Voices From the Past: Black Music of the Colonial Period and Forgotten Patriots

Schedule

Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Montpelier Cultural Arts Center | Laurel, MD

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This riveting, narrated recital takes audience members back to America’s colonial period to explore the music, instruments, voices, and lives of enslaved Africans and forgotten patriots. The music will include period instruments, traditional folk songs, patriotic selections, and Negro spirituals performed by Black musicians. Produced by the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA).
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Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Rd,Laurel,MD,United States

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