Holding On Through Song VI: featuring Robert Sims and Kearstin Piper Brown

Name: Holding On Through Song VI: featuring Robert Sims and Kearstin Piper Brown
Start: 2025-01-31T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-31T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word

Schedule

Fri Jan 31 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word | Rochester, NY

Two Performances:
Friday, January 31, 7:30PM @ The Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
Sunday, February 2, 4PM @ Downtown United Presbyterian Church
This year, First Inversion is thrilled to bring baritone and spirituals specialist, Robert Sims to Rochester thanks to a grant from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts and Cultural Initiative, received through the Rochester Area Community Foundation. Along with our dear friend and local superstar soprano, Kearstin Piper Brown, and the choir of First Inversion, we will present our annual exploration of the American Negro Spiritual, this time with a special focus on the works (both literary and musical) of R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), who was the first person of African descent to earn a degree at the Eastman School of Music in 1932 (MM composition). This year's Holding On through Song is not to be missed! As always, the concerts are offered as a gift to our community with suggested ticket prices to support our work ($25/adult, $10/student).