A Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2025

Name: A Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2025
Start: 2025-01-24T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Eisenhower Auditorium

Schedule

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Eisenhower Auditorium | State College, PA

Adult $25
University Park Student $10
18 and Younger $15
https://cpa.psu.edu/events/choral-tribute-mlk-2025
Modeled after a program first presented in 1990 by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., 𝘼 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘿𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙅𝙧. will bring together vocal ensembles from Penn State and various Pennsylvania high school singing groups.
Performances will focus on choral and vocal music from African and African-American musical idioms that emphasize the legacy and influence of the late champion of civil and human rights. 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, a professional performing ensemble from Delaware, fuses traditional choral music with hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and spoken word.
The program will also feature 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘆, 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼-𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗿.