Season | 2023-2024 |
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Performance Date | March 17, 2024 |
Performance Year | 2024 |
Performance Time | 4:00 PM |
Location | Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN |
Performance Title | WITNESS: Leading with Love |
Composer | Marques L.A. Garrett |
Country | United States |
Year Composed | 2022 |
Timing | 4:50" |
Performers | VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, VocalEssence Chorus |
Notes | Marques L.A. Garrett is an accomplished vocalist, composer, and researcher who currently serves on the faculty of the University of North Texas. Garrett skillfully crafts his musical setting to mirror the journey into action for the protagonist of James Weldon Johnson’s poem Sonnet. The piece invites us to be courageous and embrace difficult circumstances and conversations as we seek to be conduits of positive change. |
Text Translation | My heart be brave, and do not falter so, |
Categories | WITNESS Repertoire |
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