As we near America’s 250th birthday, we invite you to rediscover some of the nation’s most revered and revolutionary composers past and present, spanning Duke Ellington, Richard Rodgers, and John Phillip Sousa! Both eclectic and electrifying, this is the concert manifestly destined to win you over…from seat to shining seat!

In conjunction with this performance, there will be an exhibit in the Recital Hall of works from BlackArt@BUAM of the Binghamton University Art Museum, made possible by a gift from the Stephen David Ross University and Community Projects Fund.

Program:

National Anthem (John Stafford Smith)
Inspiration! Festive Overture (Quinn Mason)
Light from Black, Brown, and Beige (Duke Ellington)
Martin Luther King from Three Black Kings (Duke Ellington, arr. Terence Blanchard)
Three Spirituals (Adolphus Hailstork)
Dances in the Canebrakes (Florence Price, arr. William Grant Still)
South Pacific: A Symphonic Scenario (Richard Rodgers)
Salute to the Big Apple (Arr. Calvin Custer)
Stars and Stripes Forever (John Phillip Sousa)