The Harlem Chamber Players: 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration
Free (Currently sold out; those without RSVPs will be admitted on a "first come, first served" basis)
- Akua Dixon, cello
- Candice Hoyes, soprano
- Don Byron, clarinet
- Ashley Horne, violin
- Claire Chan, viola
- William Frampton, viola
- Wayne Smith, cello
- Anthony Morris, double bass
- Jas Ogiste, piano
- Terrance McKnight, host
Candice Hoyes — Zora's Moon (arr. Jordyn Davis for soprano & string quartet)
Akua Dixon — We The People (for string quartet; NY premiere)
Ernest Chausson — Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 (for soprano, piano, & string quartet)
Akua Dixon — "Uncross My Soul" from The Opera of Marie Laveau
Akua Dixon — Afrika! Afrika! (for solo cello & string quartet)
Note: The RSVP list for this concert is now full. Those who did not register will be admitted on a first-come first-served basis after those who registered are seated.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture presents The Harlem Chamber Players’ 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration. The featured guest artist are cellist-composer Akua Dixon and soprano Candice Hoyes. This concert will include the New York premiere of the jazz cellist-composer Akua Dixon's We The People, the last movement of which will be a world premiere, thanks to a generous grant from the Cheswatyr Foundation.
About Akua Dixon, cello
About Candice Hoyes, soprano
About Don Byron, clarinet
About Anthony Morris, double bass
About Terrance McKnight, host
Terrance McKnight is an Artistic Advisor for the Harlem Chamber Players and serves on the board of the Bagby Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. He's frequently sought out by major cultural organizations for his insight into the cultivation of diverse perspectives and voices in the cultural sphere. He regularly curates concerts and talks at Merkin Concert Hall, the Billie Holiday Theatre the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Museum of Modern Art.
https://www.wqxr.org/people/terrance-mcknight/