The Schomburg Center presents The Harlem Chamber Players' 10th Annual Black History Month Celebration

Thursday, February 15, 2018, at 6:30 pm

This is an archived event, not part of the current festival.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Boulevard

New York, NY 10037

Harlem Chamber Players will host their 10th Annual Black History Month Celebration, co-presented by the Schomburg Center. This concert will feature Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Nonet for piano, winds and strings, and Major Scurlock will make his debut with The Harlem Chamber Players. Soprano Mari-Yan Pringle and baritone Kenneth Overton will perform music by H. Leslie Adams and selected spirituals.

Program

William Grant Still Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano
Margaret Bonds "Minstrel Man" from Three Dream Variations
Margaret Bonds "Dream Variations" from Three Dream Variations
H. Leslie Adams "Love Come and Gone" (text by Georgia Douglas Johnson)
H. Leslie Adams "Love Memory" (text by Paul Laurence Dunbar)
H. Leslie Adams "Love Response" (text by Paul Laurence Dunbar)
Roy Jennings "No Hiding Place"
Roy Jennings "Great Day"
John Carter "Toccata: Ride on King Jesus" from Cantata
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nonet

Featuring
Mikael Darmanie, Piano
Hassan Anderson, Oboe
Liz Player, Clarinet
Eric Davis, French Horn
Amy Fraser, Bassoon
Ashley Horne, Violin
Amadi Azikiwe, Viola
Robert Burkhart, Cello
Anthony Morris, Double Bass
Mari-Yan Pringle, Soprano
Jorell Wiliams, Baritone
James Davis Jr., Piano