Phillips Collection: Jeanine de Bique & Warren Jones

Sunday, February 25, 2024 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Benjamin BrittenLes Illuminations, Op. 18
Henry Thacker "Harry" BurleighFive Songs on Poems by Laurence Hope
Reynaldo Hahn — Selected works (Mélodies TBA)
Traditional — Selected works (Caribbean folk & calypso songs)

In person: $45 ($25 member)
Stream: $15 ($10 member)

Northwest Chamber Chorus: How Can I Keep From Singing?

Saturday, June 11, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
NWCC features Canadian Sarah Quartel’s arrangement of How Can I Keep from Singing? in this program of songs of reunion, renewal, exploration, & inspiration.

Tickets: $25 ($20 seniors/active singers from other choral groups, ages 18 & under free)

Northwest Chamber Chorus: How Can I Keep From Singing?

Sunday, June 5, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
NWCC features Canadian Sarah Quartel’s arrangement of How Can I Keep from Singing? in this program of songs of reunion, renewal, exploration, & inspiration.

$25 ($20 seniors/choral singers, ages 18 & under free)

NYFOS: The Wider View – Songs by Black Composers

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Margaret Bonds — Selected works
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Robert Owens — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
Hall Johnson — Selected works
Duke Ellington — Selected works

Free (RSVP required; $0-$100 suggested donation)

Northwest Chamber Chorus: Hearts Wide Open

Sunday, March 20, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
NWCC features Marques L. A. Garrett’s lush new choral settings of art songs by the great American composer Harry Burleigh, plus Eurydice Osterman's arrangement of the spiritual Oh, What a Beautiful City.

Free (Online: $20 suggested donation | $25 adult, $20 seniors/choral singers, ages 18 & under free)

Northwest Chamber Chorus: Hearts Wide Open

Saturday, March 19, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
NWCC features Marques L. A. Garrett’s lush new choral settings of art songs by the great American composer Harry Burleigh, plus Eurydice Osterman's arrangement of the spiritual Oh, What a Beautiful City.

Free (Online: $20 suggested donation | $25 adult, $20 seniors/choral singers, ages 18 & under free)

Ladies Musical Club: Works by Black Composers (Solo Piano)

Thursday, February 17, 2022 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
Online event
Henry Thacker "Harry" BurleighFrom the Southland
Scott JoplinSolace
TraditionalDeep River (arr. Calvin Taylor)
TraditionalWayfaring Stranger (arr. Calvin Taylor)
Duke EllingtonPrelude to a Kiss (original piano solo in D-flat major)

Free

Baltimore Musicales: Love is in the Air

Sunday, February 6, 2022 @ 3:30pm – 4:30pm (EST)
Inter-Faith Chapel, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Florence Price — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
Undine Smith Moore — Selected works
Georges Bizet — Selected works
Franz Schubert — Selected works
Hugo Wolf — Selected works
Gabriel Fauré — Selected works

$15

Kaleidoscope: An introduction to Underrepresented Repertoire

Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (EST)
Online event
Drs. Artina McCain (piano) & Gwendolyn Alfred (soprano) present works by composers of African descent, including selections from Dr. McCain's recent publication 24 Traditional African American Folk Songs.

Free (Free (reservation required))

Ladies Musical Club: “Music of the Sea” for Voices & Piano

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Virtual "Happy Hour" concert featuring music for solo & duo sopranos with piano. Works by Harry Burleigh, Amy Beach, John Ireland, Johannes Brahms, & more.

Free (Free)

American Perspectives I: Goin' Home

Saturday, July 31, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 12:30am (EDT)
Online event
William Arms Fisher, arr. Inon Barnatan – Goin’ Home
Florence Price – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Antonín Dvořák – "II. Lento" from String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American"
Harry Burleigh – "An Ante-Bellum Sermon" from Plantation Melodies Old and New
Wynton Marsalis – "Many Gone" from String Quartet No. 1 “At The Octoroon Balls”
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180

Free (Free (registration required))

Sundays Live with LACMA: Samuel Nebyu, violin & Dr. Charles Abramovic, piano

Sunday, May 16, 2021 @ 9:00pm – 10:15pm (EDT)
Online event
Violinist Samuel Nebyu & pianist Charles Abramovic perform music by African American composers, including Joseph Bologne, Henry Thacker Burleigh, & Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Free

Violinist Kristin Lee & Pianist Jeremy Jordan: Americana [LIVE]

Thursday, April 29, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Jeremy Jordan – Fish Me a Dream
Jonathan Ragonese – Non-Poem No. 4
Harry Burleigh – Four Southland Sketches
Patrick Castillo – Cirque for solo violin
Amy Beach – Romance, Op. 23
George Gershwin, arr. Jeremy Jordan – But Not for Me
James Louis “JJ” Johnson, arr. Jeremy Jordan – Lament
Scott Joplin, arr. Jeremy Jordan – The Entertainer
Florence Price – Adoration
John Novacek – Four Rags

$10

Witness: Spirituals & the Classical Music Tradition, Episode 2 – Swing Low

Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 8:00am – 7:59am (EDT)
Online event
This series of free, digital programs explores the ways some Black American composers have found inspiration in the rich tradition of spirituals.

Free

The Bridge Concert III (A Black History Month Concert)

Sunday, February 28, 2021 @ 3:30pm – 4:30pm (EST)
Online event
A celebration of Black Music from Blacks in America and from Africa, bringing both worlds together whilst creating a platform where they can come together and celebrate their uniqueness.

$10+ donation, RSVP required

IDAGIO Live Global Concert Hall: Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow – Feel the Spirit Concert II [NEWLY RECORDED] (broadcast on-demand until 12/25/2020)

Monday, December 14, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Online event
2nd of a 2-part concert series, featuring mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford & tenor Edwin Cotton. Traditional spiritual arrangements by Jacqueline B. Hairston, William Grant Still, Margaret Bonds, Harry Burleigh, & many more.

$9.90

Groupmuse: Planetarymuse – Karmesha Peake's Story Comes to Life! [LIVE]

Friday, November 6, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Online event
Johannes Brahms – Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105, No. 1
Johannes Brahms – Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1
Henri DuParc – L'Invitation au Voyage
Gabriel Fauré – Ici-bas!, Op. 8, No. 3
Gabriel Fauré – Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
Émile Paladilhe – Psyché
Margaret Bonds – The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Margaret Bonds – Three Dream Portraits
Harry Burleigh – Lovely Dark and Lonely One
Roy Jennings – Take Me to the Water

$10+ donation, RSVP required