45th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert
Severance Music Center [Cleveland]
Event info
Date: | January 19, 2025 |
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Time: | 7:00 pm |
Location: | Severance Music Center |
Address: | 11001 Euclid Avenue Cleveland |
Details
Sunday, January 19, 2025
7:00 PM
Free tickets will be available on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
This year’s program takes the audience on a journey through the life of civil rights leader and author Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The music selections depict her growth as an accomplished soprano and activist, who used music to inspire, uplift, and mobilize people during the Civil Rights movement and beyond.
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2025 Service in the Arts Awards will be presented as part of the January 19 concert.
Repertoire
- JOHNSON Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Hale Smith)
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade for Orchestra
- TRADITIONAL Ain’a That Good News (arr. Dawson)
- TRADITIONAL My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord (arr. Glenn L. Jones)
- GOUNOD O Divine Redeemer
- TRADITIONAL Hold On!(arr. Jester Hairston)
- SHROPSHIRE If My Jesus Wills/We Shall Overcome (arr. Tim Berens)
- ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed
- PRICE Hold Fast to Dreams (orch. Brandon Ridenour)
- SMITH MOORE Love Let the Wind Cry… How I Adore Thee (orch. Nicholas Hersh)
- VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja: Anthem of Unity
- TRADITIONAL Amazing Grace (arr. Tim Berens)
Performing Artists
- The Cleveland Orchestra
- The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus
- Daniel Reith, conductor
- William Henry Caldwell, conductor
- Laquita Mitchell, soprano
- Aseelah Shareef, host