloist competition. She is a student at the Northwest School of the Arts.
In addition to the premiere, the band will perform works by a diverse array of composers including Travis Cross, Johannes Brahms, Cedric Adderley, Rossano Galante, Omar Thomas, Ed Huckeby, and Andre Messager.
The concert is Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 5pm at Park Road Church, 3900 Park Road. Tickets start at $20 and are available at www.charlotteprideband.org/tickets.
âI Have a Dreamâ will be put to music in Milton
By Robert Knox Globe Correspondent,Updated January 14, 2021, 1:22 p.m.
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Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University s Center for Antiracist Research.Steven Senne/Associated Press
A prominent author and historian will offer his thoughts on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a vocalist who has performed with the Boston Pops will perform a musical version of Kingâs historic âI Have a Dreamâ speech in a livestream concert at the end of this month.
Milton Community Concerts will feature a group of Black performers and composers, plus reflections by National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi in the benefit âStill Dreaming: A Musical Tributeâ taking place on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m.