Students of the Shepherd School present a concert of repertoire written by black composers to celebrate Black History Month.
Repertoire
Florence Price: Five Art Songs
Travel’s End
Fantasy in Purple
To My Little Son
Hold Fast to Dreams
Sympathy
Jillian Krempasky, mezzo-soprano
Lyndsi Maus, piano
Shawn Okpebholo: Lullaby | Ballad | Spiritual
I. My Mama’s Sweet Baby Boy
II. The Blind Child’s Prayer
III. Scandalizin’ My Name
Vishal Kumar, flute
Jacqueline Palmer, oboe
Sofie Friedlander, bassoon
Stefan L. Smith: Quintet in the Key of Blue
II. Hymn for the Lost
Marina Ziegler, violin
Timothy Tan, violin
Molly Pope, viola
Jalayne Mitchell, cello
Christian Harvey, double bass
Quinn Mason: Brass Sextet
I. Hymn
II. Ballad
III. Lively
Jesdelson Vasquez and Lydia Hanje, trumpets
London Stovall and Christian León, horn
Sebastian Alvarez, trombone
Diego Jaquez, tuba
Robert Nathaniel Dett: Magnolia Suite
IV. Mammy
Antonio Centenera, piano
Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Langston
Introduction No. 1 “Helen Keller”
I. Prelude. Helen Keller Introduction No. 2 “Danse africaine”
II. Danse africaine Introduction No. 3 “Le grand duc mambo”
III. Le grand duc mambo Introduction No. 4 “In Time of Silver Rain”
IV. Silver Rain Introduction No. 5 “Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret”
V. Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret Introduction No. 6 “Summer Night”
VI. Harlem’s Summer Night
Anika Veda, flute
Triniti Rives, clarinet
Betty Chen, piano
Jaylin Vinson, narrator
