As a plea for all mankind, HUMANITY looks to the strength of the human spirit and the collective resolve of its global community as a source of inspiration. Though separated by illusory divides and racial constructs, the call for humanitarian peace rings with pristine clarity and truth, thwarting the advances of prejudicial war and fear mongering at the hands of the power elite. As this social war rages between the mainstream and the subaltern we find ourselves reflecting on our similarities, the human condition, our humanity, to bridge the ephemeral gap that isolates us.

Through musical genres such as jazz, blues, afro-cuban music, and gospel that have historically communicated longings of the human heart and, coupled with the mainstream and the classical, this concert will highlight the “other,” giving voice to the voiceless, and imbuing the powerful with a soft-blue human hue.

Friday, February 8th
Bethesda-by-the-Sea (in Parrish Hall)
141 South County Road
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
7:00pm

Saturday, February 9th
TBA
8:00pm

*Forum pre-concert chat for 2/8 & 2/9 begin at 6pm and 7pm respectively

Concert Program:

Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan

~Latino Music Selections~

Strange Fruit by Abel Meeropol

Selections from Shadow of the Blues by John Musto

Silhouette
Could Be

The Negro Speaks of Rivers poem by Langston Hughes music by Margaret Bonds

~Gospel impromptu~

The Lord is my Shepherd for vocal ensemble by John Rutter

Dark Wood for bassoon, violin, cello, and piano by Jennifer Higdon

Hometown Glory & Turning Tables  by Adele

~Latino Music Selections~

Five Creek-Freedmen Spirituals for voice, (violin), and piano by Margaret Bonds
Selections from Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs from the Collected poems of Langston Hughes by Ricky Ian Gordon

Joy (Gordon)
Dry Bones (Bonds)

Genius Child (Gordon)
Lord, I just can’t keep from cryin’ (Bonds)

My People (Gordon)
Sit down Servant (Bonds)

Kid in the Park (Gordon)
I’ll Reach to Heaven (Bonds)

Prayer (Gordon)
You can tell the World (Bonds)

~Gospel Impromptu~

I Know where I’ve been from Hairspray music by Marc Shaiman/lyrics by Scott Whitman

God so Loved the World for vocal ensemble by John Stainer

Artists:

Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste, soprano; Kellie Nicole Rentz-Bruneau, soprano; Leslie Gonzalez, mezzo-soprano; Monica Hidalgo, mezzo-soprano; Jorge L. Toro, tenor; Steven D. Booth, tenor; Marcus Jordan, baritone; Marques Jerrell Ruff, bass-baritone; Gralin Vinning, piano; Daniel Hursey, bassoon; Vijeta Sathyaraj, violin; Jared Cooper, cello; Darren Matias, piano; Anastasiya Timofeeva, piano