2021

Protest

Composed by Rosephanye Powell
Text by Spiritual

Then, Here, and Now Song Collection

Protest is the fourth and final song in a cycle of four art songs based on spirituals and is Powell's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“Protest” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)
Roderick George, tenor; Joseph Williams, piano1:25

Rosephanye Powell

Composer

from African American Spirituals

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

Irvine, California

Location

This recording was part of a 3pm concert ("Soul & Reconciliation") on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

Dedicated to Warren Mitchell, tenor. in remembrance of protests around the world, begun May 26,2020

“Protest” utilizes text from the spiritual “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho.”

Sheet Music

Then, Here and Now

Rosephanye Powell
Versions for High and Low
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