Black History Month Concerts
Boone Program: Sunday, February 18, 4pm
Rosen Concert Hall - Free Admission - no ticket needed
This concert will also be live-streamed at music.appstate.edu/performances at the time of the event.
About the Series
Opening Remarks
Christine Leist, Interim Associate Dean for Student and Faculty Success, Hayes School of Music
My Heart Be Brave, by Marques Garrett (b. 1987)
This Little Light of Mine, arr. Robert Gibson (b. 1990)
Performers:
Treble Choir, Directed by Priscilla Porterfield
Suite for Violin and Piano, by William Grant Still (1895-1978)
III. Gamin’
Performers:
Nancy Bargerstock, violin
Melissa Lesbines, piano
“The coming step” (1987), by Justin Holland (1819-1887)
Performer: Adam Kossler, guitar
"Anyanghan Yanghan Idem" (2024), arr. Clement Okon (b. 1997)
Performers:
Clement Okon, violin
Rob Falvo, percussion
Bair Shagdaron, piano
We, The Greatest Love Poem (2024), by Melania Luisa Marte
Afro-Latina (2020)
Performer: Leonardo Flores, reader
Magnolias, by Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
Performer: Hiu-Wah Au, piano
“His Own Soul,” from Eight Bible Vignettes (1943), by Nathaniel Dett
“My Lady Love,” from Magnolia Suite (1899)
Performer: Bair Shagdaron, piano
“Ode to the Maggot” (2021), by Yusef Komunyakaa (b. 1947)
“Anodyne” (2001)
Performer: Matthew Wimberley, reader
Blue In Green (1959), by Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Performer: Rob Falvo, vibraphone
Opportunity (1977), by Bobby McFerrin (b. 1950)
Performer: Sam Ambrose, tuba
Contrafact #4, by Todd Wright
Performers:
Todd Wright, saxophone
Andy Page, guitar
Adam Booker, double bass