THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
“Harlem: Renaissance and Rediscovery” A Celebration of Art Songs by African American Composers
Thursday, February 8, 2024 7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
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PROGRAM I dream a world
Grief
Madison Roths, soprano Galen Dean Peiskee Jr., piano
Cecilia Malley, soprano Lujie Wang, piano
Uzee Brown (b. 1950)
William Grant Still (1893–1978)
Jean
Henry T. Burleigh (1866–1949)
Prayer
Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
I hear his footsteps, music sweet from Saracen Songs
Out in the Fields
The Heart of a Woman from Nightsongs
Carter Houston, baritone Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Henry T. Burleigh Anielya Wells-Miller, soprano Nadiya Caspary, piano
Audra Weathers, soprano Nadiya Caspary, piano
André D. Peele, bass-baritone Natalie Sherer, piano
William Dawson (1899–1990)
H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932)
What’s the use?
Mary Botter, mezzo-soprano Galen Dean Peiskee Jr., piano
Florence B. Price (1887–1953)
If you should go from Songs of Separation
William Grant Still
Longing
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Alissa D’Alton, soprano Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Lissette from Five Creole Songs
Camille Nickerson (1888–1982)
Stopping by Woods
Anne Elise Teeling, soprano Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Why fades a dream from Dream Cycle
Leah Shewmaker, mezzo-soprano Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Songs for the People
Brittany Fouché Strine, soprano Rachel Bennett, piano
Come Sunday from Black, Brown and Beige
Marques J. Ruff, singer Jacob Wright, tenor saxophone; Blake Dwelle, piano Alex Barry, bass; Collin Hopkins, drums
Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)
Irene Britton Smith (1907–1999)
Mason Bynes (b. 1997)
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)