Black History Month Concert 2
Thursday, February 29, 5:30pm, Hickory Campus Atrium
Refreshments at 5:00
800 17th Street NW, Hickory, NC 28601
Presented by Hayes School of Music, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Student Affairs
Opening Remarks
Lamont Sellers, Director of Intercultural Student Affairs
"Gravity," by Anthony Barfield (b. 1983)
"Satin Doll" by Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), arr. Jack Gale
Performers:
James Stokes, trumpet
Brent Bingham, trumpet
Dakota Corbliss, French horn
Joseph Brown, trombone
Sam Ambrose, tuba
Incantation and Dance (1942), by William Grant Still
Performers:
Alicia Chapman, oboe
Melissa Lesbines, piano
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” (1920) by Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
“Mother To Son” (1920)
"Harlem" (1951)
Performer: Leon Lewis, reader
Palm Leaf Rag (1903), by Scott Joplin (c. 1868-1917)
Weeping Willow (1903), by Scott Joplin
Black Bottom Stomp (1938), by Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1890-1941)
Performer: Bair Shagdaron, piano
Suite from Violin and Piano (1943), by William Grant Still (1895-1978), arr. Alexa Still
II. Mother and Child
Performers:
Soo Goh, clarinet
James Douthit, piano
"Wade in the Water," (1967) by Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Performer: James Douthit, piano
"As from a Quiver of Arrows," (1995) by Carl Philips (b. 1959)
Performer: Ryan McGuckin, reader
"God Is Great," by Ricky Dillard (b. 1965)
“I Shall Wear A Crown,” arr. Trey McLaughlin (b. 1984)
“Smile,” by Kirk Franklin (b. 1970)
Performers:
Appalachian Gospel Choir, Directed by DaVaughn Miller
Jay Archie, piano
Alvin Carlise, bass
Kendrick Davis, drums
Dolan Ramseur, guitar