WWU Concert Choir: A Celebration of Black Music
Free
- Richard L. Hodges, baritone
- Timothy Fitzpatrick, piano
Roland Carter / Traditional — In Bright Mansions Above
Hall Johnson / Traditional — When I was sinkin' down
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Lovely Dark and Lonely One (Richard L. Hodges, baritone)
Margaret Bonds — Three Dream Portraits ("III. I, Too"; Richard L. Hodges, baritone)
Mark Fax — Love (Richard L. Hodges, baritone)
Robert Owens — Mortal Storm (No. 5: Genius Child; Richard L. Hodges, baritone)
Various — Selected works (jazz & popular works performed by WWU Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combos)
Performance featuring the WWU Concert Choir, Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combos, and Dr. Richard L. Hodges, baritone.
About Richard L. Hodges, baritone
Richard L. Hodges, a "powerhouse baritone" as described by The Wall Street Journal, is an electric presence on stage. He is an artist of the time, from title roles in Gianni Schicchi, Hamlet, Porgy and Bess, Il Tabarro, and stand-out performance of Preacher in The Industry's Sweet Land. His collaborative engagements have led to composition, stage direction, creative direction, and writing.
https://richardlhodges.com/About Timothy Fitzpatrick, piano
Timothy Fitzpatrick is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the WWU, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral conducting, repertoire, and pedagogy, and conducts the Concert Choir, Western Voices, and Chamber Vocal Jazz.
A versatile musician with many areas of expertise, Prof. Fitzpatrick has pursued a career that is supported by outstanding academic achievements and diverse musical endeavors including piano performance and pedagogy, harpsichord studies, collaborative solo and choral accompanying, church music ministry, and popular music arranging and recording. He has studied private voice, and performed opera, classical, jazz, Broadway, and popular idioms on the concert stage.
https://cfpa.wwu.edu/people/fitzpat