Overview
We are pleased to feature two local black artists- Evelyn Stewart and Chet Brown, in a program by mostly black composers in a program commemorating Black History Month. We have the good fortune to have Chet and Evelyn with us on a regular basis and Christ Church is a wonderful venue for a concert, providing good acoustics and sight lines for all in the audience.
The program opens with Florence Price's Juba Dance from Symphony No.1, followed by The Old Boatman. Soprano Evelyn Stewart will then sing Luigi Zaninelli's wonderful setting of Five American Spirituals including: His Eye is on the Sparrow, The Sweet by and by, Amazing Grace, Old time Religion, and Shall We Gather at the River, The band then continues with A Folk Song Suite with Get on Board Little Children, Deep River, and Medley by William Grant Still. Chet Brown will sing Sammy Nestico's Tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Hoagy Carmichael's Georgia. The band closes the concert with Scott Joplin's Pineapple Rag and W.C. Handy's St. Louis Blues.
The concert is free. Donations are gratefully received to support the church's Concert Series.