Be a part of this joyful annual event with the celebrated composer, arranger, conductor and teacher Alice Parker who has championed the singing of Spirituals by Americans of all ethnicities for nearly five decades.
Readings from the sermons and writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will also be shared during this uplifting afternoon of music making.
Parker’s arrangements with Robert Shaw of folksongs, hymns and spirituals form an enduring repertoire for choruses all around the world. She continues composing in many forms, from operas to cantatas, sacred anthems to secular dances, song cycles to string quartets. She has been commissioned by such groups as the Vancouver Chamber Chorus, the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Chanticleer. Her many conducting and teaching engagements keep her traveling around the United States and Canada.
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