Harlem Chamber Players 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture presents The Harlem Chamber Players’ 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration. Terrance McKnight will open with Big Timer’s Blues, featuring poetry by Langston Hughes with a traditional spiritual, followed by one of the evening's featured artists Candice Hoyes, performing Zora’s Moon for soprano with members of The Harlem Chamber Players. Featured artist, cellist-composer Akua Dixon, will make her Harlem premiere of We The People for string quartet. Join us for a delightful evening celebrating Black music.
The multi-disciplinary artist Terrance McKnight will host this event.

1. Terrance McKnight Big Timer’s Blues (featuring poetry by Langston Hughes with a traditional spiritual)
   
2. Candice Hoyes Zora’s Moon for soprano and string quartet (arr. Jordyn Davis)
   
3. Akua Dixon We The People for string quartet (Harlem premiere)
   
4. Ernest Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, Op. 37 for soprano, piano, and string quartet
   
5. Akua Dixon “Uncross My Soul” from Marie Laveau, an opera
   
6. Akua Dixon Afrika! Afrika! for solo cello and string quintet

The non-profit Harlem Chamber Players Inc., is an ethnically diverse collective of professional classical musicians dedicated to bringing high-caliber, affordable, accessible live classical music to people in the Harlem community and beyond. The Harlem Chamber Players help build diverse audiences for classical music through community and educational outreach as well as collaborations with other arts organizations, schools and cultural institutions. The Harlem Chamber Players promote an appreciation for live classical music, local community access to the arts and arts inclusion.

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GUESTS Please note that holding seats in the Langston Hughes Auditorium is strictly prohibited and there is no food or drinks allowed anywhere in the Schomburg Center.

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Host or Publisher Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture