The North Carolina Symphony is presenting a series of free outdoor concerts, Concerts in Your Community: Freedom Celebration, in June.
Love outdoor music? Check out our huge day by day list of outdoor music around the Triangle! Most of the shows are free.
These concerts are a celebration of the contributions of African-American musicians and composers to our American musical heritage, featuring music by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, William Grant Still, and North Carolina Symphony Composer-in-Residence Anthony Kelley.
In the Triangle, you can enjoy this concert on Tuesday, June 21st, 2022, at 8 p.m. , at Southern Village Green, Market Street, Chapel Hill. Check here for updates.
Performers
- North Carolina Symphony
- Staceé Lyles, soprano
- Micaela Bundy, mezzo-soprano
- Craig Brown, tenor
- Markel Williams, baritone
- Earl Ijames, speaker
Program
- Johnson/Johnson: “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
- Still: Festive Overture
- Burleigh: Every Time I Feel the Spirit
- Anthony Kelley: Spirituals of Liberation (World Premiere)
- Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
- Walker: Lyric for Strings
- Price: Juba for String Orchestra
- Various composers / Arr. Ted Ricketts: Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong
- Ellington / Arr. Custer: Duke Ellington!
You can bring blankets, low chairs and coolers, but no glass. Get there early, because this will be a very popular concert.
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More Outdoor Music in the Triangle
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