Joseph Parrish to Headline ‘Songs from the Harlem Renaissance’ at Baruch Performing Arts Center
By David Salazar(Photo credit: YCA)
Baritone Joseph Parrish returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center on Feb. 10, 2026, with a recital celebrating Black History Month.
The program, titled “Songs from the Harlem Renaissance,” features Parrish alongside pianist Amir Farid in a concert curated specifically for Baruch PAC.
The program includes works by Margaret Bonds, Harry T. Burleigh, Undine Smith Moore, Hall Johnson, Moses Hogan, and others, with texts by Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Mari Evans, and Countee Cullen, among others.
“This original program is centered around one of the pioneering cultural movements in the United States of America during the 20th century,” Parrish said per an official press release. “Through themes of heritage, race, love, urban life, and spirituality, this program sheds a light on the musical and literary themes that shaped a generation of African Americans and many more to come.”
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