The Dessoff Choirs is set to present Valerie Capers’ “Sojourner” on Feb. 24, 2024. The showcase will feature mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, soprano Angela L. Owens, bass Martin Hargrove, and tenor Justin Bell. “Sojourner,” which premiered in 1981, explores the life of Sojourner Truth, the freed slave, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. In addition to Capers’ work, which closes the program, {…}
The Dessoff Choirs has announced its 2023-24 season with concerts scheduled for Manhattan and Brooklyn. The season and Dessoff’s centennial celebration begin with Some Enchanted Evening at Roulette in Brooklyn. The Dessoff Chamber Choir and Maestro Malcolm Merriweather perform selections from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic American musicals. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023 at 509 Atlantic Ave | Brooklyn, NY The Cathedral Choir of Abyssinian Baptist {…}
The Dessoff Choirs is set to present a series of holiday concerts starting on Dec. 9, 2022. “Welcome Yule: Mother & Child” will open at St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan on Dec. 9, 2022 followed by a performance at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brooklyn on Dec. 11, 2022. The Dec. 9 performance kicks off at 7 p.m. while {…}
The Dessoff Choirs will continue its season celebrating African American composer Margaret Bonds on April 28, 2022. The one-night-only concert comprises the New York premieres of the orchestral versions of two neglected Bonds cantatas, Credo inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois’s essay and Simon Bore the Cross, a collaboration with Langston Hughes. The concert will be conducted by Dessoff’s Music Director {…}
On Oct. 28, 2021, The Dessoff Choirs begins its 97th season with the New York premiere of “Considering Matthew Shepard” by Craig Hella Johnson. The performance, which will take place at the New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall, will be conducted by Dessoff’s Music Director Malcolm J. Merriweather and co-directed by WQXR Radio’s Elliott Forrest and Rod Caspers. {…}