On June 19, 2021, Opera Saratoga will present “America Sings: A Juneteenth Celebration.” Streamed from Caffe Lena, the free concert will celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Curated by distinguished alumnus and bass-baritone Carl DuPont. The concert will include music from composers such as H. Leslie Adams, Tim Amukele, Margaret Bonds, Uzee Brown, Moses Hogan, Betty Jackson {…}
On June 7, 2021, Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel released a video excerpt from their new monodrama “dwb (driving while black),” titled “My Beautiful Brown Boy.” Released in commemoration of Juneteenth, the excerpt is sung by Gumbel; she is accompanied by New Morse Code, made up of cellist Hannah Collins and percussionist Michael Compitello. “Six syllables to express a mother’s {…}
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced a newly commissioned performance that commemorates Juneteenth, titled “I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me, a Juneteenth Celebration.” The performance is conceived and curated by award-winning poet and artist Carl Hancock Rux, and will unfold across four parts of the Lincoln Center campus on June 19, 2021. It is presented {…}