Black Composers Concert ^®

Saturday, June 19, 2021
7:00 p.m.

James Wesley AME Zion Church
1615 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

 

Mr. Sam Ford, Master of Ceremonies

 

Program

 

Welcome………………………………………………………………. J W Johnson CSA

Introduction of Master of Ceremonies……………………………………………….

 

A Summer Day……………………………………………………………….. Lena McLin

Audrey J. Childs, piano

 

John Henry (Spiritual)………………………………………………. arr. Hall Johnson

Brandon A. Lockhart, tenor
Audrey J. Childs, piano

 

Folk Suite No. 4…………………………………………………….. William Grant Still

Umojo……………………………………………………………………. Valerie Coleman

QuintEssential Winds
Nan Raphael – Flute, Jim Dickey – Oboe, Paula Hickey – Clarinet,
Brenton Benfield – French Horn, Cheryl Nkeba – Bassoon

 

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (Spiritual)……………. arr. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Karen Egypt, piano

 

Just For Me…………………………………………………………………… Henry Davis

Now I’m On My Way……………………………………………………… Steven Hurd

Release Your Power……………………………………………………… Brian Spriggs

I’ve Decided to Make Jesus My Choice…………………….. Harrison Johnson

Dimitri Roach-Harris and the Singing Angels

 

Intermission

 

Nightsongs………………………………………………………………. H. Leslie Adams

Sence You Went Away………………………………………………. H. Leslie Adams

Anthony P. Ballard, tenor
Everett Williams Jr., piano

 

Words Like Freedom………………………………………………. Langston Hughes

Beauty I See………………………………………………………….. Matthew Z. Egypt

A Journey Fulfilled…………………………………………………. Matthew Z. Egypt

Matthew Z. Egypt

 

Steal Away (Spiritual)…………………………………………….. arr. Roland Carter

Cherie Davis, soprano
Audrey Childs, piano

 

Lift Every Voice and Sing (From 2020 BCC Concert) .. James Weldon Johnson / J. Rosamond Johnson

Across the Calm Waters of Heaven…………………………………………….. Ahmed Alabaca

Adoration………………………………………………………………….. Florence Price

DC Strings Workshop

 

Closing Remarks……………………………………………………………………………..