I DREAM A WORLD: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

I DREAM A WORLD: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND BEYOND

Noir Reverberations: A Night of the Music and Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 6:30 PM ET, at New World Center (Truist Pavilion and Performance Hall)

Kevin Young, poet Michelle Bradley, soprano Ambassador Chorale of Florida Memorial University Fellows of the New World Symphony Concert features works by Margaret Bonds, William Dawson, Moses Hogan, Florence Price, William Grant Still, as well as traditional gospel songs.

A Handful of Keys: A Retrospective of American Keyboard Music Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 7:30 PM ET at New World Center (Truist Pavilion) Michelle Cann, piano Fellows of the New World Symphony Concert features feature works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Helen Eugenia Hagan, Jelly Roll Morton, Florence Price, Hazel Scott, Irene Britton Smith and Fats Waller.

Inside the Music: Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance Thursday, February 3, 2022, 7:00 PM ET at New World Center (Truist Pavilion) Gabrielle Monachino, NWS Violin Fellow Emilio Carlo, NWS Viola Fellow Vivian Chang, NWS Cello Fellow Marty Quinn, Bass Concert features chamber music from Black composers curated by NWS Fellows in collaboration with MTT and Dr. Tammy Kernodle.

American Black Film Festival Presents Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Friday, February 4, 2022, at 7:30 PM ET (Truist Pavilion) The ABFF presents a special screening of Netflix’s award-winning film starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman about a fiery blues singer who joins her band for a turbulent recording session in 1920s Chicago.

Victory Stride: The Orchestral Legacy of the Harlem Renaissance Saturday, February 5, 2022, 7:30 PM ET, at New World Center (Truist Pavilion and Performance Hall, WALLCAST® Concert in SoundScape Park, and streamed live on NWS.edu) Thomas Wilkins, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor • William Dawson: Mvt. III from Negro Folk Symphony • William Grant Still: Symphony No. 4, "Autochthonous" • William Grant