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Paul Hall
- The Juilliard School, 155 W. 65th St., New York, NY 10023
Program information:
With Denyce Graves
Written by Fredara Mareva Hadley
This concert will commemorate the 90th anniversary of a 1934 concert curated by H.T. Burleigh that featured Black Juilliard singers and instrumentalists and celebrated the work of Black artists and composers. Hosted by distinguished visiting faculty member Denyce Graves, the evening will revisit works from Burleigh's 1934 program alongside world premiere student compositions that have been commissioned for the present occasion. The 1934 concert featured notable Juilliard students including Anne Wiggins Brown and Ruby Elzy, who would go on to originate the roles of Bess and Serena in the 1935 world premiere of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess on Broadway.
At 6pm, guests can join curator Fredara Mareva Hadley for a tour of the exhibition that helped inspire the concert, followed by a preshow talk with the program's commissioned composers at 6:30pm.
Read more about this program in the Juilliard Journal article by ethnomusicologist Fredara Mareva Hadley.
View the online exhibition here.
Know before you go! Read the digital program.
