Adrian Dunn, Colburn’s Director of Choral Programs, leads a joyous musical celebration of Black History Month featuring acapella spirituals and original compositions for chorus. The program will be performed by the Adrian Dunn Singers, an all-Black professional ensemble founded by Dunn and dedicated to transforming classical music and the music industry at large. The concert's program includes works from Dunn's new Emancipation Deluxe album, which explores Black life in America through genres created by Black Americans. This performance will be livestreamed. This event is now sold out. However, there are always no-shows for free events. Patrons without tickets will be invited to join the standby line and allowed into the hall 10 minutes before curtain, if space is available.
Talented ensembles from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved chamber works.
DVOŘÁK Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor HAYDN Variations for Piano in F Minor DEBUSSY Quartet for Two Violins, Viola, and Cello in G Minor BRAHMS Trio No. 1 for Piano, Violin, and Cello in B Major YSAŸE Sonata for Violin PAGANINI Caprice for Violin
Joined by string orchestra and guest performers, Anne Akiko Meyers shares a program titled “Doubles,” which features the fiery interplay of two violins in works such as Bach’s Double Violin Concerto and Handel-Halvorsen-Heifetz Passacaglia. The yearning melodies of Philip Glass’s Echorus and Fanny Mendelssohn’s soulful String Quartet bring the program to a close.
HANDEL-HALVORSEN (arr. Heifetz) Passacaglia BACH Double Concerto in D minor PHILIP GLASS Echorus FANNY MENDELSSOHN String Quartet (arr. for strings)