Bands Seen

  Damien Sneed

  Jacqueline Echols

  Justin Austin

  Griot String Quartet

  Amyr Joyner

  Justus Ross

  Edward W. Hardy

  Thapelo Masita

Date:

Friday, February 10, 2023

Venue:

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Location:

Washington, D.C., United States

Notes:

Ticket Prices: $30-$75

Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EST)

Created and directed by composer, conductor and multi-genre musician Damien Sneed, Our Song, Our Story: The New Generation of Black Voices is an evening of music highlighting some of the world’s best-known operatic arias, art songs and spirituals. The concert brings together two of today's most exciting operatic voices in a diverse and powerful event featuring Jacqueline Echols and Justin Austin, accompanied by Damien Sneed on piano and the Griot String Quartet; Amyr Joyner on violin, Justus Ross on violin, Edward W. Hardy on viola, and Thapelo Masita on cello.

This was an evening of memorable and beautiful music as they pay homage to Marian Anderson and Jessye Norman, who have paved the way for them and other African American opera singers. The repertoire features compositions by Florence Price, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss, Harry T. Burleigh and a newly commissioned work by Sneed.

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OUR SONG, OUR STORY Performers (2023)

Damien Sneed Jacqueline Echols Justin Austin Edward W. Hardy Justus Ross Amyr Joyner Thapelo Masita Griot String Quartet Washington, D.C., United States Stage Design Crowd The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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