America’s 400th
Anniversary:
Voices Unveiled Concert
Norfolk,
Va.—As part
of the America’s 400th Anniversary, Norfolk
State University’s Concert Choir under the direction of
Dr. Carl Haywood and the Virginia Symphony under the
direction of Jean Montès will perform at the Voices
Unveiled Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at the
L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center.
The concert, which will also
be simulcast on WHRO 90.3 FM, is part of Norfolk State
University’s
Voices
from within the Veil
national
conference.
Daphne Maxwell Reid, a noted actress,
producer, and costume designer, will narrate the
concert, which will be a musical showcase of the
African-American odyssey in America. Interweaving song,
prose, and instrumental pieces, it will bring to life
the overall conference theme of African-American
perspectives on democracy in America.
The concert will also
include movements from Adolphus Hailstork’s monumental
oratorio, Done Made My Vow, “The Heavens Are
Telling” (Haydn), “Dry Your Tears” (from the movie,
Amistad), and Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday.” These
works will be performed with the combined forces of the
Virginia Symphony and the NSU Concert Choir. The
Symphony will perform Hailstork’s Entrada, the
final to Dvorak’s New World Symphony, and Aaron
Copland’s gripping composition, Lincoln Portrait.
Additionally, NSU
President Carolyn W. Meyers will be featured as the
narrator for the Lincoln Portrait. The NSU
Spartan Elite Jazz Combo will dazzle the audience with
“Strange Fruit” and the NSU Dance Theater will bring to
life, Langston Hughes,’ “I Too Sing America.” Lisa
Relaford and singers from the concert choir will perform
poignant spirituals and the full choir will sing
compositions by Ryder, Dett, Haywood, and Fissinger,
giving voice to a people struggling to be heard since
Jamestown 1607.
General Admission to the concert is $10;
however, registered conference attendees and NSU
students with valid ID will be admitted free. For more
information or to register for the conference, visit
www.nsu.edu/jamestown2007
or call
823-8373.
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