Music by African American Composers
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Kim Andre Arnesen "Even When He Is Silent"
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
March 3, 2018 -
Ysaÿe Barnwell "Wanting Memories"
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman
March 9, 2019 -
Charles Coleman Alleluia
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
March 9, 2019 -
William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 11, 2021 -
R. Nathaniel Dett Ave Maria
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
March 7, 2020 -
James Furman "Hehlehlooyuh"
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
March 7, 2020 -
Spiritual arr. Damon Dandridge "I Know I've Been Changed"
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, soprano
Michele Cotton Stanfield, conductor
March 3, 2018 -
Adolphus Hailstork Fanfare on "Amazing Grace"
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 11, 2021 -
John Rosamond Johnson arr. Roland Carter "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
March 3, 2017 -
John Rosamond Johnson arr. Roland Carter "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
March 7, 2020 -
James Lee III "Amer'ican"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
October 30, 2021 -
Nkeiru Okoye "Black Bottom" (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Sumayya AIi, soprano
Charlotte Small-Chestnut, mezzo-soprano
Vincent Davis, tenor
Markel Reed, baritone
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
March 7, 2020 -
Nkeiru Okoye "Voices Shouting Out"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
March 7, 2020 -
John Rosamond Johnson arr. Alvin Parris III "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
40th Anniversary Celebration Choir
Joseph Young, conductor
March 3, 2018 -
Jessie Montgomery "Banner"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini, conductor
October 9, 2021 -
Undine Smith Moore "Scenes from the Life of a Martyr"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
40th Anniversary Celebration Choir, Chorus
Janice Chandler-Eteme, Soprano
Joshua Williams, Horn
Olivia Johnson, Mezzo Soprano
Issachah Savage, Tenor
George Shirley, Narrator
Joseph Young, conductor
March 3, 2018 -
Jeffrey Mumford "of fields unfolding . . . echoing depths of resonant light"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Christine Lamprea, cello
Kazem Abdullah, conductor
March 3, 2017 -
Florence Price Symphony No. 3
Jader Bignamini, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
December 4, 2021 -
Jeff Scott Paradise Valley Serenade (World Premiere)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Hannah Hammel, flute
Sarah Lewis, oboe
Ralph Skiano, clarinet
Michael Ke Ma, bassoon
Scott Strong, horn
Jader Bignamini
November 13, 2021 -
Carlos Simon "Fate Now Conquers"
Jader Bignamini, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
May 21, 2022 -
Michael Abels "Emerge" (Detroit Symphony Orchestra co-commission)
Jader Bignamini, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
October 1, 2022 -
Adolphus Hailstork "O Praise the Lord"
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 4, 2023 -
John Rosamund Johnson & James Weldon Johnson "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
arr. Roland Carter
Alice McAllister Tillman, conductor
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 4, 2023 -
Anthony Davis "You Have the Right to Remain Silent"
Na'Zir McFadden, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet & contra-alto clarinet
Earl Howard, Kurzweil synthesizer
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 4, 2023
