Cumberland Winds at the Roxy

Clarksville’s Cumberland Winds celebrated Black History Month at The Roxy Regional Theatre with a narrated performance of instruments, song and dance that brought the sounds of West Africa to life.

“We are doing, I think, the first-ever Roxy celebration of Black History Month,” Yvonne Kendall said. “This afternoon, we’ll be doing a narrated program about the African-American musical influence on North and South America, and the Caribbean. It’s a musical journey that starts with some influences from West Africa, and goes all the way through to the music of Miles Davis.”

The afternoon included performances by members of the Cumberland Winds, and featured the Cumberland Winds Woodwind Quintet. The show also included performances by guest artists from Austin Peay State University, and Middle Tennessee State University.

“In addition to two pieces my Miles Davis, our harpist will be performing a spiritual, There is a Baum in Gilead,” Kendall said. “The quintet will be playing an Afro-Cuban piece as well as a piece based on a Peruvian melody written by William Grant Still.”