We Shall Not Be Denied
An Online Festival of Music and Words on Voting Rights (10/17/2020)
Click on the videos below to view the Prelude (6:30 PM) and Speaking Program (7 PM).
Scroll further down for the Musical Program (to be live-streamed at 7:30 PM).
6:30 PM: PRELUDE PRESENTATION (youtube premiere)
A conversation with composer Patricia Wallinga and pianist Sharon Su talking about the life of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and their in-progress orchestration of her Sonata in G minor
7:00 PM: SPEAKING PROGRAM (youtube premiere)
Speakers include: Cesar Alvarez, Political Advisor at North Dakota Native Vote; Fredie Kay, Founder & President of Suffrage100MA; Trevor Weston, Composer; Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Composer
7:30 PM: MUSICAL PROGRAM (Livestream)
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7:30 PM: MUSICAL PROGRAM
CH. 1: SENECA FALLS
- Ileana Perez Velazquez: "Treading a Path with Vision and Hope" for string quintet (world premiere)
CH. 2: THE 15th AMENDMENT
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Movement 3 from string quartet No. 1 "Calvary”
CH. 3: WHO IS A CITIZEN?
- Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate: "Oshta" for Solo Violin
- J. Andrés Ballesteros: "Voz de Chelsea" for string quintet
CH. 4: THE 19th AMENDMENT
- Joan Tower: "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6" for solo piano
- Florence Price: "Adoration" for string quintet (arr. Elaine Fine)
CH. 5: THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA
- Jessie Montgomery: "Source Code" for string quintet
CH. 6: VOTING TODAY
— "Why We Sing" with the Eureka Women's Chorus
— “This Land is Your Land”, arranged for performers
Featured Musicians and Performers:
Matthew Vera and Gabby Diaz, violins
Noriko Herndon, viola
Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello
Sarah Wager, bass
Renana Gutman, piano solo (Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman)
Irina Muresanu, violin solo (Oshta)
Anjelica Bethea, storyteller and vocalist
Kristo Kondakçi, conductor
Sponsors
City of Cambridge
