MLK Tribute Concert: FIGHT THE POWER! Curated by Zoë Ellis and Mark Montgomery French

Name: MLK Tribute Concert: FIGHT THE POWER! Curated by Zoë Ellis and Mark Montgomery French
Start: 2026-01-18T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-18T21:00:00-08:00
Location: The Freight

Schedule

Sun Jan 18 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Freight | Berkeley, CA

Freight instructor and Glide Memorial Church’s Music Director 𝗭𝗼𝗲̈ 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀, along with Music Historian and Glide Memorial Church’s Audio Video Director 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵, curates a narrated musical and visual tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with adventurous reimaginings of classic Civil Rights-focused songs from the ’60s through right now.
Featuring:
𝗭𝗼𝗲̈ 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 - Vocals and some narration
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 - Narrator
𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗮́𝗹 - Vocals
𝗕 𝗗𝗲𝗩𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘅 - Guitar and vocals
𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗟. 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 - Piano and vocals
𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 - Sax
𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 - Drums
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 - Bass
𝗝𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 - Percussion
Learn more: https://bit.ly/mlk-ftp
𝗭𝗼𝗲̈ 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀
Berkeley native Zoë Ellis is the Music Director for Glide Memorial Church. She co-founded the Freight Singers Community Chorus with Bryan Dyer, teaches singing for all levels at The Freight, and is a regular contributor to The Freight's Golden State of Song arts immersion program. She is also a longtime recording artist/performer in her own right.
Follow her at facebook.com/zoeellismusic
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵
Musician and visual artist Mark Montgomery French is an award-winning film composer with the group Spiky Blimp, host of the podcast “All Your Favorite Music is (Probably)…”, and Director of Audio Visual at Glide Memorial Church. In June 2025, he released his ambient protest album Thy Navel is a Goblet That Does Not Lack for Wine. He’s also a music historian noted for his talks All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black, Unsung Women of Music, and Black Country Before Beyoncé. He was formerly the co-leader of the ’90s progressive funk band Endangered Species.
Follow him at beacons.ai/mmfrench