Soul and Reconciliation
This concert, titled <em>Soul and Reconciliation</em>, took place during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference at 3pm on Friday, October 14, 2022. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.
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Listen to Individual Songs
“Must All Then Amount to But This?”
Ann Marie McPhail, soprano; Gwynne Kuhner Brown, piano3:03
“O Children of Men” (from “Hidden Words”)
Ann Marie McPhail, soprano; Gwynne Kuhner Brown, piano3:09
In Vain
Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Junko Nojima, piano2:26
“Nappy” (from “Beyond Mirrors of Color”)
Christine Jobson, soprano; Timothy Holley, cello; Maria Thompson Corley, piano4:27
“Is My Voice Too Loud?” (from “Beyond Mirrors of Color”)
Christine Jobson, soprano; Timothy Holley, cello; Maria Thompson Corley, piano3:08
Think on These Things
Leberta Lorál, soprano; Tammy Hall, piano4:30
S_Oppressed
Leberta Lorál, soprano; Maria Thompson Corley, piano3:16
“Dying” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)
Louise Toppin, soprano; Joseph Williams, piano1:57
“Healing” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)
Marcía Porter, soprano; Joseph Williams, piano2:50
“Oppression” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)
Darryl Taylor, countertenor; Joseph Williams, piano2:18
“Protest” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)
Roderick George, tenor; Joseph Williams, piano1:25
I Dream a World
Cornelius Johnson, tenor; Gwynne Kuhner, piano3:29
“Sympathy” (from “The Shadow of Dawn”)
Frances Young Bennett, soprano; Lorna Griffitt, piano5:03
I Am Not an Angry Black Woman
Gwendolyn Brown, contralto; Maria Thompson Corley, piano4:17
Songs for the People
Carline Waugh, soprano; Joseph Williams, piano6:59
The Soul of America
Donnie Ray Albert, baritone; Jerrell R. Gray, piano5:13
“Is God a Three-Letter-Word for Love?” (from “Third Sacred Concert”)
Celeste Bembry, soprano; Byron Smith, piano5:49
“Come Sunday” (from “Concert of Sacred Music”)
Trineice Robinson, mezzo-soprano; Byron Smith, piano5:07