Damien Geter's 'An African American Requiem'

• Resonance Ensemble
• NEWorks Voices of America (NVoA)
• NEWorks Philharmonic Orchestra
• Jacqueline Echols, soprano
• Karmesha Peake, mezzo-soprano
• Kenneth Overton, baritone

Portland composer Damien Geter’s bold, thought-provoking musical response to violence against African Americans in the United States receives it’s east-coast premiere at the Kennedy Center. Commissioned by the Portland-based Resonance Ensemble, Geter's An African American Requiem infuses the traditional Latin requiem with spirituals, modern declarations relating to racial violence against African Americans, as well as a setting of Ida B. Wells’s speech "Lynching is Color Line Murder" and the famous last words of Eric Garner, "I can’t breathe."

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About Resonance Ensemble

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About NEWorks Voices of America (NVoA)

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About NEWorks Philharmonic Orchestra

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About Jacqueline Echols, soprano

https://www.l2artists.com/jacqueline-echols/

About Karmesha Peake, mezzo-soprano

https://www.karmeshapeake.com/

About Kenneth Overton, baritone

https://www.kennethoverton.com/