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To Sit and Dream

March 17 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Free and pay-what-you-decide

The Opera Philadelphia Chorus, in partnership with Wharton-Wesley Faith Ensemble and Philadelphia soprano Karen Slack, performs a concert of music by Black composers centered on four choral settings of the poetry of Harlem Renaissance icon Langston Hughes.

The 90-minute concert is conducted by Opera Philadelphia’s Elizabeth Braden and Theodore Thomas, Jr., Director of the Wharton-Wesley Faith Ensemble and Minister of Music at Tindley Temple, and includes compositions by Roland Carter, Christopher H. Harris, Undine Smith Moore, Rosephanye Powell, Florence Price, Michael Reid, André J. Thomas, and Nolan J. Williams, Jr.

Tickets are free or pay-what-you-decide.

Runtime is approximately 90 minutes (about 1 and a half hours) with no intermission

Details

Date:
March 17
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost:
Free and pay-what-you-decide
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Website:
https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/events/sound-of-america/to-sit-and-dream/

Organizer

Opera Philadelphia
Phone
2157328400
Email
tix@operaphila.org
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Venue

Timdley Temple UMC
750-62 S Broad St
Philadelphia, 19146 United States
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